I made it through. The procedure went fine, with very little pain. I had some pins and needles in my left leg, but that's not exactly out of the ordinary for me, so I didn't even say anything. I was shaking with terror and prayed the entire time, which helped me feel better.
The recovery seems to be worse than the procedure. I had a nasty headache for a few hours, which is better now that I've been lying down for a while.
I want to drink, because that will help my body replace the cerebrospinal fluid. But I sort of can't. If I sit up, I have electric shocks in the area around the puncture. That's not enjoyable. And pain starts going down my legs. I think my nerves have seriously retardified (yeah, I used the R word... and verbified it... so sue me), because of that stuff and because when the lumbar puncture doctor marked me with a pen, it felt like a needle stick! It's like my nerves were overreacting. Calm down, it was just a pen. His fingertips felt like needles, too.
Anyway, it isn't that bad. When we're talking pain scale, I'll go with kidney stone 10, gallbladder attacks 9.5, and post lumbar puncture 7. Um, maybe the headache was an 8 for a while. Glad that didn't continue.
Drinking... hilarious. I sit up to take a drink (ouch, shocks), lie down, and it comes right back up my esophagus. Darn hernia. It makes me laugh.
A friend from church drove me home and later came over to bring me yummy bread and jam. That made me feel better!
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