Things went...well... ~coughs a bit and twitches~ When the doctor pushed the dye into my spine, there was an abnormality that happened, so he shifted the insertion point to right above my tail bone, and injected the dye into my spine again, and it happened again, that abnormality.. ~sighs as my left leg twitches again~
It seems that there's something blocking the column that it wasn't showing the dye as it was supposed to for a section about 4-6 inches long, also, the needle was placed toward the left side of the spinal column and the dye was accumulating on the right side, the wrong side... So they removed the needle and reinserted it again and the same thing happens, it all pools on the right side... They tried different things to fix the issue, but in the end they injected the medication into my spine and let me tell you this, the pressure I felt in my right leg was intense, it kept trying to cramp and it felt as if an invisible string was pulling my foot toward my head... I was told this is normal, just that the location was the wrong side...
So I am going to call them tomorrow and see if they want to see me in a week or two, and have another MRI done to see what is causing this problem, or just keep the dates of the remaining appointments and hope that what happened this time was a fluke and it works correctly the second time... But it's starting to look more and more like I am truly a mutant, much like Ray.. ~laughs softly~
Other than that, I am tired, but that's to be expected, due to the conscious sedation and not being able to sleep for 8 hours after the procedure to record information in my pain diary, though when I do get to sleep, it has to be sitting up for the next 24 hours after, along with icing it 30 minutes 2 or 3 times a day for 2 days, and not to remove the bandages the cover the needle marks in my back and asscoughcrackcough... But I am up for that, and I am to be helped to the bathroom, as it hurts like hell to walk currently, as I said, the left side is in pain, while I am feeling nothing in my right, though that will change in the next few hours, as the numbing medication wears off...
Am trying to behave, and allowing Ray to take care of me this time around, but damn it, it's hard to do, as I am used to taking care of him, but have only been yelled at once since I have been home... ~grumbles~ Which is sore spot #2.. Only took me an hour to get up there this morning, but 3 hours to get home, and a change of drivers and cars... Got the transportation company I asked not to get, and the owner was my final driver home, who spent nearly all his driving time on his cell phone handset, no wireless or blue tooth for him, as he directed his drivers to pick up various clients all the while...
Ray is on the phone to the main transportation company and bitching about the company that brought me home, though the ride there was nice, only took 1 hour, but the ride home was 3 hours and I went through 2 drivers for the ride home... ~growls~ And no, none of them was the original driver, he was off dealing with other clients, who his boss sent him to get and drive around, instead of sticking around for the 1 1/2 hours til I was done... I had to wait 1 hour for the return driver to get there, after being told it would only be a 15-20 minute wait... The surgery center is also filing a report, as they gave instructions to the driver, who shrugged as he glanced at it and crumpled it up and tossed it in the backseat and took off... But I have seen areas of Wilmington I wish never to see again... the sounds of gun fire is not entertainment as this driver thought it was, and said it was kids letting off steam... ~RME~
~heads off to do more ice on my lower back and coughasscrackcough where the injections were done and try to get an hour of sleep in there somewhere~
