Re: CV Junction 2 - titanium upgrade
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:27 am
I thought my cortisone injection in the uk was bad, I'll never wimper again :O !!! (Over here for the shoulder one they used a local anesthetic first!! I like it here!!!!)Nordboy wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:45 pm Bloody hell!!
Actually, makes me feel a whole lot better.
Not to derail the thread, I have early onset Foraminal Cervical Spinal Stenosis, which is basically that the spinal canal has started to narrow and pinch on the nerves, causing all sorts of nerve problems, pain all the way to losing bladder control etc. I had issues that I went to a chiropactor for, and they told me that something wasn’t right. I paid for a MRI, and voila!
Had an injection into the spinal column to try and relieve some of the numbness/ tingling I was having in my right arm. I thought it would be pretty straight forward until the bloke giving the injection whipped out what looked like a 6 incher (needle) and told me to lay on my back. I then asked, “if you’re injecting into my spine, how are you going to get to it, if i’m on my back?” The reply “i’m going in through your throat, moving the muscles to the side and injecting into the spinal column using the x-ray machine”
Queue, lots of swear words from me, but as he was holding the sharp pointy thing, i sh*t out and became suitably compliant.
Me, not happy, then had to remain as still as hell for at least and hour (well, a good 5 mins) while he dug around using a 2 ft needle (obviously for the benefit of the story, it will get more exaggerated) before injecting me, with what i can only describe as ‘fire taken straight from the arse of hades’. I have never felt such excruciating pain, in my life, including childbirth! (Ok, so that’s meant to be bad, but being a bloke, maybe it was 100 times worse than manflu)
I actually thought my right arm was going to explode! But, as the bloke had a 6ft needle piercing my throat, in my spinal column, i thought it a bit unwise to a) scream like a baby. b) cry like a baby. c) erupt from what i was imagining was the autopsy slab and run out of the room, with said 15ft needle protruding from my neck waving my hands in the air, doing both a) and b).
In shock, i refused to get up when he told me it was all over 6 hours later (ok, the 5 mins) and when i was helped off the slab by the nurse, i pottered off towards the door, (totally forgetting i was naked from the waist up) to feel sorry for myself and make my way home.
P.s. the injection did seem to work, as my symptoms have been dramatically reduced since the injection, meaning surgery can wait.
Sorry, i guess that did derail the thread somewhat, i’ll delete it if you want?
Thank you. Mine will get better tho, so an issue now (and maybe the next 12 months in a worst case scenario) but the outlook is positive!! I keep meaning to write an update but typing one handed sux!!!
Someone said something similar to me the other day. I maintain that the fad is perfectly fine - its crashing that fucks things up!!!Rockburner wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:29 pm Fookin ell.
So much for the "jump" idea then.....
Had no idea, fingers crossed for you and Nordboy!
This motorcycling fad is dangerous!
I will have to wear mine for the rest of my life. 
