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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 555430" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The pressure for these epidural steroid shots is HUGE. The doctor who did the epidural shot before my surgery was awful. Got upset when I told him he didn't wash his hands long enough. You NEED twenty seconds of scrubbing, not just introducing soap to your hands. I even suggested he sing a verse of twinkle twinkle little star or old mcdonald because they can help you make sure you scrub long enough. And I made him go back to the sink and wash again. Then he messed up the shot and a month of my life. He tried to talk me into becoming his patient - and a month before had REFUSED to accept me as a patient after getting my files. Twenty years of records wasn't 'enough' history of chronic pain. But in the office he went into heavy sales pitch. I truly was disgusted. Shortly after that, the doctor was investigated for unsterile practices and getting a LOT of people very ill with MRSA. They traced it to the doctor's bad handwashing!! </p><p></p><p>But if I refused the shot then they wouldn't approve the operation and I NEEDED that operation. The disc was pretty much just gone and the vertebrae were grinding on each other to the point it was dangerous.</p><p></p><p>I am glad you stuck to your guns about refusing the epidural. You know your body better than the doctors do. You live in it all day, every day, not just the 10 min the PA spends iwth you every few months. </p><p></p><p>I drive 90 min to my pain doctor every month. But I like the drive and husband teaches 20 min away so it isn't a big deal. And they just opened a new Sam's across the street! (LOL!) Plus there is a great bookstore and a Michael's across the street. So I never mind going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 555430, member: 1233"] The pressure for these epidural steroid shots is HUGE. The doctor who did the epidural shot before my surgery was awful. Got upset when I told him he didn't wash his hands long enough. You NEED twenty seconds of scrubbing, not just introducing soap to your hands. I even suggested he sing a verse of twinkle twinkle little star or old mcdonald because they can help you make sure you scrub long enough. And I made him go back to the sink and wash again. Then he messed up the shot and a month of my life. He tried to talk me into becoming his patient - and a month before had REFUSED to accept me as a patient after getting my files. Twenty years of records wasn't 'enough' history of chronic pain. But in the office he went into heavy sales pitch. I truly was disgusted. Shortly after that, the doctor was investigated for unsterile practices and getting a LOT of people very ill with MRSA. They traced it to the doctor's bad handwashing!! But if I refused the shot then they wouldn't approve the operation and I NEEDED that operation. The disc was pretty much just gone and the vertebrae were grinding on each other to the point it was dangerous. I am glad you stuck to your guns about refusing the epidural. You know your body better than the doctors do. You live in it all day, every day, not just the 10 min the PA spends iwth you every few months. I drive 90 min to my pain doctor every month. But I like the drive and husband teaches 20 min away so it isn't a big deal. And they just opened a new Sam's across the street! (LOL!) Plus there is a great bookstore and a Michael's across the street. So I never mind going. [/QUOTE]
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