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Weird. Got the second epidural steroid injection today. This one is what they call "transforaminal", which just means that it goes into the front of the nerve channel, not the back.
In practice, this meant that there was less medication going in, but more time on the table under the fluoroscope, getting the needle points in exactly the right place. (Apparently, at one time there were three syringes sticking out of my back, two of them on 10" needles, and the radiologist moving the camera on 3 axes and the nurse tipping/rotating the table I was on.)
( more medical information than you maybe want )
And in unrelated news, we have a dozen each of goldfinches and house finches in the back yard. As well as a pair of downy woodpackers, a small flock of red winged blackbirds, three pairs of mourning doves, and untold numbers of sparrows and chickadees. And a red-tail hawk who lives in the woods behind the house. And a snake, at least one squirrel, and a raccoon (who also lives in the woods).
In practice, this meant that there was less medication going in, but more time on the table under the fluoroscope, getting the needle points in exactly the right place. (Apparently, at one time there were three syringes sticking out of my back, two of them on 10" needles, and the radiologist moving the camera on 3 axes and the nurse tipping/rotating the table I was on.)
( more medical information than you maybe want )
And in unrelated news, we have a dozen each of goldfinches and house finches in the back yard. As well as a pair of downy woodpackers, a small flock of red winged blackbirds, three pairs of mourning doves, and untold numbers of sparrows and chickadees. And a red-tail hawk who lives in the woods behind the house. And a snake, at least one squirrel, and a raccoon (who also lives in the woods).
