I agree with Carol -- I would definitely call or write and left them know what happened. In my experience, hospitals are pretty responsive to that kind of feedback. Barbara H. _http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) In a message dated 11/15/2006 9:10:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Trudy, I am appalled that you would have to lie on the rock hard table for 2 hours! I would think they would have a more comfortable bed to move you to for the 2 hour holding time. I am guessing that they wanted you to lie still for 2 hours to prevent the very pounding headaches that can occur after a spinal tap. Although my son-in-law, who is an anesthesiologist, says that it depends on the type of needle that is used for the tap on whether or not you will get the spinal headache, not the lying still for 2 hours. I would sure be conveying my disconcert with someone at the hospital. Call and ask to speak to the person in charge of complaint resolution. Tell that person that you were abandoned and no one came in to check on you and you were not even given a buzzer to use in case of an emergency. That's just my opinion. But I am extremely sorry that you had to lie on that hard table for 2 hours. Certainly hope my experience is going to be better. I am having a spinal tap this Friday. Maybe I will have a horror story to share with you!!! :) Carol in Culver, IN ----- Original Message ----- From: _Trudy _ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: _'Sharon Marsden'_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com) Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] UPDATE on tingling pins/needles spreading in leg Sharon, I had almost the exact same reaction to Lyrica. But because I had fallen and fractured a bone in my knee I had to go back to a wheelchair for 3 months. I had just started taking Lyrica when I fell.. so I thought the awful numbness was due to being in a wheelchair for so long and then my right leg would drag and buckle on me! So I have stopped taking Lyrica but the numbness has not gone away completely but it has improved. I was sure I was having an MS attack. I will see my neuro in 3 weeks and we are comparing all tests taken the night I experienced my attack and how things look today (4 years later). Is it MS??? Is it TM??? Is this normal: I went for a spinal tap last week. I was given a gown and put on an examination table. When it was over I was told I had to stay on the table and remain on my side for 2 hours. The exam table was extremely hard and the pillow was pathetic.. It had a paper covering. During that time not once did any one come in to check on me to see whether I had fallen asleep and fallen off the table or that I just might need to use the restroom.. After two hours I worked my way off the table, got dressed and walked out! Is it me or is there something wrong here??? Hang in there Sharon Trudy in Virginia where it’s leaves, leaves, leaves falling all over!!!
