I am insensitive to "sharp"
pain. I do not feel needles, cuts, etc. I have had needle biopsies,
arterial blood gas draws, two-hour EMG test all with no pain. Even
lidocaine does not burn me. But did I have a surprise in store!
The doctor did a nerve block on my toe
with lots of lidocaine. No pain, no burning, no problem. He began
to cut my toenail . . . wait . . . it hurts. By his third clip, I
was almost screaming. He could not believe I was feeling
pain--neither could I. He gave me more lidocaine and proceeded to
cut and remove the "ingrown" part of my toenail. It H U R
T and I cringed (actually I hollered)! Even with tons of lidocane, he could not stop the
pain and it was one of the worst pains I have ever had in my life. They heard me groaning and moaning all the way to the waiting
room. I know because they all stared at me when I left the office.
As soon as it was over, the pain stopped and my toe has not hurt
since.
What happened? After some research, I
discovered that, in some cases, lidocane does not work when one's
nerves are in a hyperactive mode. At times, the top of me feet and
toes are super-sensitive. This must have been one of those times.
A Quick Update
My respiratory infection is better. My
next Cytoxan infusion in this Friday.
1 comment:
I'm glad to hear your respiratory infection is doing better. I have MG and lidocaine has never had an effect on me either. It doesn't numb me, burn, etc. Nothing. All I feel is the pain from the needle itself, but never any effect from the drug.
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