Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Liz, They do not usually put people to sleep because they want to see how you respond to the pain as they inject the dye. I was told not to take my pain medications and all the information on spine universe says the main difference in this exam and others as you are not sedated. I wish I would have had your doctor. My exam and CT showed fissures and the herniated discs in three levels. Bennie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 A discogram is a test where dye is injected to your disc of your back. It is to see if the doctor can replacate your pain. They also do a catscan afterwards to see if any of your disc's are damaged. I had the test done in May. The doctor was only able to replacate pain in one of my disc. The catscan showed that I had tears in two of my disc and one was degenrated and what was left was protruding. Its a painful test but its over pretty quickly or least mine was. The pain clinic I go to is wonderful about keeping your pain to a mininum. They loaded me up with plenty of pain meds for my trip home. To the point when I got in the car I kept trying to fasten my seatbelt and telling my husband I couldn't get my suitcase fastened. in Missouri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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