Epidural # 2...

and no... not the kind you get when you have a baby.

I have 3 buldging disks and one with a significant protrusion that's aggravating my sciatic nerve root. Yesterday I received my second epidural injection of steroids.

It hurt. Bad.


I'm eligible to get one more shot before insurance won't pay... when earlier I was told that I wasn't a candidate for surgery, the doctor is now asking me if he's referred me to a surgeon yet.

So, it appears that somebody's trying to put 'Scraps under the knife.

I've heard horror stories about surgery, I was conforted knowing that I wasn't a candidate.

I'm not even 30 for Christ's sake!

So, once the soreness from yesterday's intrusion on my spine goes away, hopefully I'll be feeling better for at least a few months.