For those that don’t know what a discography is, its a procedure where they test the various disc’s in your back to see which one or one’s may be causing the issue’s that are currently plagueing you. In my case, the lower back pain and it causing pain in the knee’s, ankle’s and occasionally, the buckling of my right leg.

They inserted four needles into the disc’s at L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1. The doctor then injects a contrast dye, usually iodine, while watching the live xray on a monitor. It usually goes in stages. 1.5cc total in .5 steps.

L2-L3 – Some discomfort and a feeling that I needed to use the bathroom. 2 out of 10 on pain.
L3-L4 – Some discomfort and the feeling someone had kicked me in the nads. 2 out of 10 on pain.
L4-L5 – PAIN. OMFG… He had just got the .5cc into me and I had about jumped off the table. It even startled him as I saw him jump. And with the way the x-ray machine was rotated and positioned, I hit my head on it as it was right above me. It hurt so bad I actually started crying, it felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my lower back. 20 out of 10 on pain.
L5-S1 – Pain, but not as bad as the other one. This one was felt down the legs as the other was just across the lower back. 7 out of 10.

So after we were done, he told me on the L4-L5 disc, there was leakage, and this is what is causing my pain. And more then likely I will have to have surgery to repair it. But that’s up to my doctor to decide.

Ended the day with a morphine shot to help with the pain, went home, slept, woke up with a fever, naseau, etc.

Fun day I would say.