Thanks all for the warm wishes. It was a looong day and a do nothing day yesterday. Let's say it was an adventure I don't want to do ever again.
First, I got to the hospital and checked in okay. They took me back to waiting room and said they needed some blood for testing and took four vials.

Then they put in an IV....that I didn't need. But wait, it gets better.
They had me lay down in bed on the side with my torn hip muscle and I cried and cried until some nice nurse guy walking past the room came in and said the bed wasn't adjusted correctly and helped me. But wait, it gets better.
The procedure was done in my regular clothes, I was expecting a gown. They rolled me onto my stomach, cleaned my lower back and then put on lidocaine. The doc started injecting the numbing stuff for the nerves all in that area. Then I kicked and kicked again (which I told the nurse I did during my cortisone shots and they ignored) and the doc realized I needed more lidocaine.
After that I didn't feel anything but a hard pressure on that area. He said it was a slow drip to fill the vial and to breathe in and out then bear down like you need to poop and the vial will fill faster. Well after two of those I thought, if I keep doing this I'll need to

! He showed me what they took out and surprising fact....spinal fluid is clear like water! But wait, it gets better.
Afterwards I had to lay flat for two hours in a curtained cubicle with nothing to look at. It was to prevent a spinal headache, which thank the man upstairs I never got. They said it's like the worst migraine ever. After laying there for the first hour, I had to pee but I couldn't get up for another hour.

But wait, it gets better.
Thirty minutes past the time they said I could leave someone finally came with my discharge papers and forgot I had this IV tube in! Duh! They also told me that with the numbing agents I'd be extra wobbly on my legs. Just great. By this time I forgot about the bathroom and just wanted to go home!
But wait, it gets better....