I've heard they're not always painful, but let me tell you, I only got local anesthesia and I can still remember the feeling of the hollow needle going into the back of my hipbone.
Ngizwile ukuthi azibuhlungu njalo, kepha ake ngikutshele, ngine-anesthesia yendawo kuphela futhi ngisakhumbula umuzwa wenaliti engenalutho ingena ngemuva kwethambo lami.