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#3. I had a spinal tap, done in an ER setting, and it went much better than I would have thought. There was no pain involved at all, just a funny bone sensation shooting down one leg into the feet, and it only lasts for a second, at the very end of the procedure.
A Patient's Guide to Spinal Taps. What it is: A spinal tap is done to take a sample of spinal fluid and reading of the spinal fluid pressure. A spinal tap is also necessary if you are having a myelogram. The spinal tap is most commonly done to look for infection, cancers, and bleeding into the brain or spinal cord. What the test shows: A spinal tap is done in order to get a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the spinal cord.