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Nope - sounds to me like you are awake but not conscious of pain - ask Kate
Actually it's just come to mind - it's used for some brain surgery so patient can be awake and they can check how things are going
When I was about 25, I had to have a kidney biopsy to see why I was leaking blood & protein. They used a long needle inserted into each kidney from the back, to get the samples. It was an easy procedure with just a local anesthetic. The only bad part was having to lay flat on my stomach for 24 hours afterwards.
I pray your procedure goes well and is successful and painless!
See, I was hoping they could just do a local on it, but Kate said the kidneys are so deep under the muscle that the local would only numb the surface and an area under it, but I'd likely feel things. I'm just wondering, if that's true, why on Earth the doctor would allow that? I hate to disagree with my wife, but I wonder.....