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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 spinal tap is usually performed in the emergency room, in the hospital at your bedside, or in a clinic room of your neurologist's office. During the procedure, you will lie on the bed on your side, with your knees bent close to your chest, similar to a fetal position.