You know, I had to nadin "epidural," because it might as well have been backwards upside-down Japanese to me.
Apparently if one's fat, losing weight eliminates the need for this procedure.
And my good friend Omaha Steve would do well to lose at least, oh, circa 120 pounds; it'd take a load off him.
But this is probably why Omaha's Ed Norton would rather do the epidural thing, than that:
Epidural typically involves using the opiates fentanyl or sufentanil, with bupivacaine, Fentanyl is a powerful opioid with a potency 80 times that of morphine and side effects common to the opiate class. Sufentanil is another opiate, 5 to 10Xs more potent than Fentanyl.
This however doesn't sound so good:
The sensation of needing to urinate is diminished, which often requires the placement of a urinary catheter for the duration of the epidural.
This is interesting:
The following factors are associated with no pain relief, or block failure with epidurals:
* Obesity
* History of regular opiate use