Hi all! I'm scheduled for RTHR July 10th. I had my left hip replaced 6 years ago. A lot has changed with surgery since then as now they don't do general anesthesia any more, just spinal blocks and it's totally freaking me out for 2 reasons. First, I'm very squeemish and I think I may panic if I hear sawing or hammering going on. Secondly, I have spinal stenosis due to a slipped vertebrae which is causing peripheral neuropathy in both feet and lower legs with sciatica down my right leg into my foot. I've heard tales of people coming out of this surgery with worse back problems than they started with due to the spinal block injections. Has anyone had a THR with spinal stenosis? What was your experience? Am I being too paranoid?