Back Pain Forum - heavy feeling of pressure

I had my morphine increased today as my pain has really been severe and there is increased pressure in my lumber region of damaged disc.
my m.ri scan which i had 9 months ago my doctor only recieved today due to pain management losing my files. i have a fantastic GP. but he only recieved the scan and no read out result but could tell me that there was an abnormality showed up in second scan compared to my first taken on 2007.
my GP did say he has to be careful how he reads into this as it could be degenerated disc disease or scrolosis/ I know its not cancer. sunny

i have still 9 wks out of the 13 left before i see a specialist to get exact result and wondered if anyone else has experienced the sudden onset of heavy pressure with the disc L5/S1.
my pain has also increased more at night and sleep disturbed more than it already is with the chronic pain of which i am diagnosed longterm and my GP said i need to ask my hospital when i finally get there for the answers.
Its just so frustrating that i have waited nearly 10 months to discover after all this time an abnormality has been there since july last year.

Replies(2)

littleonefb

replied on May 8th, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

An MRI scan that is 9 months old, is not going to provide the information that your doctor needs. It is to old an MRI.

Most spine doctors will consider an MRI that old as not valid and have a new one done.

The pain management doctor should have the results of the MRI reading and should be able to read it as well.

If you are having such significant increase in pain and new symptoms, you should see if you can get in to see your spine doctor sooner than 9 weeks from now and your GP might be able to order a new MRI to be done before you see the spine specialist.

Good luck

Fran

ioka

replied on May 8th, 2009

Supporter

thankyou fran

many thanks fran as this has been no picnic suffering 3 yrs of chronic pain.
If it hadn,t been for my GP writing and telling them someone has to take responsibility for me and for them losing my files i would still be no further forward. our nhs system is so backed up in the uk it takes ages to get appointments. The angersome part of it all is that i was in pain management from last year and once my specialist left so did my files. I waited months to get into that system from the start and now have to go through all the red tape again. I feel so let down by my hospital how i manage to stay positive is beyond even me. Many thanks again for your prompt reply your a star.

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