Help-spinal Block Causing Back Problems? Posted: 03-11-04 00:10am
I had a partial hysterectomy 10 months
ago. I was given general anestesia and a
spinal block. I was heavily sedated when
they gave me the block so I don't remember
much. But I remember first a sharp pain
that made me jump and then the
anestesiologist said I was going to have
to repossion myself. (i don't remember
exactly what he told me to do.) in the
recovery room I laid there in extreme
pain. Not in my stomach where I had been
cut open but in my back. I felt like my
back was arched the whole time. Ever
since i've had back pain in my upper lower
and lower back.Sometimes when I lay down
on my back I have pain and it feels like
my back is arching though it is not. And
sometimes when I bend over I get a sharp
pain in my back. Then it hurts everytime
I bend over for days and sometime when I
try to pick up things like a gallon of
milk(and i'm not even bending my back). I
wake up with back pain. What is wrong? I
think something went wrong with the spinal
block. And is there anything that can be
done about it? Also what tests could a
doctor do to find out what could be
wrong?Thank you for any information you
can give!
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-17-04 15:01pm
Tests etc I know not of but suggestions to
help relieve the pain I can give - dhea
& a combined tablet twice a day of
700-1000mg each of chondriotin &
glucosamine also calcium. All are natural
supplements & I am told by a dr won't
interfere with any meds.
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FurElise96
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 1
Back Pain From Spinal Block Posted: 01-16-07 14:22pm
I had a spinal block for a c-section and
about 2 months later my spine started
aching and it's been almost 7 months now
and it still hurts just as bad, sometimes
worse. It hurts everyday. I have the
pain mostly in the same spots as you and
sometimes it feels like I have a pinched
nerve on either side of my tailbone.
Mine also hurts when I bend over or lay
down, also when I lean back on something
and when I sit certain ways. If I do
have to bend over for something, I have to
straighten very slowly. I would love to
know what could be wrong, how to figure it
out and how to fix it. The doctors i've
seen so far do not take me seriously. I
do not want medication for it, I just want
to fix it.
