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: 03-12-04 00:59am
I don't know how to prove it but I do
think something definitely went wrong. I
suggest talking to a dr (maybe someone
new) or another specialist or seeing
someone like an accupuncturist or
naturopath or chiropractor etc.
Other than that I don't know. Other than
taking things that might help ease
&/or heal like sam-e, dhea, calcium,
chondroitin & glucosamine (in the same
tablet) the problem though is that since
the actual source of the pain isn't known
(bone, muscle, nerve etc) it's hard to
suggest what might help.
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Chinarose
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Louisiana
Re: Purple333's Reply Posted: 03-12-04 03:31am
Thank you for your response. I plan to
see a doctor about it but I don't have
insurance right now. So I have to go to a
state funded (free) hospital.
Have you ever seen a chiropractor or
acupuncture Dr.?
I have not and I have wondered if they
could help. (since this and other bad
experiences with m.D.'s I have become a
little cynical about them.)
thanks again. :d
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 03-12-04 03:56am
I have had accupuncture, it often helps
& doesn't hurt at all but of course it
depends on what exactly went wrong, still
this ancient form of chinese medicine has
been around curing all sorts of things for
thousands of years.
I have also been to chiroprators, i'm less
thrilled aboutthem mainly because I have
neck problems & they always want to
crack my neck & i'm not having it
because that can kill you if they get it
one teeny bit wrong (i was seeing a
medical dr/chiropratcor for my neck &
a patient of his died after a treatment
due to a slight miscalculation causing a
brain heamorrhage!!) but lower down or on
other parts of the body there's nothing I
know of to worry about & it might
help, but again it's not knowing exactly
what went wrong so what is it that is
actually causing the pain, bone, muscle,
nerve, what?? This creates a problem re
healing it.
Drs are just glorified (& often
hopeless) mechanics & we pay them far
too much heed & $$$$. We need to be
more proactive. Given that there would
seem to have been a mistake made by the
dr, what about getting some legal advice
as to suing for $$$ to obtain treatment
from a dr who has a great reputation for
getting things right or fixing other drs
errors????
