Terrible Neck Lower Back- L4/5 Bulging Disks What Can I Do Posted: 09-10-07 14:55pm
Hi, I am hoping there s someone that can
offer some advice. I am 30 years old and
125 lbs. Every since I had my daughter in
1999- I have terrible back pains. L4 and
L5 are bulging the doctors says. I am
skinny so I feel pain more, so he says. My
neck hurts and has to be popped during
day. All the muscles in my back knot up
and throb and my boyfriend has to pop my
back twice a day to relive some relief. I
feel like l4 and l5 are bone on bone and
when I wake in morning is terrible it
feels like when i lay on back there is a
hole that needs to be on special pillow or
something. I bought a good bed doesnt
help. Now the pain is on my right buttock-
my boyfriend kneads it and says it is
muscle, to me it hurts in the bone and
radiates down right leg. My toes and
fingers feel numb and tingly every so
often. I dont know if this has anything to
do with it but i have to pop my fingers or
they wont work right and my toes pop when
i move. My ankls and wrists pop everytime
moved in circular direction.
I have had several Mri's and just think
more is wrong with my back. I take muscle
relaxers, Percocet, Inflammatory. I also
have Tens Unit
I wonder if I dont have some form of
arthritis along with other back
problems> I should not be in this much
constant pain with degenerative disk
disease as diagnosis. Thanks for any
advice. Rebekkah
Oh I am set up to go to a pain clinic, i
dont know much about these places or what
they have except injections in back- What
does this do?
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 09-13-07 06:57am
Dear Rebekah,
I'm sorry that you're experiencing so much
pain. To check out the possibility of
arthritis, you need to see a
rheumatologist and request diagnostic
exams.
Just consider that seeking elief for the
pain via pain management will continue
throughout your life,. Have you
considered taking action and changing
lifestyle? I've known people who've
become addicted to Percocet as a result of
injuries ... and you might want to
consider the road less traveled (ie.
exercise and therapy). Are you open to
these suggestions?
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RichT
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Posted: 09-15-07 12:08pm
I would highly recommend that you seek a
second opinion regarding the pain in your
back.
A pain management doc CAN do amazing
things if done properly AND your back
responds.
The end of April I had my first epidural
injection from my PM doc. I frankly did
not expect to see any improvement.
Thankfully the epidural cortisone
injection did help, and I am convenced
that my doc make the injection in exactly
the right spot.
Take care.
Let me know how things go.
Regarding mattresses - A "regular"
mattress is impossible for me to sleep on.
I also tried Select Comfort and that did
not work. What works for me is a twin
sized air mattress from Aero. Thank
goodness for it.
