I had a baby 18 months ago and had an epidural. The epidural was painful going in (a lot of pressure on the nerve) and was painful coming out, which I hear is not to be the case. I had never had an ounce of back pain before or during my pregnancy and here I am 18 months later with my doctor telling me he does not know what else to do with me. They say the epidural had nothing to do with this but it all seems pretty coincidental to me.

About the T10 area I have pain and it will radiate up my back through my shoulder blades, often causing spasms in my neck where I can't even turn and have to have it massaged out. It is a burning sensation that kind of tingles but not in good way at all. It feels heavy, kind of like pressure and the pain reminds me of a black cloud just moving up and across my back and then just stays there, you can almost feeling branching out which makes me think it is nerves. Activity definitely affects it in a negative way. It makes me irritable and I am extremely tired since this does result in my not sleeping well.

My T spine MRI showed a small bulge at T11-12 and a hemangioma at T10. My L spine MRI showed nothing. Does any of this ring a bell with anybody out there?

I deal with this on a daily basis and I just want to enjoy my son while he is young. I also have concerns about future pregnancys. This has definitely decreased my quality of life. I have no energy and have felt like I have had a congestion in my nose and throat almost constantly since I had my baby. I’m sure there isn’t a connection there but it does make one wonder when I had almost no medical issues prior to labor. I am literally turning grey at age 29 over this….if anyone can help…please do so!

Thank you for listening/reading. 