shooting pain down left leg Posted: 02-04-08 01:43am
I have a BIG problem. I have lower back
pain( like I have been stabbed) and it is
causing a sharp shooting pain down my left
leg. I can hardly walk. I have been
prescribed Lortab 10 but they dont do
anything! What could it be? I have an
appointment with a neurosurgeon on Monday
but I cant sleep or walk or do anything!!
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 02-04-08 02:09am
Ash,
Almost sounds like a nerve problem to me.
Might just have a lumbar vertibre setting
on a nerve. That is usually what happens
when the get compressed. Depending on what
vertibre it is will decide what part of
your body it will refer too. Like L-1 will
refer and make you kidney's feel pain. If
this is the case, sounds like it is a very
low lumbar vertibre. I am no doctor, just
some guess work on my part. You might have
a pinched nerve due to a compressed low
vertibre.
Carrie
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danielle25
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ash Posted: 02-09-08 23:59pm
It's most likely a pinched nerve and pain
meds dont work all the time. I had l5 s1
completely broken and poking into my nerve
core, also sharp shooting pain down my
right leg. I went to a spine specialist
and the xrays showed the broken vertibre.
I had a rod and 4 screws put in my back on
Jan 14th of 08. For the first time in
almost 2 years no back or leg pain. I
would check with a spine doc and see what
is the problem.
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young Girl
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Posted: 02-10-08 00:01am
sounds like sciatica to me
whihc i had and it really sucked
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-10-08 00:18am
Ooooh, ouch. That must hurt
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 02-10-08 08:20am
Siactica starts with a nerve in the
middile of you butt and moves down you
leg.
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ashoverman
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Pinched Nerve Posted: 02-10-08 12:34pm
I have to go see my neurologist again on
Friday. I HOPE that he can do the steroid
epideral if it is indeed a pinched nerve.
I just started a new job and I am not
100%, to say the least and my job is in
jeopardy! He didnt give me ANYTHING for
pain! It just seems like he could have
done something more! I dont have insurance
either so I have to pay for office visits
and that is really expensive. I am in a
rut and dont know what to do. The doctors
at the ER think that I am just a drug
seeker, but I suppose in some weird sense
I am because I NEED the pain pills just to
be able to walk. I am walking with a cane
and I am 35!!
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-10-08 13:07pm
You are in extreme pain, why would the
doctors not give you anything for pain?
That's awful
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ashoverman
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Pinched Nerve Posted: 02-10-08 14:46pm
I dont know why they wouldnt give me
anything for pain. I have had to go to the
ER 4 different times and they have given
me Lortab and Flexeril, but neither seem
to help. I dont have any insurance so the
ER is quite expensive. I am at a loss on
what to do! I just want the pain to go
away, either through pain meds or surgery
or whatever, it doesnt matter to me just
as long as the pain goes away!!
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MMAFighter
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Posted: 02-10-08 14:49pm
That's just awful, I have some lower back
pain that started in 9th grade (im in 11th
now) and it hurts. Ur pain must be
unbearable.
