I am an 84 year old man. In my sixties I
began to get a sudden lower back pain
(more toward my left hip) about once a
year. I still get it today. The pain
comes on sharp out of nowhere (although I
usually get it when the weather changes
and turns cold). I'm typically stuck in
bed for ten days. When I lay, the pain
is tolerable, but when I get up, it's
terrible. And then after ten days of
laying, I can usually get up again,
slowly, and then it passes for about a
year. During the year I have no chronic
back pain. I was prescribed
antiinflammatories and given an mri that
showed slight arthritis in the disk, but
the doctor said that's not causin it.
What can this be? Nobody seems to know.
Does anyone seem to have a similar pain?
I would love some more info. I'm stuck
in bed right now for about two weeks.
-phil
