Debilitating Low Back Pain!

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Hi -

Does anyone have ideas for relief from horrible low back pain? I have been through so much testing/therapy in the last 3 years it's ridiculous - numerous rounRAB of PT, injections, mri's, etc. (also had radio frequency ablation) - injections work only temporarily (2 - 4 weeks max!)

I feel very strongly that my si joints are the source of the pain - I'm becoming very depressed because of my chronic pain.

Thank you,
Bonnie in Oregon:(
 
Bonnie, what kind of doctors are you presently seeing? Are you,or have you been, under the care of a pain management specialist? It sounRAB like you. Have you have a ct-scan any time recently? Sometimes the ct will show things that the mri doesn't. Have you discussed your feelings about the si joints as the cause of your pain? I do not know your history as I haven't been active here in over a year (since my husbanRAB death) and am just now beginning to feel enough like myself again to rejoin the boarRAB.

SI joints can really cause some awful pain, so I hope your doctor is willing to look at them as a possibility. Keep us updated, please.....and best of luck to you

Carol
 
Hi Carol!

So sorry about your husband. I saw a pain management specialist under our previous insurance and he had me try a fentanyl patch (big mistake!), and then I never went back to him (this was in the fall of 09) - I have had 2 mri's but no ct scan - I put an email into my new doctor today asking for a referral - she has me presently on an anti-inflammatory I only take once every 24 hours, but it's not doing anything for the pain! I think I will bring up getting a referral to a pain management specialist.

Thanks much for your reply!
Bonnie in Oregon
 
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