Still waiting on funding for pain pump, new symptom?

[lincslady2]

Hi everyone, I have a long complicated history of back pain, three surgeries, a thoracic fusion, I won't go on, I don't want to put you all to sleep with boredom! I have been on this board in the past, and have always had lovely helpful replies, so thank you. Just to update my situation, I'm now waiting to see if my local health authority (I live in the UK) will provide funding for a intrathecal pump, to provide pain relief. One of the main advantages of this will be that the medication doesn't enter the intestines, it's delivered straight to the spine where it's needed. This is becoming more imortant for me, as I have had to have my large bowel removed, due to a corabination of nerve damage at the time of my accident, and long term use of Fentanyl patches for pain relief. I spent nine weeks in hospital, they tried everything to clear the blockage, but in the end they had no choice but to remove the whole large colon. Luckily the surgeon was able to reattatch the small bowel, so I didn't need a colostomy. My problem now is that I keep getting blockages, which make me very ill, I can't eat, for sometimes a couple of weeks at a time. I keep getting sent in to hospital, as they have to do x rays, and keep an eye out for bowel perforation etc. The sooner I get this pump, the better!
The last few weeks I have started to get a burning sensation in my right foot. It happens about six to eight times a day, and at night too. It feels as though my foot is on fire! Does anyone have any ideas what this could be please? Just to add to the misery, I've also developed Trigeminal Neuralgia, Oh happy days!! Thank you so much for bothering to read this mini novel!