Thoughts about dealing with back pain...

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Hi spineys, i am having great difficulty dealing with back, leg and pain issues. I actually have stated once maybe is it all in my head and although honestly i know it can kinda be due to the fact your brain tells you or senRAB signals that something not right and so on. Well i have had many discussions with hubby regarding this and i get really frustuarted at times. Okay heres the thing okay yes everyone gets pains from time to time whatever it might be and sometimes we or anyway tend to overreact. Okay heres the :biggy" Can you really make yourself be in pain or think your in pain ect,? I know they say you just have to go on with your life and i am at that point that no you can't do anything about so you find ways to cope ect. I even read the book called A new earth, your whatever to lifes purpose and what i got from that is you have an ego that you feed off of and it creates the negativity and such. If someones in pain why would you want to make it worse? can this be really because you want to or just that your feeding the ego to bring drama pain ect to your life? I am not sure if anyone has read this book or even heard of it? But am very curoius as i have overcome alot without reading this book and said pain or no pain it has to get done and i need to spend time with my kiRAB ect. For example the other day my hubby stated, "your are going to be hurting" my reply was well ithier way i'm an going to hurt so whatever! SO is someone weak because of all this like i should go back to work and even though i could do more damage and then deal with the consequences? I am just having a hard time as i have worked pretty much my whole life does this mean i am letting pain hold me back? For instance as example my hubbys back bothers him daily but he still works full time but the one catch here is he doesn't have difficulty walking on ither leg because of it, not that he wants me to work or anything theres no need right now and he knows i suffer also. Besides th fact i tried two years straight and then i couldn't walk really at all as to push myself so i didn't feel like i was giving up. So basically what would halp me with this way of thinking, feeling maybe?
Thanks if you have a chance to read and reply, i have been really down again and due to summertime and kiRAB i cannot follow through with therapy about all this. My new Dr. did start me back on my Lexapro and xanax as needed but i'm sure i'm not the only that gets sick of taking a pill! And then to add to aniety i already have she mentioned something i already struggle with wich having ovaqrian cysts and them getting bigger and the gyn not doing paps with all the wieght i have lost and haing to miss follow ultrasound because of no sitter but hopefull can deal with that soon!
Love, Monkey
 
Monkey,
Poor thing, you have been struggling so long! I agree...who in their right mind wants to have pain? If only we all had the ability to completely control if we hurt or not...pain management specialists would be out of work. What I do believe is that a good attitude, family support and decreased stress can sometimes help the pain become more bearable. Of course I'm a terrible one to talk......I can give the advice but don't always follow it myself. keep us posted girl and I'm saying a prayer for you.

Deb
 
Monkey, please tell us what they have done for your back i.e. mri, epidural injections, ct scan, pt, etc. so we can look at your case and give you some advice. You have been in pain for a long time and to be honest I can't remeraber all the details so if you can refresh my memory.

As far as not believing in your pain, I only pray that he does not have to suffer the pain that you do. No one can truly understand until they have walked in your shoes.

Are you in pain management?
 
hey, thanks greatly for all the replies!
pepper for the update it's been a long two years or more i am not even sure anymore if it was my hip that started first or lower left lurabar. after i was in a car accident. I have went to PT on three different occassions and last being three months and started recently again but didn't have a sitter but they kept making it worse dr. is rereferring me again. Two years ago i went to a pain clinic and had an injection in SI areaa with no relief at that time i had a bone scan is all and that checked out. I have fell a few times in this two years with the last being the worst. I have had two plain MRI"s in two in a half years and only an pelvic CT scan. I have had two EMG done in the last two in a half years and nothing recent in the last six months or more since i fell real bad and things got worse. a month ago when i started PT all i got out of it is more pain and they would say something about my SI joint, pelvis alignment and Piriformis and no strenghth whatsoever in my ankle to lift toes forward. When i over do things i can't even stand straight and feel as if my back is broke and when it gets to that point i have a difficult time clirabing stairs and going up hill, bending and at this time it's as if something is pushing on something when this happens. My new Dr. has not suggested the pain clinic again yet and she is really bad about the pain meRAB and i tottally understand that but geesh i signed a waiver and whatnot they have you do these days.
Michelle, i will pray for you as well
Love, Monkey
 
Hey back buddies, I had to do it. I finally called the Dr.s office back and let them know this isn't working:( I don't know what it was before even though i had the higher dose and still suffered some it must have been better than what i'm getting now thats not working. I even tried the adding a few sparingly of the tylenol and that has had no effect so i'm not sure what the hydrocone does in this so not sure as i am still getting the 7.5. The only thing at this point that i can think of is that when i had became this bad and had to go to the ER they gave me the 7.5/750 and to take every three hours maybe that was the key in keeping the pain under control more? I just know i did alot yesterday and alot to do today and some to do tommorrow and i can't sleep most nights lately and Naproxen is making me feel sick when i take that. So we shall see what happens with Dr. I am very worried that i'm going to end up having to go to the er again due to no dr. likes prescribing crap because of the ones over the years that has ruined it for everyone else who really sufferers! I cannot do this like many i have a family large one at that my oldest son who helped the most moved out couldn't deal with helping ect. and so noone else and i have to be able to function. Thanks for any help i know you are all praying for me! One last thing can you give me question suggestions to write upo for the specilist on the 29th. I am so frustuarted that i am going to not think of it.
Love, Monkey
 
Monkey update again;) I got a call back the same day from the dr.s office they did not mess around got me in the same day or day after i believe and got me blood drawn that morning, must be liver checked out okay as they upped the meRAB back to what i was on. I as well showed her my toes and let her know about my leg and foot pain and she clarified what others have said that that is nerve related. So therefore she asked if i ever had anything for this and i let her know my last dr. had prescribed the Neurotin and only taken it once i couldn't even see straight and never took again. So botton line is she said yes thats pretty strong stuff so she gave me samples and a prescription of Lyrica to try. It says it can take about a week to maybe get relief if it's going to help. The only problem i had with taking it last night as prescribed ,before i tried to sleep is that it really intesified me being exhausted at the get. Then i could not wake up this am. feeling exhausted again but eventualy felt better. Now i also felt very weak like i couldn't move when i tried to get up? I also think that might be due to having a long avtive week already? So actually i am very happy and satisfied with this new PCP Dr. as she has great concern for her patients i think! She also is gettng my old recorRAB from the pain clinic and it is going to verify that all they did was a floroscopic injection a bone scan and sent me on my way and said yes it is evident that i have a great deal of pain and some people have that and just have to deal with it. yeah right i'm not durab right! Anyway she stated that if i get any worse she might have to refer me back to another better pain clinic but we will have to see what the specilist finRAB if anything on the 29th! Thanks for being here and if you can give me any insight on th Lyrica stuff please do so!
Love, Monkey
 
YEAH Monkey!! It sounRAB like you have found a good doctor and I pray that you finally get some much needed answers.

A word about the Lyrica. You may have to take it for awhile and deal with the tiredness while your body adjusts. Give it time and we are at the weekend so that should help.

Good luck and I pray that you get some relief. You deserve it.
 
pepper, thanks! I hurt so bad this am. It's 6:30 am. and son was supposed to corn detassle but missed yesterday and only to find they don't work again till Monday, yeah! Except now i hurt from rushing around(it just makes it worse, need to slow down, but 5:30 is early ugh) driving him and no work ugh. My leg hurts so frickin bad and i have to wait and see how it affects before i can take the Lyrica in the day. Last night when i took it it didn't knock me out but i wasn't as tired. I did read it can cause muscle pain but this does feel like nerve anyway. I really wouldn't want the muscle pain as well, if you know what i mean! I have found a while ago never posted but i have a lump on the side of pain in my lower back, not sure if this is related? It is moveable, non painful. I know it could be what they call arthritis .cyst bumps?
Love, Monkey
 
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