What Could This Be.... So Much Pain!

[divegirl]

I'll try and keep this brief but it's hard to explain.

For the last 2-3 I've been in agony. I've considered everything from an extreme case of trapped wind to a pinched nerve.
If I sit still I'm fine [aside from a dull ache] but when I try to stand I feel pain strong enough to make me cry out across my middle to lower back that radiates round to my lower abdomen [feels like its inside my hips].
I can not turn over in bed with out excruciating pain nor can I bend down to pick anything up off of the floor. Also sometimes if I breath in deeply it hurts on the 'back' of my hips.

I have a long standing back problem, not sure if that is anything to do with it?
I have not fallen, slipped or break-danced in the last week!

Lisa x

[divegirl]

Oh and I tried to get a doctors appointment this morning but they were fully booked [unusual for them] but they said they will ring if they get a cancellation. I did say that I did feel it wasn't [hopefully] life threatening.

[Sqad]

\\\\For the last 2-3 I've been in agony\\\

Hours? days? weeks? months?

[divegirl]

oppp sorry... days.

[jno]

I'd be calling the nearest osteopath myself, I've always found them better for back pain than GPs. But they're not on the NHS

[divegirl]

Exactly why I can't jno... can barely afford life as it is with out an osteopath. Thing is, I know what's wrong with my back and am being treated for it, just taking a while between appointments :0(

Lisa x

[Sqad]

\\\\\I have a long standing back problem, not sure if that is anything to do with it?\\\\

I would assume that we are now entering the period of "wear and tear" offered by your "long standing back problem"

I presume that you have tried the "time honoured panacea" of Ibuprofen 600mgs.

[divegirl]

Hey Sqad, I'm waiting on having a central nerve block done [into L5, L4 and S1] as the caudal epidural did nothing. I'm still holding out for surgery at some point to remove the 'spur' of bone removed [it's obstructing the thecal (sp) sac]

So would you say this sounds like it's all connected and is just a matter of riding it out so to speak?

[divegirl]

I'm already on a myriad of prescription drugs and have been taking cocodomol and Ibuprofen as well :0( Nothing touches it.

[Sqad]

Yes, it all seems connected and good luck with the local nerve block.

[Sqad]

http://xpil.medicines.org.uk/ViewPil.aspx?DocID=19293

As a short term interim measure, have you tried the above?

I think that you may well need a prescription.

[mallyh]

divegirl i had all the treatment for my spine as you had then got awful pain in hips bum groin for 8 years until they found i had deformed hips after two hip replacement ops (in 3 months)the pain went .hope yours goes soon

[divegirl]

Thank you Mally :0)

Sqad... does that come on a roll pmsl Will look into it though. I'm due a new BuTrans patch on tomorrow but think I'll be putting it on in a little while, hopefully that might knock the edge off of it.

Lisa x

[gingejbee]

Putting the cost to one side, it's really not a good idea to go to an osteopath/chiropracter etc with your history...it can make matters a lot worse.

[divegirl]

I agree with your there actually ginge. I think I'd be too scared to do it even if I did have the money. Hopefully I should get the nerve block done with in a month... fingers crossed it offers some relief this time!

Lisa x

[Peter Pedant]

mallyh that is a pretty uncommon cause of back ache
speaking as someone who has also had their hip replaced....

[mallyh]

no i had a bad back then the other pain after, didn't mean it was the cause of back pain it was a separate thing .