1 Comment Between Neuro-surgeon and Orthopaedic-surgeon who to consult with for chronic back pain.
I fell down the stairs while pregnant in 1996. In 2001 I started having lower back pain going down my right leg. MRI showed mild bulging L5, SI. I was treated with epidural injection and tractions. The pain went away immediately after months of agony. I was pain free until last year, 2010 Aug. This time the pain is in my lower back, hip, coccyx, butt, down the leg. I am doing Biokinetics since from June 2011 and not sure if they are working. Is it true that the second epidural injection won’t work? Do I seek help with Neuro sergeon or orthopaedic sergeon?
Living with it…
It pains me to say this and I doubt any one will believe me, but those that have LPHS and are getting it now are luckier than those of us that got it 10 years ago. Mine began when I passed out in paleontology class at University – I was taken to hospital and told I had stones and they didn’t know what else – but protein and hematuria…4 years later, dozens of hospitalizations, surgeries and God only knows how many tests, I went to Mayo Clinic and Shands and BOTH finally diagnosed me with LPHS with recurrent kidney stones.
Epidural Steroid Injection in Cervical Neck Area
Went terrible! I have Slight and Moderate Disc Protrusions to C-5, C-6, and C-7 Cervical/Neck and have been managing the pain for many years with mild opiate dosages, and valium to relax the muscles around the damaged discs. My Pain …
Agony Every Single Day…
In 2006 I was working in the ER and was injured. I went back to work after a few days and tried to get over it. Having 3 kids and going through a divorce, being unemployed was simply not an …
Tears in my eyes
I’ve had this pain in my neck for 6 years and I am only 30. It started when I hit my head in a car accident and ever since the pain has been crazy. I have no Insurance so getting …
Praying for relief…..
I had my first shot yesterday. I hardly felt anything but a little pressure during the procedure. They gave me the local anesthesia hooked up to the back of my hand because my arm veins are hard to find. After …
ANOREXIC
Take me now so my pain can go away, in my sleep! Or out on the street! My life and its events makes me feel it’s my destiny, makes me believe in what they call fate! Fate? A definition in …
My Life with RSD
RSD means you don’t have a normal life. Things that mattered before RSD, do not matter now. The cold, windy, wet days when you can’t even go outside. It’s like having a demon on your back, even though you want …
Be a true friend or please walk away
I have been living with chronic pain for about 3 years now because of a hip condition that the Doctors will not treat because they say I am too young. My pain on a daily basis is always an 8 …
Epidural Cortisteroid Injection
I had an injection 5 days ago. Right after the procedure I felt dizzy like I was going to pass out and had trouble speaking. Nurse said it was normal. I went home and rested and ever since that day …
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Denice
I was born with Spina Bifida which is a neuro-tube birth defect. But I was quite fortunate as a child and experienced much less complications than most children born with this.
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Jana
I'm a 55-year-old disabled baby-booming woman living in MESSachusetts (don't ask). I live in chronic and constant excruciating pain from four ruptured herniated discs in my neck and one in my lower back.
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Abbie
She has had chronic low back pain since 1991, starting after a car accident. Today she is after 3 back surgeries, spinal fusion on L4-S1. Has constant pain, and still looking for treatments.
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