Re: Severe back/leg pain continuing--advice?
- From: "strider" <peter64@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 00:40:20 +1000
Hi Mel
Sorry to hear you are such a tough time, i think that your problems are
probably related in some way to your DDD even if your back pain abated after
the original episode DDD is almost always progressive and as we all know,
can cause a great deal of pain problems.
The only thing i would suggest is that you get hold of any previous
radiology reports, and pending ones, and find out in detail what they say,
that you will have a much better idea of what you are up against.You can
always post them here some people can give you the basics.Doctors have a bad
habit of saying there's not much wrong with that when they should be being a
bit more proactive
wishing you well.
"MZB" <moo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BqyPh.68$fQ1.32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I posted the message below but I only got one response (thanks Old Goat).
He indicated that others have similar problems. I'm hoping some will
respond. I don't see other newsgoups just devoted to back pain and I guess
I don't have a chronic condition yet, but I hope to get some
answers/suggestions.
In fact, let me also add:
The main problem is the leg pain. I am a college professor. I am
going in now, teaching 2 consecutive 2-hour classes (plus 1 office hour)
and
then going home and pretty much resting. This is 4 days a week. This
week,
my last workday will be Wednesday, so I will have 4 days to rest and I am
resting this weekend.
What I am finding is the back pain has improved 70%
from its most acute phase but the leg pain is worse. It is horrible.
Yesterday, it started out okay and no problems teaching my first class but
it just really deteriorated during the second class. We also had a family
get-together/birthday celebration last night. It included dinner at a
restaurant. I just did that part and went home. It just gets so fatiguing.
Should the leg pain go away as the back pain diminishes? So far, that's
not
the case at all.
I have an aversion to medications, but I do have flexeril and OTC
ibuprofin.
In the past it just seemed to mask the pain and the pain seemed to get
worse
than ever when the drugs wore off. I will have to take that again, I
guess.
Years ago, an MRI revealed I guess what you would call degenerative
disk disease. That is, the disk space was pretty much non-existent at 4 or
5
levels. But there was no leg pain and they said no evidence of stenosis or
herniation. I eventually recovered fom that episode (back pain and
spasms).
This is very different the back pain is much lower (tailbone and pelvic
area).
Anyway, I am very frustrated. I guess this is more a vent than anything,
but
if anyone has any more ideas, I'm listening. The problem is right now I
would like to "work it out" but that doesn't work as any activity makes it
worse.
So, I'm resting and I might do some simple exercises that the P/T
recommended although I am not sure she knows what she is doing. (She is
supposed to be decent but she seems so unsure of herself!). The exercises
did seem to help with the back, but then the leg pain started and that has
been the main problem. They are obviously related but it seems that even
with the back pain diminished the leg pain gets worse.
I'll stop rambling now.
My original post to this board follows:
I recently started having severe back pain after shoveling snow/ice (about
4
weeks ago).
Since Saturday, the pain has gone into my left leg -- pretty severe.
P/T seems to think it might well be nerve root pain and so far P/T is not
helping.
Question: once back pain also turns into leg pain, does this mean it won't
go away via therapy?? Am I doomed to surgery (which I probably am not a
candidate for due to degenrative disk disease at a variety of levels) or
injections or stronger stuff. Or are exerises still possible to relieve
the
back/leg pain. In the past, I've had lots of back pain problems but
usually
found the key to overcoming it (extra walking and/or exercise). I've never
had the leg pain.
A final question: is there a newsgroup dedicated to back pain??? I can't
seem to find one on my server. What about some kind of back pain forum on
the internet?
Mel
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