darn it, my back hurts again
My relief lasted about one month. For the last few days, it hurts. Not as bad as before the injections, at least not yet. Back then, the pain was waking me several times a night. It's not that bad now but it hurts. I'm so unhappy about that.
I'm not sure how often they will even do the injections. When I used to get them in my knees, they would only do it once every three months. But getting them done often is not feasible for me anyway. I have to have someone take me to get them because I can't drive myself home, and even though my insurance covers them I have a kinda big copay for that. So doing them once a month or something like that just would not be possible even if I wanted to and the doc would do them that often.
I'm so disappointed the pain is returning so soon.
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Michelle (OH member since 2004 - new user name)
HW 285 / SW 270 / GW 140 / LW 135 / CW 185
RNY 6/8/2009
Starting size 26/28, now size 12/14
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." -Hebrews 13:8
The pain is not too bad right now but I am assuming it will get worse. In the past, it has at times been so bad I could not stand up or walk or even move, really. Once I was out somewhere and managed to drive home but then could not get out of the car. Every time I tried to move the littlest bit the pain was excruciating. I ended up having to call my partner at work and he had to come home, go into the house and get me some vicodin, then I had to sit in the car until that kicked in and I could move again.
Has anything helped your husband? Has he tried acupuncture or anything like that?
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They hurt INCREDIBLY and it was severely traumatizing... and even worse than that, neither set of injections did a think to alleviate my pain. I am glad you got some relief from them, though... I know that for some people they are a godsend, it just didn't turn out that way for me.
I am not sure what I would have done if they HAD worked... not sure the trauma of the procedure would have been worth doing it again even with significant relief. I'd have had to find a new pain management guy because there was NO WAY I was doing that fully awake again, nuh uh...
tori
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The shots didn't really help. The most help he had was from a combination chiropractor / physical therapist. Unfortunately, Workers Comp decided they didn't want to pay for the treatments anymore. :( And the stupid thing is, he can't use our regular insurance to pay for these treatments because it could jeopardize his case (he is waiting for a settlement). So he is in pain almost all of the time. Pain meds only provide very temporary relief.
Michelle (OH member since 2004 - new user name)
HW 285 / SW 270 / GW 140 / LW 135 / CW 185
RNY 6/8/2009
Starting size 26/28, now size 12/14
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." -Hebrews 13:8
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Is there a permanant surgery solution to your problem? If not, I would try acupunture. I haven't done it myself but have used it on my horses and it was wonderful for them.
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I don't know about a surgical solution. My doc has never mentioned surgery. And I'm not sure it's bad enough for me to consider surgery on my back. I've got to figure something out, though. The pain is not very bad right now but I'm assuming it will get bad again in time. And before these epidural injections, it was worse some days than others but it hurt every day and it did limit my activities. I could not bend over to pick up something on the floor. When I went grocery shopping, I could not pick up itmes from the bottom shelves at the store so sometimes I could not get the items I really wanted. And it did wake me several times every night for several months.
Hmm. Maybe I should see a pain management specialist?
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
Between 35-40 BMI? join us on the Lightweight board. the Lightweight Board