What to do for BACK PAIN!!!

Ever since I have returned to work, my lower back is killing me!!! Up until now I have not had much pain at all after my WLS. I really need some suggestions on how to help this. I work at an office job so I sit down during most of the night at work. I don't really know what pain medicines I should or could take. I am exercising regularly and it does not hurt when I am walking. If anyone else has had this problem some insight would be really helpful.

DON'T get steriod injections no matter what you do!!! I did that and gained 100lbs in one month because the doc missed, went through my spinal cord and I was very sick. I went to a chiropractor in Charleston, and he is the best I ever went to. I can't find one like him since. Will Youngblood. Feel better, unfortunately, it is common in weight loss surgery patients because our bodies are changing and it is used to carrying a heavy load, and your spine changes and hurts. I have it too, and I just take pain meds, you can't take ibuprofen anymore, so I just take tylenol or strong meds. Deb

I would think that lessening the load would make the spine feel better. I never really thought about it. I am terrified of chiropractors. Though, I will definitely try some extra strength tylenol. Thanks for the advice.

I was having lower back pain also. Come to find out I had a urinary tract infection from the cathertor. I am taking antibiotics to clear it up. Hope you feel better.

SEVERAL MONTHS POST OP, I HURT ALL OVER REALLY BAD, ESPECIALLY IN MY JOINTS & IN MY MIDDLE & LOWER BACK ... WHAT IT WAS, WAS MY SKELETON WAS REALIGNING AS THE WEIGHT CAME OFF & THAT MADE EVERYTHING HURT BECAUSE IT WAS ALL IN A NEW PLACE. AFTER ABOUT 2 - 3 MONTHS, THE MAJOR AMOUNT OF PAIN DISAPPEARED & I JUST HAD SOME PAIN IN SPECIFIC PLACES, MOSTLY MY HIPS & SOME AT MY MID-SPINE/RIBCAGE & KNEES. SINCE DECEMBER, I DRINK XANGO (MANGOSTEEN JUICE) AN OUNCE 2 - 3 TIMES A DAY & THAT HAS DONE WONDERS TO LESSEN THE INFLAMMATION & THE PAIN ... NO DRUGS, JUST NATURAL FRUIT JUICE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT HAS REALLY HELPED MY MOTHER, NICK & I SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. E-MAIL ME & I'LL SEND YOU SOME INFO ... I LOVE THIS STUFF SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH THAT I'VE BECOME AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR ... I'VE GOT FAMILY & FRIENDS ON IT & NICK HAS EVEN GOTTEN SOME OF HIS CO-WORKERS DRINKING IT BECAUSE BIG RIG DRIVERS REALLY SUFFER FROM JOINT & BACK PAIN. THE 1st THING THEY SAY IS THAT THEY "FEEL BETTER" & HAVE MORE ENERGY, THEN COMES THE "HEY, I DON'T HURT AS BAD" COMMENTS. IT'S ALSO SUPER FOR PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS AS IT BOOSTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM & IS GREAT FOR BYPASS BUDDIES WITH ULCERS & GASTRO-INTESTINAL ISSUES. I'M SICK EVERY SINGLE WINTER FROM LATE OCT UNTIL "FOREVER" ... I GOT SICK RIGHT ON CUE AFTER I GOT MY FLU SHOT, GOT OVER THAT WITH 2 DOSES OF ANTI-BIOTICS, STARTED DRINKING XANGO, & HAVEN'T BEEN SICK EVEN ONCE SINCE THEN! YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW GREAT THAT FEELS! GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk