Thoracic Back Pain Still After 18 Months of Giving Birth Posted: 09-20-07 10:34am
I had a baby 18 months ago and had an
epidural. The epidural was painful going
in (a lot of pressure on the nerve) and
was extemely painful coming out, which I
hear is not to be the case. I had never
had an ounce of back pain before or during
my pregnancy and here I am 18 months later
with my doctor telling me he does not know
what else to do with me. They say it can
not be epidural related but it all seems
coincidental to me.
About the T10 area I have pain and it will
radiate up my back through my shoulder
blades, often causing spasms in my neck
where I can't even turn and have to have
it massaged out. It is a burning
sensation that kind of tingles but not in
good way at all. It feels heavy, kind of
like pressure and the pain reminds me of a
black cloud just moving up and across my
back and then just stays there, you can
almost feeling branching out which makes
me think it is nerves. Activity
definitely affects it in a negative way.
It makes me irritable and I am extremely
tired since this does result in my not
sleeping well.
My T spine MRI showed a small bulge at
T11-12 and a hemangioma at T10. My L
spine MRI showed nothing. Does any of
this ring a bell with anybody out there?
I deal with this on a daily basis and I
just want to enjoy my son while he is
young. I also have concerns about future
pregnancys. This has definitely decreased
my quality of life. I have no energy and
have felt like I have had a congestion in
my nose and throat almost constantly since
I had my baby. I’m sure there isn’t a
connection there but it does make one
wonder when I had almost no medical issues
prior to labor. I am literally turning
grey at age 29 over this….if anyone can
help…please do so!
Thank you for listening/reading.
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The Ginger 1
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Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Loony-tune-land, England
Posted: 09-21-07 06:22am
Hey there ... congrats with the baby ...
I'm no expert with upper back pains etc
... but could it be that as your lifting
and lowering your baby, that you've hurt
or dislodged something in your upper back
- shoulders, arms etc..... a lot of people
(mothers) experience lower back pains, but
as you are not straining that area, it's
straining elsewhere ... it's just a
suggestion which may not have crossed your
mind ...
Ginger
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thoracicpain32406
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 5
Posted: 09-21-07 12:55pm
Thanks for your thoughts. Part of it may
be muscular but I had never had any
problems before and the weird burning that
branches out feels like nerves. I have
tired PT but it put me in a lot of pain,
perhaps I didn't stick with it long
enough. My baby only weighed 7 lbs. and I
thought I was in descent shape before, but
maybe you are right maybe I hurt something
and the other muscles are
compensating....that could be what made
things hit all of a sudden. Thanks again
and have a nice day!
