Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: worcester, mass
Back Pain Running My Life Posted: 02-05-05 00:44am
I feel like my lower back pain casued by a
herniated disk, bulging disk, scolosis,
and my lack of muscle, is completely
running my life. I am almost always in
pain, one way or another. Recently my
back has been collapsing a lot and I end
up on the floor. I am sitting here right
now too scared to move because everytimei
shift I feel that god awful searing pain
in my lower back. My doctor says physical
therapy will help but I have done it and I
am still as gimpy as before. I am also an
interior design major so sometimes I am
forced to maually draft. Manually
drafting is torture. I put my back brace
on, set up the heat pad and try to keep my
posture good but no matter what I feel
like I am being stabbed whenever I am
forced to do it. Normally I can use cad
but sometimes the teacher will be a health
forum and force me to. Why doesn't anyone
understand how much back pain can affect
your daily life? I feel like I can;t do
anything. I throw my back out by picking
up my 12-13 lb cat.
I end up taking half a vicodan but most of
the time I just try to tough it out
because I don't want to be one of those
vicodan addicts. I also suffer from
anxiety which I am prescribed valium for
but I end up taking the valium more often
for the back pain because it helps and it
doesn;t burn holes in your stomach.
Everyone thinks i'm full of caca about my
back. They think I should just suck it up
and move on but I can't. How do you suck
it up when you suddenly feel a sharp pain
, feel your back dropped and then get a
sharp pain down your leg and back up.
My stupid scolosis has also caused my beck
to hurt alot. I have like no muscle. I
am very thin on my top half and very
lanky. I just don;t know what to do
sometimes. I have rocked the cane to
school, the neck brace, and the back brace
but honestly it is embarassing. I am only
23. The back brace also has a tendency to
hurt the middle of my back at school
because it is almost impossible to sit up
straight in a chair with no lumbar
suppost.
I am so tired of my pain. I just feel
like it will never go away. It didn;t
really start to hurt a lot until 2-3 years
ago. I just feel like it is going to get
worse as I get older. I am not over
weight, I don;t know how I herniated the
disk, and I wear a lift in my shoe to try
and help the scolosis(one of my legs is
longer than the other) and still atleast
2-3 times a month I hurt so badly I can't
really move. I can deal with the everyday
pain but the severe pain seems to be
getting worse and more often.
I can;t do anything. I went out for new
years and danced and for the next week I
was completely messed up.
Does anyone have an non surgical
suggestions? Or atleast does anyone
understand?
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 02-05-05 09:39am
You have a real medical ailment.
You dont want to become addicted to
vicodan but you use diazapam (valium)
regularly. (as addicting or more then
vicodan)
no surgery is wanted, but you want to be
out of pain.
You cannot fix scoliosis with pt and meds.
You have a world renowned spince care
facility in boston. Boston spine intitute
that can probably fix the majority of your
pain causing problems (surgically) and
also make it so you no longer need meds
for sleep or pain after you decide to get
fixed. Braces and pt are all regularly
used for minor cases or in many other
cases as the "6 months of conservitive"
treatment needed before some major but
groundbreaking surgeries are done.
Please visit www.Spineuniverse.Com
to learn more about your diesesed disk and
also your malformed spine. You will also
find doctors in your area that specialize
in repairing your ailments. It is going
to be a long hard road to travel but at
the end of that road is true repair and
hapiness with a healthy body.
Good lucl,
brian
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jiggapunx
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: worcester, mass
Posted: 02-05-05 13:43pm
I don;t abuse my valium. I use it like
once a week but it doesn't have all the
side affects that the vicoan has. I have
been prescribed valium for almost 3 years
and I go months without it I am fine.
Vicodan scares me. My best friend od'd on
it and my mother died of a bleeding
ulcer(she drank and took things containing
acetominphin) so anything with acetomiphin
in it scares me.
I have read everything about my problems
but my doctor doesn;t think I should get
sugery and I am scared to death of sugery.
I dunno, there just has to be a way to get
my back to stop hurting without going to
the extreme. If I just had a herniated
disk I wouldn't be so bad but because I
have all these things combined they make
it a lot worse. My back doctor didn;t
even notice I had scolosis(i could even
tell just look at my freaking hips they
are not suppost to look so different)
i got a bone scan after I got hit by the
mirror of a car while standing on the
sidewalk and the doctor found nothing even
I saw the scolosis. They keep telling me
if I stand up straight it'll feel better.
I don;t have the muscles in my back to
stand up straight and the course of
exercise I have to do is going to take
like 9 months for me to really feel
anything. I am very weak I barely any
muscle in my back and apparently the kind
that I do have is for flexibilty not
stability. I am just so tired of this.
Every doctor says something else is wrong
with my back and is my main problem. My
doctor thinks it is my herniated
disk(which I agree the pains are sharp and
shoot down my leg) and my physical
therapist thinks it is my scolosis and if
I stand up straight, do exercise, and use
my lift I should be fine. I'm not fine
tho. I am an interior design major... My
back problem creates huge problems for
me. If it was not for cad(computer aided
design) I would not even be able to get
into the proffesion I want.
I can't get a part time job because either
thy find out about myback problem and fire
me or they require me to stand for 8 hours
and that is doing it impossible. There is
no way in hell I can stand for that long.
Standing on line for the groocery store
hurts me.
I'm sorry if am whinny. I am just pissed
at my inability to do anything because of
my stupid back. I'm 23 I should be able
to walk up a hill and not want to cry,
work at a job and not end up going home
and stuck on a heat pad until I go to bed,
or even just go snowboarding. I want to
so badly but I know what will happen. I
will throw out my back for a few days and
not be able to go to school my teachers
will get pissed because "i have
responsibilities" yeah what am I suppose
to do when I can't walk.
I fear getting a cold. I know that it is
very likely I will throw out myback.
I am constantly in fear of hurting myself.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
you need to see a spine specialist. You
may also want to talk to your doctor about
vicoprophin. That is
hydrocodone/ibuprophin not tylenol.
At some point your treatment will be
totally dependent upon your willingness to
hurt to get better. (this is exactly what
my doctor said to me) it is very, very
painful to have surgery but the end result
is worth the initial investment of pain.
Please believe me when I say this!
I had surgery on december 17, 2004 and I
feel like a million bucks today as
compared to the 2 years of tourture I had
pre-surgery. I am not perfect yet and I
still suffer from pain but it is becuase
berve damage takes time to heal.
Do your body, mind and soul a favor and
seriously consider surgery after speaking
to the right doctors.
If I am mistaken and you are not near
boston, look at www.Spineuniverse.Com
and find a doc that specializes in your
particular problem in your area.
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jiggapunx
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: worcester, mass
Posted: 02-05-05 18:26pm
Yes i'm about an hour from boston. The
doctor has told me that my back is not bad
enough for surgery. My doctor thinks i'm
faking a lot of my pain because he doesn;t
seem to take into account that I can not
support my back with my muscles because I
have none.
I want to get a new doctor but finding one
has been a huge pain. There are no back
doctors in worcester, ma that I can find.
Driving to boston angers off my bf(i have
no car or license) and I have not gone
back to my other doctor because he makes
me drive an hour to tell me there is
nothing he can do. I had to fight with
him to get medication. I'll check out the
link.
Thanks
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 02-06-05 16:37pm
The best I can say to you is good luck and
I hope that you can get better!
Physical therapy isn't just for the pt
office but you need to make sure to do
your streching and walking excersises
while at home as well as at the offices.
I know it is hard to deal with back pain
and it feels like no one in the world
understands, but remember that you are
being given advice from those of us that
have been in severe pain as well and
believe it or not, there really is a
bright shining light at the end of the
pain tunnel.
I am living proof and I wish you the very
best in your pain relief endeavors.
Please feel free to email me at tama.Br
ian@gmail.Com for any other help I may
be able to be for you.
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bci4usa
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Georgia
Posted: 04-19-05 21:00pm
I was hit by a drunk driver in 02. This
jack off decided to use me to stop, the
problem was he was doing over 70pmg and I
was dead stopped.
As a result of the accident I have 3
herniated disk in my back and 2 in my
neck, yeah I know fun and lucky to be
alive and in pain, not even, like life is
worth living like this.
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bci4usa
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Georgia
Posted: 04-19-05 21:48pm
Warning:very grapiphic material if you
click this link - this is a video of the
entire surgery being performed
