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I just finished taking a mini tour of the new WebMD Pain Management Health Center! I am very happy to see the ease in site navigation. Many features are now easier to identify and locate. There are a variety of topical headlines that catch your eye. Hot topics and direct links make searching faster. Locating boards and blogs just got easier! I really like the Pain Management Glossary. This is really great! So many things on the site to explore. Have you taken a look yet? Let me know what you think!!
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It is very educational and interesting. Thanks for sharing it.
I hope you can give info. I have had 3 tmj surgeries removing the disc. I have had a 3 disc fusion in the neck I have carpal tunnel and I have now been disgnoised with 2 buldging disc bone spuring in lower back can these all be related to a disc disease?
i have chronic back pain. the pain is worse in both hips ,also radiating down the outside of both thighs. a new symptom is the skin on my whole back feels raw-super sensitive to the touch. my clothes even hurt rubbing on my back.could this all be from a pinched nerve, or some kind of nerve problem?
I have fibromyalgia plus a and I have started having right arm pain which is worse at night - pain seems to go right to the bone. The arm and fingers swell and in the morning I can't make a fist with my right hand because of the swelling. My arm and fingers feels funny - can't find a word to describe it and my fingernails feels like they have been scratching a blackboard which actually causes goosebumps when I have this feeling. Any ideas?
Ive recently had a cold/ a double ear infection, but eveytime i sneeze my left arm seems to get weeak and suddenly i get a terrible pain in the neck, shoulder, arm and fingers. I get a burning, pinching, numbing sensation and will last for about 10-15 min. I know this is not normal would you give me some info on what you think this might be?
I have recently been attending a clinic where I was getting methadone treatment for the past two months. I went through a 10 detox with this. First couple of days no problem with no methadone. I am now in my fourth day and have chills and a low fever that began yesterday. Should I attribute this to the detox?
Thanks
i need help. the pain started when i thought i threw out my back. the pain in between my spinal cord and right shoulder blade. now the pain has worked all the way through, and my whole right boob hurts especially the bone underneath it. it hurts to breathe in. it hurts no matter how i sit, lay, or stand up. if you have any info. i would be greatful. thanks
Hi everyone,
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Thanks so much!
I have so much to say about how I was treated prior to and post op when my low spine was fused in 3 of 99 that I really do not know where to begin...
Please 1st permit myself to express what I have learned prior to allowing a so called dedicated Ortho to fuse my low spine back in 98 using Titanium BAK cages and bone taken from my hip which I was told would grant me a 50% reduction in pain. How wrong he could have been and this is the 1st part of my story...
I was 37 when I was injured on the job, I am now 46, while making a very good wage in Las Vegas, NV. Please excuse any grammer errors as the resulting nerve damage has now afected my brain which I will address later...
As most Americans who had been raised in the 60s and were taught to look up to MDs and place our life's well being in their hands (Doctors did seem to treat us better back then in my lay opinion), well, I found things so much differant in the late 80s. I was 1st treated by referal from my Ortho to have PT and injections which proved to do nothing to address my pain. After 4.5 short months and after a very painful Disco Gram, I was quickly set up for my fusions. It was suggested that I undergo a six BAK Titanium cage fusion on my low spine. I was told by my ortho that I would be given a 50% reduction in my 6-7 level pain at the time and on Norco 10mg for pain and like the trusting fool I was at the time, I placed my trust, like again a fool, in his hands and had the fusions completed.
I had had seven acute operations prior to my oh so painful fusions and what followed showed me the real ways of our medical providers and their HMOs who throw mass amounts of cash at them for tests that are almost never needed. I see and hear about these uneeded tests on a daily basis from my wife who works at our small and dangerous rural hospital in our small town and I would never seek even a band aid at our small clinic or small hospital or I may stand a good chance of not leaving this hospital alive or at least broke, no joke!
I endured after surgery more PT for what reason I now look back on as the PT only worsened my condition and started the severe damage to my nerves that have now ruined my life. They (Workers InComp) finally gave up on me and rated me at 5% and sent me on my way to deal with what was becoming a ever worsening condition.
I was told that my own GP/MD would take control of any pain meds that I might require, another false statement as I soon learned.
I sought help from many so called MDs who all called me a soon to be drug addict, slandered me, called me either a current drug seeker or a drug addict even though I had just endured the most intensive operation in my young life.
I continued to locate MDs who I thought would help me with my controled intake of meds besides NSAIDs which I soon learned are a excuse to not write for C-IIIs or what I needed, C-IIs and which only increase the damage to our livers and other organs when used to treat chronic pain. No thanks.
My soon be be spouse was a nurse working at the hospital where my fusions were installed and was becoming more stressed out after each of my attempts to seek compitent help. We were not married at the time so the $14,000 that the state had so very nicely had given me was quickly vanishing on wasted attempts to seek what was then level 7-8 pain. I continued to see MD after incompetent MD for weeks only to be again called a addict or a drug seeker but not one of these demi god, DEA licensed drug Gods once informed me that pain MDs were out there, not one out of at least 18 above us non degreed MDs. I had a four year degree but I felt that I was made to feel ashamed to inform them of my quals because my education had no bearing on what help I was in great need of, my severe chronic pain. These men and woman who only had spent a few years in school in America or some low rate overseas country to get a number from our DEA were starting to confuse me with their arms crossed and did not even once examine me. I even offered and brought my surgery records to prove my situation but none seemed to care. Of course one or four came me samples of again NSAIDs or why, muscle relaxers such as Soma but for what reason so I turned them down and moved on to the next MD.I have so much to say about how I was treated prior and post op when my low spine was fused in 3 of 99 that I really do not know where to begin...
Please 1st permit myself to express what I have learned prior to allowing a so called dedicated Ortho to fuse my low spine back in 98 using Titanium BAK cages and bone taken from my hip which I was told would grant me 50% reduction in pain. How wrong he could have been and this is the 1st part of my story...
I was 37 when I was injured on the job, I am now 46 and on full Social Security benefits, I was injured while making a very good wage in Las Vegas, NV. Please excuse any grammer errors as the resulting nerve damage has now afected my brain which I will address later...
As most Americans who had been raised in the 60s and were taught to look up to MDs and place our life's well being in their hands (Doctors did seem to treat us better back then in my lay opinion), well, I found things so much differant in the late 80s. I was 1st treated by referal from my Ortho to have PT and injections which proved to do nothing to address my pain. After 4.5 short months and after a very painful Disco Gram, I was quickly set up for my fusions. It was suggested that I undergo a six BAK Titanium cage fusion on my low spine. I was told by my ortho that I would be given a 50% reduction in my 6-7 level pain at the time and on Norco 10mg for pain and like the trusting fool I was at the time, I placed my trust, like again a fool, in his hands and had the fusions completed.
I had had seven acute operations prior to my oh so painful fusions and what followed showed me the real ways of our medical providers and their HMOs who throw mass amounts of cash at them for tests that are almost never needed. I see and hear about these uneeded test on a daily basis from my wife who works at our small and dagerous rural hospital in our small town and I would never seek even a band aid at oursmall clinic or small hospital or I may stand a good chance of not leaving this hospital alive or at least broke, no joke!
I endured after surgery more PT for what reason I now look back on as the PT only worsened my condition and started the severe damage to my nerves that have now ruined my life. They (Workers InComp) finally gave up on me and rated me at 5% and sent me on my way to deal with what was becoming a ever worsening condition.
I was told that my own GP/MD would take control of any pain meds that I might require, another false statement as I soon learned.
I sought help from many so called MDs who all called me a soon to be drug addict, slandered me, called me either a current drug seeker or a drug addict even though I had just endured the most intensive operation in my young life.
I continued to locate MDs who I thought would help me with my intake of meds besides NSAIDs which I soon learned are a excuse to not write for C-IIIs or what I needed, C-IIs and which only increased the damage to our livers and other organs when used to treat chronic pain. No thanks.
My soon be be spouse was a nurse working at the hospital where my fusions were instaled and was becoming more stressed out after each of my attempts to seek compitent help. We were not married at the time so the $14,000 that the state had so very nicely had given me was quickly vanishing on wasted attempts to seek what was then level 7-8 pain. I continued to see MD after incompetent MD for weeks only to be again called a addict or a drug seeker but not one of these demi gods, DEA licensed drug Gods once informed me that pain MDs were out there, not one out of at least 18 above us non degreed MDs. I had a four year degree but I felt that I was made to feel ashamed to inform them of my quals because my education had no bearing on what help I was in great need of, my severe chronic pain. These men and woman who only had spent a few years in school in America or some low rate overseas country to get a number from our DEA were starting to confuse me with their arms crossed and did not even once examine me. I even offered and brought my surgery records to prove my situation but none seemed to care. Of course one or four came me samples of again NSAIDs or why, muscle relaxers such as Soma but for what reason so I turned them down
I finally bought a voice activated recorder and placed it in my pocket to capture how I was being treated.
I had almost given up on all hope of ever locating a MD to help me until one night when my spouse and I drove by a pain treatment center and my spouse noticed the name of the pain MD and knew him personally and told me to see him the next day. I felt like saying no but I arrived the next morning without a appointment and waited over five hours to see him and I have been with this board certified pain MD who I must say has saved my life with his care and his compassion.
It is now 2007 and I have been seeing him ever since on a strict and regular basis. What a outstanding and caring man!
Here is where I am now at...
I was 1st started on Methadone and put up with the side effects for seven months but I could not take them any longer so he placed me on MS Contin and slowly ramped me up until I felt some releif. As my condition worsened my MS Contin was slowly upped and other injections and meds were introduced. That was many years ago and while my pain MD can only treat my pain, he has been outstanding and has fully trusted me.
Here is what I now take and have been taking for many years to address my 24/7 level 9-10 pain...
1-My spouses RX plan stopped paying for my 60mg MS Contin which I was taking three 60mg tabs PO every six hours each day but I had to change to MS IR when the insurance stopped paying and now I take four MS IR 30mgs every six hours PO each day.
2-I take three OXYCODONE IR, 30mg PO every three hours each day.
3-Last but not least I inject daily 100mgs of Demerol IM three to four times per day each and everyday. I used to fear sticking needles in my muscles but that soon ended and I am now a mass of scar tissue on both of my thighs.
I feel that I gain a total of 10-15% relief by taking my C-II meds each day but the damage that my crushed nerves are creating are slowly killing me. My right knee is being attacked by the nerve that runs down our inner right thigh and talk about pain that never goes away. I have not slept for more than one hour per day or night in over eight years due to pain and other issues. I am not able to sit on out toliet for more than 10 minutes at a time or I loose all feeling from my hips down and it can take up to 30 minutes before I regain feeling to be able to stand and walk. My pain MD is a 600 mile round trip that I must make to see him and I can no longer endure the pain and the week or more once home to recover from the trip. I live in a constant 8-10 level of pain and stay awake for weeks at a time very often. I wish death, not by my hands but soon so at least I may again sleep in peace.
The issue that really gets me is that mt pain MD has informed me that if I had only been under his care from the start I would of not had my fusions installed. He can only treat my pain now and has never doubted me.
Please do not even mention a pain pump, please.
We may have to move soon and I am in fear of having to find another pain MD who shares my current doctors concerns. I have been told that if I can't locate a new pain MD in our new town, I will be able to return to my current doctor every six months to continue treatment. How nice he has and continues to treat me.
So a note to all of you so called Orthos, you are not demi gods and shame on most of you for doing the things that cripple folks like me all in the name of big bucks and if you do ever meet me, be prepared for a lecture from me, a professional lecture but you must stop your treatment of honest and non drug addict humans who are only asking for your help. And remember that recorder! I am dependent but I refuse to be labeled something that I am not. Resist the HMO or company hardware funds that you are given to use a companies product and one last thing, if my ortho would have used rods and pins instead of BAK cages, I may have been able to have them removed. I am now in the prosess of sueing the state of NV for lifetime payment for my medications, my tretamnets and a 100% rating due to my 100% disability and I will also go after my Ortho in a Civil Court and take three years of his wages for what he has done to me and also to those who love me.
I have a former SIIS lawyer who used to fight people like me for the state and then worked for NV workers comp but now helps injured men, woman and children to gain the funds to teach both the state and most important, the doctors who are in it only for the cash. Shame on all of you and if you beleive in Karma, watch out.
Thank you for hearing me out and I appoligize if I have offended the many injured folks who also have been through what I have and continue to live through and I appoligize for repeating myself at times. No appoligies to the money hungry MDs out there, none!
Have a pain free life and pray that you never are in our shoes!
I am trying to kick a norco habit .Broken finger led to 40 pills a week for 7 months Now 1 pill a day Anyhelp?
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Just recently off and on...especially at night. I have this pain in my left arm, right above the elbow..always the same spot...the only way I can describe it, is like a burning sensation going through my bone. I don't have any other sympstoms..like chest pain or anything. What could this be? Any ideas..please??? FYI..no I have not been lifting weights..I am 44 yrs old, female.
Moira:
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I had discs number 6 and 7 in the back of my neck repaired about 12 years ago and at that time the neurosurgeon said what he did would last for about 10 years.
For the last year I have severe pain in the back of my neck with pain up the sides of my face and headaches.
The neurosurgeon says I would have to have the discs fused and this would mean having a stiff neck for the rest of my life.
Should I go ahead with this type of surgery or just put up with the pain.
I have also had 4 operations on the lower back discs and T.G. they are fine .
Any comments would be appreciated
I have a friend that was addicted to valium. She is now going through a nine month methadone detox. Can anyone give me any information on this treament? During the day she is the person I remember and then at night time she acts like she is messed up again. Please help me understand what is going on.
Anonymous,
Here's a CDC explanation of methadone maintenance treatment that might help you understand what your friend is going through.
Good luck to you both!
About 2 times last week i was having chest pains, very sharp right in the middle.
Now the begining of this week i had the same thing, now it hurts to breathe and get pain right under my right boob. It is becoming painful.
What is going on?
About 3 times this week and about six times during the last 2 weeks, I was having chest pains, very sharp in the middle or close to my heart, only when I cough and laugh When I stretch my arms back, it feels better.
What could this be?
i am curious to find out what advice was given to mollie houghton
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I have recantly had mono and cotriocronditus. i know have a pinched nerve in the left arms shoulder.I have chest pain, felling of not getting enough air, shortness of breath. My doctors dont know what it is. I also have joint pain muscle spacms, back aches and it feels like someone is stabbing my ribs,i have grew probably grew 6 inches, in the last year,and probably lost about 20 ponds in the last year to.I wonder if my bones could be growing to fast for my body?
i am in complete sympathy with anonomyous. we live in las vegas and my husband is going through much the same as you. you are right when you say all they do is give you meds and keep you coming back to no avail. it is a trial and error systemwith the medical system out here . i am formerly from the east coast and the physcians there are sympathetic,caring and have empathy for your problems. my husband has been going to a pain management center for 6 yeas and received no relief. finally i asked my family physician to recommend some one else. this pain management physician has done more for my husband in a few months then the others did in 6 years.he did get some relief already and hope for more relief soon. it is very hard on you guys, painwise, not to mention what your family goes through because of bad medical practice like this. i hope you can find someone to alleviate much of your pain as my husband has. good luck to you
my boyfriend was in a car accident in march 11,2007 not his fault of course and it had affectec his back he is in such serve pain constant and i hate seeing him in so much pain but have found much relief from pain meds.the dr he went to that his lawyer referraled him to said there was nothing wrong with his back and also seem to want to push pain pills to him. his back hurts so much that he can no longer work and his family dr told him to file dor disability.there has to be something that would help my boyfriend so he isn't in so much pain.
i have so much sympathy for each of you suffering with back/neck pain. i would love for each of you to meet my 79 year young mom...she has scoliosis so badly, her spine is literally twisted sideways from mid-spine to hip, arthiritis in her back, hands, neck. she cannot walk to the mailbox alone. this has all happened in the 4 years since the love of her life (my dad died.) she is 5'9" weighs 114 lbs. she has had many epidurals, facet injection, PT, Chiro, etc. yet this still beautiful, Christian Mother of mine manages to get herself to church almost every week. I am so proud of her, yet i know she is at the end of her time with me, her only child. Please, please don't give up. if my mom lived with this since she was 27 and worked fulltime til 66. please know that you can too. and just as we do, never give up trying to find help and ask God for the strength to keep going.
may be all one day walk, painfree and enjoy every little step.
i have been having pain in my neck between my spine and right shoulder blade. at times it is almost unbearable,and makes it hard to breathe in when it is really bad. my right arm also feels achy, almost like "growing pains". I am constantly adjusting , shruging,etc. throughout the day to help with the pain, i know that it is just a quick fix, and is just making it worse, but i don't know how else to manage throughout the day. any suggestions on what this is, how to make it go away? i have iced/heated @ night, massaged, but i do not have any insurance, would like to stay away from the doc if possible.
I tried to look up the answer given to mollie houghton too, but could not find it in the link. I too have been having some very similar symptoms since I pulled a muscle in April 08, pain in and under the left ribcage under my breast, radiating to my shoulder, to my hip,and around to my back. I went to the er the first time and was told my stomach spinchter was spasing, given a gi coctail and sent home with more of it. I went back to my doctor about the same sharp pain sometimes it jumps and sometimes is burns, he simply said it was musculature not to do anything with my left arm that would pull the muscle...Well I have CMT1A a myotinic distal form of MD, and have to use my upper body strength to get up, into the shower, manually propel myself in my wheelchair etc. so not using my arm muscles is impossible unless I stay in bed 24/7. They checked my pancrease levels and they were normal but this pain has not stopped, at first it was intermittent but tylenol helped there. Now it is there daily making my left shoulder muscles tight and spasm all the way down my back. Can you give me something to ask my doctor to check for?? Could it be adhesions, a pinched nerve, irritable bowel, pancreatitis, or worse? what? this is driving me out of my mind with worry...Thank you
From time to time I have being having a sharp pain that runs from my inner left thigh up to my left inner rib cage
This is to the lady that was having pains through her right boob and in her back.
I did the same thing back in April. I pulled every muscle in my lowe back, along my spine as well as the upper muscles between my shoulder blades. When it happened i thought I punctured a lung because i was having problems breathing. Well i went had xrays done i pinched a nerve and that is why i had pain while breathing, you are on a long road to recovery it has been 4 mpnths and im still in severe pain.
so to answer your question/concern it most likely it is a pinched nerve which there isnt too much that relieves nerve pain.
Good luck to you and take it easy
pinched nerve possible but i would say a rib is out and see a chiropractor to the lady with shoulder/chest pain
Just today I started having a chest pains right in the middle of my chest. It made it hard for me to breathe especially when I took deep breathes. It feels really tight and heavy in my chest and even right around/under my right boob! Any ideas what this could be??
Just this afternoon I started feeling a really tight and heavy pain in my chest, right down the middle. When I would take a deep breath, it would hurt, even to laugh. I now have the pain right under and around my right boob. Any ideas what this could be??
Dear Chris,
Please seek medical attention for the pain you are experiencing. No one online can give you a diagnosis; a direct examination is required.
Wishing you well.
I have Crohn's Diseae and it is very painful, anyone who has is can attest to that .I am in pain everyday. I go to a Pain management Dr. and I get presriptions for 30 days supply of Methadone 40mg 3 times a day and 20mg at nnight he also gives me xanax 1mg twice a day. He gave me quality of life back. If oit weren't for the Methadone andxanax I would be in pain everyday. I'm on Permanent Disability because of the Crohn's disease. He gave me my life back I am now going to Devry University to get my Bachelors degee in Networking Communication Managemaent and I am doing very well. Don't ever let anyone telll you Methadone is bad for you, is has a negative stigmatism attached to it because jukies use it to get off heroin, but that's not why it was invented it was made for pain manegement and is better than Oxycontin and Percocet and all those other opiates that get nyou high Methadone after 1 week does not get you high, that's why junkies won't take it because then the heroin won't work. It gave me my life back
I have pain in my leg sometimes and now itsin my arm and its only to the touch... otherwise it doesnt hurt, but when i do touch it it feels like i have a really bad sunburn there... what could it be?
I thought i threw my back out, but then the pain quickly left my whole upper back and has seemed to settle around the left shoulder blade area to under my armpit. Its like a stabbing pain when I move it to far in certain ways or when I breathe in heavily. I also sometimes have chest pain along with it. It hurts if I even press on my chest a little. What is this?
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 2 years ago after long & painful years of horrible pain in different parts of my body. My family doctor finally got me an appointment with a fibro specialist & he has helped so very much, also have IBS, TMJ, & RLS. I have just recently began to have low grade fever & chills. Can these ailments cause the low grade fever and chills?
There is now a device for arm pain and arm pain even after stroke. it is called ans or scs. I am not a doctor but i have been recommanded for this since a stroke has caused awful arm pain. i am on 300mg lyrica x3 per day. check it out. it is worn on the body for two weeks and then if that works, then put it into the spine.
i hope someone has some help out there for me.i have ostroprosistis and had fractured t45&6 had those repaired along with t8 ever since i have terrible pain in both sides of my rib cage had ct scan and x-ray's shows nothing broken. all the doctor's do is say they don't know and give me pain pill's. now they have me on mortin 800 mg twice a day. i can't sleep or do anything . the pain is so bad most of the time i can't eat. if anyone could help me to get my life back i would say god bless.what could it be?????
I KNOW THIS IS NOT ANYTHING MAJOR B/C IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT ANY AFFECT TO MY OVERALL HEALTH, BUT I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS REALLY SHARP PAIN JUST BELOW MY CHEST AT THE TOP OF MY RIB CAGE WHEN I BREATHE IN. THE PAIN SHOOTS RIGHT THROUGH THE RIB CAGE IT SEEMS AND TO MY BACK. IT HURTS WORSE THE DEEPER I BREATHE. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN JUST EVERY ONCE EVERY COUPLE 2-3 MONTHS. HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE?
My husband fell down while bowling and thought he had pulled a muscle until one day he coughed on the way to church and he heard a pop and immediately felt pain in his rib area. He went through several days of severe pain with his self diagnosed fractured rib. Now although the pain has subsided you can feel something poking through his skin. Should he now visit a doctor like I suggested when he initially felt pain or is this normal to a healing rib?
I was reaching for something and I think I pulled or strained a rib on my left side. Do I use ice or a heating pad to help?
Off and on for a couple of weeks now I have had a pain in my left breast. It isn't like heartburn because there is no burning sensation, and there is not a tightness in my chest. It feels as if something is pressing from just under my skin all the way to the rib cage underneath. It isn't so severe that it's crippling, and it does not last too long, and the only thing that seems to help is pressure. Any thoughts? Thank you.
i have had a huge pain in my chest on the left hand side and a shocking pain my right arm. feeling like maybe i broke my elbow. i have shortness of breath and dizzyness. if anyone knows please tell me. i am 17 years old. thank you.
for the past couple of months i have been having pains in my chest under my breast on the left side it usually hurts when i am laying down, or after i smoke. I went to the doctor and he told me about a month ago that i probably pulled a muscle in my chest but it never fully went away. It will go away for like a day or two and then come back can u please help me?
i have pain in my chest it feels like someone is stabbing me...sometimes it hurts when i breath and laugh other times it dosent
Hello! I am 21 years old and every now-and-then, I get a sharp pain either in my left or right boob that last about 15 secounds. I was just wondering if you have any ideas what might be causing this sharp pain? Thanks!
Hi, my name is Mikel (Michael) on 2/12/1986 I worked as a carpenter at Camp Pendelton, Ca., I bent over and picked up a wall divider 10th out of 200 and I heard a loud pop and felt an excruchating pain in my lower back but I still carried the wall divider up to the second floor of the barracks. When I put it down I could not straighten up so i crawled to the latrin area and laid down in the fetal potion, (sound familar)Well the Ortho Dr they sent me to started with Valium and then went on to Darvocet and other so called pain releivers, after 6 months and Cat Scans,Mylograms (just loved that headache for a week, eating off the floor, because I couldn't lift my head or all the fluid keeping my brain from touching the brain cavity would leak out of my head) we decided the best thing for me since I did not want to get cut on was a Chymopapane Injection (papaya enzyme which dissolves the bulging disc)L4-L5 now mind you no physical therapy was givin to me. So I had the injection done the pain was 3 times worse than it was before the injection. One week later at my scheduled doctors appointment I noticed on the X-Ray he took that the L3-L4 disc was getting smaller. (YES HE INJECTED THE WRONG DISC) everybody makes mistakes, I can deal with that, but not lieing to me telling me the enzyme leaked out and moved up the spine. Hey I bought that one. NO. Well I sought out a new doctor and they all agreed Dr#1 screwed up, So i picked a new Dr.. Dr#2 and yes there was a lawsuit and I prevailed with enough money to live on. The pain didn't go away though, I still have it after 2 fusions and the goodo discogram (lets inject the disc with fluid to reproduce the PAIN, it did Dr#2 immediatley gave me an injection of Morphine. Folks there goes on to be a big horror story and I wont get into that, I'll just tell you if you haven't had surjery don't, it's only a 50-50 deal (unless you have nerve pain and the disc is ruptured) ice your back, Physical therapy, take it easy you can do it without Narcotics, it's 23yrs later Im going on 55 my wife divorced me i became an alcoholic and drug addict. Lost the buisness I had started with a friend and attempted suicide twice, I live alone I believe I'm an embarassment to my daughters,and i really just want to die.
Sincerly Mikel
Dear Mikel-
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I am trying to figure out if this is serious enough to go to a doc or something as simple as a panick attack. I have heart palputations every once in a while, along with pain in upper and lower right boob. I get lightheaded along with sick feeling in my stomach. Sometimes I will get the sweats and feel like I need to wash my face with cool water. I also have acid reflux everyday, and when I wake up, I need to take a rolaid to help relieve the pain. The episodes last anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes. Sometimes I do have tingling in my fingers or right leg/foot, but not very often. When I take an aspirin it seems to help. I also have sinusitus.I've had blood tests run and EKG's done, but they can't find anything. Should I keep trying to find out what is wrong with me?
I have MS, over the past week I have been experiencinga burning sensation under and around my right arm. It feels as if I have a really bad sunburn. I cannot even touch the skin and it even hurts when I move my arm. It is not red and it doesn't seem to be any pain under the skin. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this. I am to the point that I am even considering going to the emergency, but I feel as if it is not really an emergency, but it is really painful. Lori
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