The BackZilla Pain Community Will Help
NO TREATMENT....
I HAVE BEEN TO 4 SPINAL DOCTORS.... STARTED AS A 9MM HERNIATED DISK, THEN SEVERE DEGENERATION, AND NOW BONE TO BONE IN L-SPINE...JUST WENT FOR MRI FOR CONSTANT PAIN IN MY MIDDLE BACK. I CANT STAND FOR LONG, I TAKE WALKS AND RIGHT AFTER I HAVE UNBARABLE MIDDLE BACK PAIN....DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THIS.....?THEY JUST SAY COME BACK IF YOU HAVE MORE PAIN....SERIOUSLY?
Views: 1
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Srinivas Yellayi on -
i have similar back pain - middle back , started as a rib pain waking me up in the night. The pain was like something was trying to puncture into my lungs/diaphram.
Now that pain has gone - but this pain is like a continuous burning pain. Cant stand or sit for too long. Cant swim/bike for long as well.
Any suggestions
-
Permalink Reply by B.J. (Sam) Kelm on
-
Like you and Srinivas- same burning pain in middle back on spine; can't sit or stand too long--dignosed as degenerative disc disease. Steroid injections help temporarily. NSAIDS (Celebrex) not at all. Tried chiropractic-very little relief. Going to try accupuncture next. I'd call in a witch doctor if I thought it would help. Also have beginnings of cervical spine problems. (More on that later) I just LOVE the docs' advice: Don't sit or stand too long--yeah, right! I have a new great-grandson and they tell me not to pick him up and carry him. Any grandma's out there who could actually follow that advice? Anyway-if you har of any reasonable methods of getting some relief -- let me know.
Srinivas Yellayi said:i have similar back pain - middle back , started as a rib pain waking me up in the night. The pain was like something was trying to puncture into my lungs/diaphram.
Now that pain has gone - but this pain is like a continuous burning pain. Cant stand or sit for too long. Cant swim/bike for long as well.
Any suggestions
-
Permalink Reply by Marilyn Ferguson on
-
Hi Sherry,
I am 55 years old and have been having intense and unbearable pain in my mid spine for a least a year but the problems with my mid spine have been ongoing now for about 5 years. It's just that in the past year, I get to where I can't stand it. Sitting for very long or standing for very long puts me down! Simply going grocery shopping can cause my spine to hurt badly for 3 or 4 days. My pain management dr. just ordered an MRI of that area the other and I don't have the results yet, but I will tell you that I had an MRI done of my mid and low back in Oct. 2008. The results revealed 2 herniated discs at T5,T6 & T7 & 8. My neurosurgeon told me that he couldn't do surgery on it at that time.
I found out in 2005, after I was taken to the hospital by ambulance that I had been born with spinal stenosis and that is why I have severe artritis right now. To make a long story short, I had a double lumbar fusion and laminectomy in 2006 and a triple disectomy in my neck with titatium plate and screws in 2007. My neurosurgeon said that the discs were bone on bone. Now, the mid back pain is a REAL BIG issue. I don't even go to visit family and friends anymore and I dread shopping. I am on very heavy pain meds. but still the mid back pain can bring me down. It's a horrible type of boring pain that I wouldn't wish on anymore. I don't know what my MRI will show but if surgery will help, I am willing to under go it for the 3rd time. Please keep me posted as to how you are doing.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Ferguson
-
Permalink Reply by sue granholm on
-
There IS A TREATMENT. i HAD EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS YOU, BUT AS I AM OLDER, i SPENT YEARS (AND LOTS OF MONEY) TRYNG ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF TREATMENT, FROM VISITING BACK SURGEONS, TO ACUPUNCTURE, TO MASSAGE - YOU-NAME-IT. FINALLY, 7 YEARS AGO AFTER SUFFERING FOR 20 ODD YEARS, I STUMBLED ON PILATES. NOT THE USUAL CLASSICAL PLATES, BUT MODIFIED, REHAB. PILATES IN A CENTER RUN BY PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND SPECIALISTS IN BACK PROBLEMS. IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO FEEL ANY REAL RELIEF AND TO BE ABLE TO START TO LIVE MY LIFE NORMALLY - AND II FOLLOWED EVERY INSTRUCTION I WA GIVE. TODAY, I AM TOTALLY O.K. - WITH JUST THE OCCSIONAL TWINGE. I CAN TRAVEL, GO TO CAFES, IN OTHER WORDS - BE NORMAL. THIS CONDITION HAS TO BE MANAGED BY SPECIAL EXERCISES THAT ONLY A TRAINED MODIFIED PILATES TRAINER WITH A MEDICAL BACKGROUND CAN GIVE YOU. LOOK ON A WEBSITE CALLED pilatesart.com AND FIND PEOPLE WHO THEY HAVE TRAINED, HOPEFULLY IN YOUR AREA. GOOD LUCK.
© 2012 Created by Jason.
