I fell like venting so yall are it. Over the past 3 weeks I have experienced the worse pain of my life. It feels like a flaming hot sword has been stuck in my back, down my leg and out my right knee.
Went to my Doctor, Ive had back pain before but not like this. Pain meds did nothing. Went to an ortho doctor. Got an xray, then back again to get an MRI. I have a herniated disc at L3 and L4.
I cant stand up, I cant walk. I can crawl around a little. I have litterally been a prisoner on a recliner with a pee jug at my side.
A shower is an exercise is torture

Christmas was lost, and some of you know what that means to me.
Im on several pain meds including a morphine product and its doing nothing.

So finally on Thursday I got an epidural steroid injection, and it did nothing. My pain moved slightly and maybe decreased by 10% but I still cant function.

Im in pain, frustrated, and depressed. Going to call the Doctor on Monday morning. They have helped in moving things along with my insurance but it still takes to long to get shit done.
I havent worked in 3 weeks and have used up all of my sick time.
Im just feel like Im at the end if my rope. Besides that everything is fucking great.

 

Get rid of the drugs now...

Go get you an inversion table right the fuck now...use it, it will hurt like a mother fucker..but it works, use it for ten minutes for 3 to 4 days.

 

<Hands seafoam a bloody mary> CLINK! A little tailgate party before the football games begin.

 

Inversion table?!?!?! Well, I guess you'll need a straw for the bloody mary...

 

Man I m so sorry to hear it. But you got to endure it. In Russia doctors use in that situations a spinal nerve blockade. it helps even in most terrible pain. And after it they decide what kinda treatment one needs.
Nerve Block Injections
In a nerve block, a doctor injects the area around the nerve with a numbing medicine, or anesthetic. Lidocaine is the anesthetic most commonly used. After a nerve block injection, you'll quickly have numbness with near-complete pain relief. It wears off after several hours.24 дек. 2018 г.

 

Forget the table.
More drugs!

Seriously, I wish I could help but nothing but time works for my back pain when it goes out. And it isn't as bad as what you seem to be going through. Living with back pain sucks. You can't do anything.
I hope you can get help.

 

I feel for you I really do, right now my world is reduced to this chair and this laptop, spiced sometimes by memories, good conversation and a smidgen of humour! I have the occasional meltdown when I can't block out the pain with Morphine, this morning I cried trying to fetch myself a cup of coffee. I pray yours is mend able, mine isn't ❤️

 

I never take my back problems, which I have had for many years, to an MD. I suggest you see a good chiropractor and take your medical diagnosis and copies of your X-rays with you, if you have them.

 

Damn, man. Sorry to hear that. Back pain is a bitch!

Maybe when you're recovered from the surgery, you can start yoga or something?

 

It is terrible that you have to live with the pain while waiting for insurance approval to get it fixed. That is just unacceptable.

 

Oh my gosh I’m so so sorry to hear this, @seafoam1. I was imagining you enjoying your lights and your family and having a grand time.

I’m sending you strength and healing, and a swift kick in the ass to your insurance and medical people, hoping to get them moving in the right direction for you. ❤️❤️❤️

Gentle hug.

 

Been there, done that, l4-5 same pain. You need a laminectomy , sorry for the spelling.
A good ortho pod can fix that easily. When I woke up, leg pain was gone, no limping.

 

@seafoam1 I feel ya. Mine has been screwed up ( not as bad as yours) for the last 4 years and all because of my knees.
I've been using Texas Ranger ( my walker) to get around and since the knees were screwed up its messed up my hip and back. I pop pills only when I go to bed to ease it enough to fall asleep but the pain is constant.
Hopefully this next surgery will fix it all so good luck with it because back pain is the worst.

 

Several years ago, I was carrying firewood and tore a muscle in my back. It was like I got shot, and I just screamed and fell to the ground. It took hours to crawl to the porch and inside, it was so painful. When I went to the hospital, the doctor asked me what it felt like, and when I told them, she said: "yep, you tore a muscle in your back, everyone says it's like getting shot".

 

First, Does it hurt when you laugh, if not..........Can ya still jerk off?

 

I'd give CBD oils a try. Charlotte's Web by the Stanley Brothers. It's pricey, but many have reported good results.

 

This sucks and I don't really have any Good advice or useful information for you. I can only hope the stupid f..ks get your paper work sorted and your op done soonest.

 

Update.
I talked to my Doctor monday morning and was told that I have to wait 2 weeks because it may take that long for the shot to work.
Funny how it went from possible immediate relief, to 3 days and now to 2 weeks for it to work, if it does at all.
Told him I was agony so now I have full strength oxycodone , hydromorphone, diclofenac and gabapentin. At this point Im probably on the DEA watch list.

Had Physical therapy today and my therapist said she can see a slight improvement in my range of motion and I was able to walk into the building today, even if I was very hunched over and limping.
The meds do help me sleep now, so while yall ring in the new year tonight, Im gonna freebase some pain meds and sleep on the recliner.

Funny fact. I read the warning label for my meds and the warning for one of them was
"Do not crush and snort this medication, death may result" WTF?

 

@seafoam1 I feel for you my friend. Two years ago I was laid up for seven months with back pain. I actually ruined my mattress, and made a big indentation on my side of the bed, from lying there day after day.

I finally got approval for an MRI and was found to have a few degenerative disc. The pain ran from just above my ass check down my leg. I have never felt pain like that in my life, and I have a high tolerance for pain.

I got a prescription for perks from my doctor, a six pack and a couple of those I felt like I was back in the 80's. They didn't help the pain, they just got me high. I didn't like the feeling and stopped the pill treatment.

I went for therapy and had a steroid injection at the base of my spine. The injection helped a little, but not good enough. So I went for another injection, you can only get three injections during the year. After having the second shot and continuing therapy I was back to myself.

I found that losing some weight, stretching out, and continuing some back exercises has kept me pain free.

I wish you all the best and hope 2020 will be pain free, and much more

 

My sister was in a wheelchair till she had laser surgery.. Now she's walking again. Heard something about a RFID pain blocker they implant in your neck. But I don't know much about it. Just my 2 cents if you haven't had it fixed yet.