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Posted 12/18/2014 10:16 AM (GMT 0)
I have been having severe pain on both sides of my ribs,wakes me up at night .usauly goes away when I get out of bed after a few min..I had a spinal fusion with cage around 4 years ago could this be what is causing the pain...When the pain wakes you out of a deep sleep there has to be something going on..Tell my dr..he never says anything about it .just blows it off ..Because my back is in such bad shape ...I had L1. L2. L3. L45 s1 fused and caged ..I don't even know if it worked had many mris they say all we can see is the hard wear...what help is that to me...I can't ,I've like this for the rest of my life does any one have any ideas what it could be ,or has anyone had this problem now.or in the past that could give me some advice...Ehat should my next step be..I was recently in a car accident in a parking lot were the man backed strait into my drivers door ..My body was jolted to the left..That didn't help all the pain I'm in.....Thank You for taking some time to read this ..I'm hoping some one can tell me something... anything

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Post Edited By Moderator (straydog) : 12/19/2014 9:41:45 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/18/2014 5:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,
I'm sorry you are in so much pain. When my dr sees the hardware after my fusion, he says it is right where I left it so that's very good. Maybe that's the same for you. We have to deal with our "new normal" after surgery. Perhaps your new normal includes this pain. I have no idea really but hope you find a resolution soon!
Posted 12/19/2014 4:08 AM (GMT 0)
Tomuch what type of dr are you seeing? Are you by chance seeing a pain mgt dr? Most of us here are under the care of a pain mgt dr. Even though we get various medications we are not pain free. Honestly, if nothing is showing up on the MRI's that is good news. At least that should assure you that the hardware is in place were it should be.

What medications are you on?
Posted 12/19/2014 7:58 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry as well your in such pain and I understand the back issues and looking there first but have they done any looking directly at the area the pains origionating from? The lumbar region seems a bit low to cause pain in the rib area and its possible the issues could be higher up possibly thoracic area and given the extent of work done to the lumbar area its entirely possible the fallback would be the thoracic area taking up the slack or whatever problems caused the damage to your lumbar spine such as DDD or injury has now included the thoracic spine.
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