My back hurts so badly

Last Saturday I was sitting down for dinner and my hubby said all the color drained from my face. I have not been pain free or even close since. I saw my family dr he prescribed baclofen instead of flexerel it

I see my pain doctor tomorrow and he is in the same office as my surgeon so I hope someone there can help because I am in so much pain.

The other night I felt a lump on my tailbone area and hubby said it looks bad to get someone to look at it soon. I took a picture and it was like 5 white topped pimples and a heat rash. Since then hubby squeezed the pimples and they are healing but there is still a lump.

Darn thing hurts, my hip hurts as well. I had to start using my walker again due to the increased pain. I feel just terrible complaining but if anyone has an idea or has had this happen to them please share.

Hi Debbie, I thought I was doing ok again physio was stressful because the therapist did not seem to understand I just could not arch my back in the way she wanted.
I had to cancel last week because I was too sore and will have to cancel this week if I do not improve quickly. I am more sore now than I was a week after surgery. I am hoping this a partly a fibro flare added due to stress.
Thank you for your support it means a lot to me as hubby is on the booze which of course is why I thought flare but the lump makes me worry.

Hey Rose,

It does sound like an infection, I'm glad you are seeing your doctor tomorrow. I think ak is right, don't mess with them till after you see your doctor.

I hope this gets better soon, you've had such a hard time lately :( *huggles*

Rose

I am so sorry that you are having such a bad time. You have certainly suffered since your op. I really hope something changes soon to make all the pain and suffering seem worthwhile. Why dot they warn us before of all the pitfalls?

Funny you should say you are feeling sick and also saying you had started taking baclofe. I posted earlier today that baclofen had made me violently sick last night. I know it's the baclofen as it has happened before to me.

I hope you had a good appointment with your PM. Let us know how it goes. How is your grandson doing, hope he is improving daily

Take care

Jane
Xx

Oh Rose,
Please don't say that "it's only pain"...I just went through a horrific experience sounding very similar to what you are dealing with. It began for me a week ago Friday night, waking up in horrific pain from my lower back, wrapping around my right buttock, right hip and into my right thigh and then my leg went numb. I have never in my life had pain this severe, all nerve pain. I could NOT find a place for myself, whether sitting or standing or lying down. I cried and cried and tried to care for myself, using hydrocodone and Flexeril until Saturday evening when I asked my husband to take me to the ER and he did. You better believe they will help you. I was completely honest, told them exactly what meds I had taken and how much I took. Because of the pain, my blood pressure had skyrocketed to 225/125!! Pain and anxiety. I scared the crap out of the ER personnel, I think they thought I was going to stroke out. I also had a fever and so they suspected I had an infection in my spine, an abscess. After 3 hours in the ER, and 3 injections of Dilaudid and Valium, they took me down for an MRI with contrast. It showed a pinched nerve at L3/L4, one more level added to the rest of the mess in my back. I stayed in the hospital until Wednesday. I was put on a Medrol dose pack, oral steroids, and given an epidural injection in the hopes to avoid surgery. This was recommended by a neurosurgeon, trying to avoid surgery. I went home Wed afternoon. I am getting better, but I am still in a lot of pain. I still cannot stand up straight, still have pain during the night, if I turn the wrong way and a lot of pain when I try to walk. My discharge papers state that I should try to stay as active as possible...not sure how I'm suppose to do that when I causes me so much pain. While in the hospital, I was getting a Dilaudid shot every four hours and 2 Norco pills, 10 mg each, every four hours and although it helped, it did NOT make the pain go away. I had to be wheeled from my bed to the bathroom, just couldn't walk. I remain positive and hopeful that things will improve. The epidural can take up to a week to kick in so I have a few more days left. One can only hope. I pray for you that you find peace and comfort. Having this kind of pain is so depressing and causes so much anxiety. Oh, my blood pressure normalized once I was put on the stronger pain meds, so yes, the hospital can help you. I will pray for you,
Miriam

Thank you for the pep talk I really needed to hear it.

The diagnostic clinic called the earliest appt available for the shot is Aug 2, I hope I can make it. I am so tired of this pain already, my family is sick of my *****ing. I am actually considering going back on the cymbalta just because I know it altered my moods but that in my household was not a positive it ment I allowed them to walk rather run all over me. If you read my posts you think I am getting treated like crap now this is nothing.
I actually tried discussing the sons attitude towards me yesterday with hubby today but all it did is made him withdraw more from me. I also had sons girlfriend came inside last night and try to pick a fight and I quietly, politely did not buy into her attitude and hubby said today that I was in the wrong it was me being unreasonable because I said I did not need anything.
I know most of my venting is because every time I move I have pain and it's just not right going to my pain doctor and being told its just pain.
If this gets any worse I am going to ER I just can not take anymore. I am having a mental breakdown with everything going wrong in my life.

Oh, Rose, I feel for you! What you need is someone taking care of you, not arguing with you!

I have some of the same issues with my family, to an extent...our daughters are great, but they don't live close by. My husband is a good guy, but he has like the opposite of fibro (his body never feels a thing) and our son basically believes it's all in my head, so - le'ts just say they don't get it! It would be so nice to have one of them anticipate something I need, rather than always, ALWAYS having to ask for each and every thing. Hubby will do one thing, in the absolute minimum way, and then he's done.

With the condition you're in right now, you just HAVE to put yourself first. I really hope your pain eases up, so you can get some much-needed rest. I'm thinking of you...

Debbie