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Posted 3/15/2017 9:39 PM (GMT 0)
I've had a pulled muscle since last week, which has been getting worse from straining to go to the bathroom. It's been hurting in my upper ab/side chest area and today I was shoveling and totally pulled it even worse! I was literally in tears and could barely get back into the house before I started to cry.

I'm in so much pain and I can only take Tylenol bc of the UC. I called my primary to see if I should put hot or cold on it but they closed at 5.

My Gastro told me to cal him no matter what bc sometimes even random stuff like strep or a UTI could be influencing my UC or vise versa. Could this be bc of the prednisone? Is it just a muscle strain? I don't want to call him bc I feel like an idiot! I'm in so much pain! Idk who to go to or what to do.

I've been doing a heat pack for a week and it has not gotten better, then, the shoveling today. Ugh. I feel like I'm falling apart and I'm only 36!!! I never cry and dang- this sucks!!
Posted 3/15/2017 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
When something goes on this long with no improvement yes call your GI or primary. It may not be UC but should be looked into. You may think it's a muscle pull but an MD will have a better idea of what it might be.

Don 't be sad, these things happen to non-UC peeps too. My non-UC spouse twisted his knee and I had to make him go to primary who sent him to physical therapy and he's now better after 10 days of pain/struggle with stairs.

BTW prednisone would have likely helped not hurt you if it were a muscle pull. FWIW I think I heard that abdominal pulls were the slowest to heal.
Posted 3/16/2017 12:25 AM (GMT 0)
You're certainly not an idiot, and can understnd why you didn't seek medical help. Since you asked, I'm already thinking of possibilities aside from a pulled muscle. Call the doc! ASAP......"weekend in coming" 😐


keep us posted for sure.

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Posted 3/16/2017 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the responses. I did go to the doc today and she said it was a muscle pull in the upper back - it seems to have migrated since yesterday which I guess happens. She said she'd give me a script for percs, which I don't take (they made me sick when I got my gal bladder out), Robaxin 500mg (up to 2, every 6 hrs) as a muscle relaxer, and suggested 500 mg of Naproxin every 12 hrs. She did have me check with my gastro on the naproxin and he said no way.

So Tylenol and Robaxin it is - doc didn't say that would interact. Can't take R with the Ambien that I take to help combat Pred. We should see how tonight goes. Anyone been on R before?
Posted 3/16/2017 9:54 PM (GMT 0)
I take Robaxin every day the Costco brand that has Tylenol and methocarbamol. Take it in the evening a few hours before you take the Ambien. Feel better soon.
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