Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Hi , I think the upper back/arm stuff is because he told me to sleep on my stomach because of the lower back pain. It was so severe before surgery I was getting 2 hours sleep a night. It was like that for months. I even got a 2 week off letter from work, which my boss did not like and I was coming in anyway.. but that's another story. Now the lower back is controlled, but if I don't take my meds on time I start feeling it. He just thinks that too much damage has been done to that area, that he can't say it will go away, esp. not with the surgery. We had a very LONG conversation about it, and he told me to only do the surgery because of the bladder. (I had bladder issues) I had a regular MRI that initially diagnosed it, it was an open MRI of all things. He wanted to confirm that diagnosis, and he did not like the open MRI so we did one at Uni of Chicago. I had another one done in late Feb to confirm the cord was free and not tethered. Thanks... I'm kinda over it. Have some great job leads. I have been in sales for a LONG time and I don't deserve BS. Subject: Re: Backache Symptom To: tetheredspinalcord Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:56 PM  , Why does he think the low back pain will never go away? What does he think its due to? Was it the flip flop MRI before surgery that confirmed diagnosis? So sorry to hear about your work. > > > > > > From: patricia fischer <patriciafischer@> > > > Subject: RE: Backache Symptom > > > To: tetheredspinalcord > > > Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 5:29 PM > > > > > > > > > My back throbs all the time and it is in the lower part of my back. My left leg and foot is always numb. My back pain is always there unless I take pain meds, and my left leg becomes really weak after I walk for any length of time. I have had two surgeries for TCS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: tetheredspinalcord > > > From: sueradz@ > > > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:25:22 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: Backache Symptom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > >   > > >    > > >    > > >    My backache started as a burning feeling going across my back. that lasted for about a day then I had horrible pain across my entire lower to mid back. It was acute for about a week or so then intermittent then subsided over a few months. By then I had started to notice that my legs were getting weak > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > > > > > > > > > Backache Symptom > > > > > > > > > > > > To those of you who have had a Backache as a symptom (I never had in the past)........what is > > > > > > it like? Strangely enough, I feel that this is what I am feeling, even though I don't know, because of > > > > > > past experience didn't experience this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Brande > > > > > > mymocha@ > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Any chance the low back pain is coming from your sacral area. I've had that bad for a long time. Intense massage at pt relieved it last year, but its back w a vengence since surgery. Starting with massage and manipulation again to loosen the entire area up Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Backache Symptom > > > > > > > > > > > > To those of you who have had a Backache as a symptom (I never had in the past)........what is > > > > > > it like? Strangely enough, I feel that this is what I am feeling, even though I don't know, because of > > > > > > past experience didn't experience this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Brande > > > > > > mymocha@ > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 No.. I went to PT for that area for a long time (after surgery). Nothing to do with it. It feels like a horrible toothache, very sharp and raw vs. the pelvic/sacral stuff I had.. it was more a burning/throbbing. That was helped by PT twice. But thank you for the suggestion Subject: Re: Backache Symptom To: tetheredspinalcord Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:56 PM  , Why does he think the low back pain will never go away? What does he think its due to? Was it the flip flop MRI before surgery that confirmed diagnosis? So sorry to hear about your work. > > > > > > From: patricia fischer <patriciafischer@> > > > Subject: RE: Backache Symptom > > > To: tetheredspinalcord > > > Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 5:29 PM > > > > > > > > > My back throbs all the time and it is in the lower part of my back. My left leg and foot is always numb. My back pain is always there unless I take pain meds, and my left leg becomes really weak after I walk for any length of time. I have had two surgeries for TCS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: tetheredspinalcord > > > From: sueradz@ > > > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:25:22 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: Backache Symptom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > >   > > >    > > >    > > >    My backache started as a burning feeling going across my back. that lasted for about a day then I had horrible pain across my entire lower to mid back. It was acute for about a week or so then intermittent then subsided over a few months. By then I had started to notice that my legs were getting weak > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > > > > > > > > > Backache Symptom > > > > > > > > > > > > To those of you who have had a Backache as a symptom (I never had in the past)........what is > > > > > > it like? Strangely enough, I feel that this is what I am feeling, even though I don't know, because of > > > > > > past experience didn't experience this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Brande > > > > > > mymocha@ > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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