How's our backs?

[Guest guest]

Hi, all! Pre-WLS, I had a lot of lower back pain. Stenosis (the narrowing of the

nerve channel) and assorted crumblings were discovered. OK. Now, 14 months

later, I'm down 157 and I've become quite a walker. No back problems.

Labor Day, we go camping, and something clicks in my lower back as I'm squatting

to pound in tent stakes. Twenty-four hours of white-hot pain in lower back,

right hip, right thigh, then it goes away. Five weeks later, I'm lifting my

right leg to get into the tub, something clicks in my lower back, four days of

white-hot pain in lower back, right hip, right thigh, then it goes away. Last

Sunday, fooling around with my husband, something clicks in my lower back.

White-hot pain in lower back, right hip, right thigh, but it has not gone away,

nor has it gotten better. I'm really hurting, and I don't usually complain. The

first two times, I guuted it out, and was able to move around and used that as

my therapy.

OK, doctor says Bextra is best to get rid of the pain in a hurry, and a muscle

relaxer at night. I'm going to take the Bextra for a few days, only with food.

I'm going to eat only stuff that won't scratch my pouch, like cheese, cottage

cheese, lots of protein drinks, sardines, peanut butter, for the next week or

so. I'm very worried about Bextra because it is a NSAID, it is in that class of

med that will wash away the mucous lining of my precious pouchie. But I cannot

take the pain. So, whaddya think? Am I doomed? Am I a wuss?

Sharon in D.C.

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