Back Pain

I have been living with fibromyalgia since 2007. The pain is always there in one form or another. Drs just don’t believe in it or care to help you. Some just think it’s all in your head. I found the best place to go is a pain management Dr. Does anyone have any tips or self care ideas? I use my heating pad the most to help with the pain or I do crafts to distract myself. I’m on no medications or getting any injections as my Pain Management Dr has retired so I’m back to square one. #Bipolar2 #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia #BackPain

I had a video call with my pain specialist. We squeeeeeed about my hips not hurting for a week. She was so happy. She knows how miserable I've been.
Then I said now that my hips are fine, I am fully aware of how awful my back hurts. I'm supposed to have a MRI of my lumbar and then we're gonna schedule injections. She's also gonna try to help me with the musculoskeletal pain in my haunches.
I've gotta be the luckiest boy around to have such amazing doctors. My pain specialist was trying to distract me during the cortisone injections and I outed myself as a practitioner of BDSM and I am a leather puppy. She replied "so are you a Dom or a sub? Ooh or a switch." I told her I'm neither. I'm a sadomasochist service puppy who helps people express their emotions in gentle outlets with no fear of being vulnerable. She was so excited to hear. It helped me focus on something other than pain.
She's kink friendly and trans accepting. I gotta let my PCP know about my new doctor's.
#Arthritis #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Bursitis #BackPain

Oh ok so hear me out. Banana butterscotch toffee caramel cinnabon flavored coffee.
Mind. Blown.
It's just sweet enough, I can taste every ingredient. It's silky smooth and rich. And the temperature is perfect.
I made it right before my telehealth appointment with my pain specialist. Oh she's such a a sweet woman. We talked about my back and it really just hinges on my getting the MRI done. It's scheduled for the 14th but I have another appointment that day. Even though they are hours apart my transportation only takes me to one appointment per day.
I am really glad she's my doctor. She said as soon as we get the MRI done we can schedule injections. I'm quite eager to get it done.
She looked at the X-ray and said she completely understands why I am hurting so much. Finally someone with education having compassion for me.
#hippain #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #BackPain #spinalepidurallipomatosis

Oh so the prevalence of femoral acetabular impingement is 1% but bilateral is even less. My body thinks rare health problems are Pokemon.

I have been sitting for a few hours in a sort of slouchy position and I just attempted to sit up to readjust and my thoracic spine did a sort of zipper pull cracking all the way up my spine. It felt weird when it happened but now my whole back hurts like hell. Stupid pain. I think I had a 7.5mg Norco about an hour ago, maybe 2. My memory has been spotty for weeks. My back pain seems to be radiating from tummy pain. I think I might be hungry.

Hey everyone, so right now I’m in need of some help. I’ve had multiple symptoms for years since 2013… palpitations, heart rate spikes during sleep, blood pressure spikes during the hr spikes, dry mouth especially in the morning, blood pooling in my hands and feet, livedo, unexplained bruises( the first few years) little to no sweating, and when I do sweat it’s in my hands and feet, feeling heavy, like I have weights tied to my ankles and chest, a constant head tightness but it’s more uncomfortable than painful, but so bad that I have to grit my teeth( might be nerve related ) can’t lie flat or bend down or even change positions too quickly I get an instant head rush, like the blood is rushing through my veins. Constant chronic back pain and stomach pain…. Got worse over the years, chronic neck pain….low bp at night , sometimes 90/57 however tonight it was 153/92 with my hr of 160 this was a spike and it came down after I calmed down and took the propanalol
My resting hr is mostly on the 90s if I’m lucky
I also get random rashes on my lips when I’m in a really bad episode, but it doesn’t happen often
No doctor has been able to really help me except suggest I might have a form of dysautonomia. I’m actually pushing to get some blood work done for autoimmune disease but I have done an inflammation marker in the past and it was normal, so I think that’s why they are hesitant to retake it again, however my symptoms have gotten more intense over the last year
I’ve been on Zoloft for 11 years but took myself off of it as I still had these same symptoms on it. Right now I’m taking apo propanalol 10mg to help with the adrenaline rush I get through the day, my hr gets up to 172, but I’m sure it was higher at one point. And it’s always together with a high bp. I’m wondering if anyone has a similar history and symptoms…and maybe what helped you feel better. whoever reads this fully thank you for your patience…..

So far today I've taken 2 tramadol, 1.5 Norco, and had my darling stupidhead put some CBD cream on my back. The pain hasn't budged. Now I have my heating pad on my back.

I've got bilateral femoral acetabular impingement, bursitis, and osteoarthritis and 3 years ago I had surgery on my lumbar but I still have major pain. I've also got painful bone spurs in both hips and both hips are bone on bone.

This Friday I'm having cortisone injections in both hips. That should help with most of the pain and it'll last for a few months. I'm gonna talk to my doctor on Friday about how intense my back pain has gotten. We were trying to focus on my hips but she said we can cover my back also.

When I was supposed to have the hip injections 2 weeks ago and we couldn't do it because my BG was too high my doctor gave me a big hug and said she felt awful she couldn't do it but she said "I can try giving you a toradol shot in your right butt. It might help." Of course I was willing to try anything. Unfortunately it didn't help. But I was thankful my doctor tried.

Eventually I'm gonna need hip surgery. But we're gonna try everything first. But the pain is really bad because my hips are bone on bone. Which is new since September 2022. It's basically everything I have wrong with my hips and lumbar have accelerated in the last 3 years. I'm really worried..

Luckily I have a really nice pain specialist who really listens and cares. I'm gonna fast for the appointment on Friday so my BG is low enough for the injections. If everything goes right I'll have relief for about 3 months. Fingers crossed.

The 2 tramadol, 1.5 Norco, and CBD cream didn't help at all. Now I'm trying my heating pad.
In other news I accidentally licked the CBD cream. Very minty.
#ChronicPain #BackPain #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Osteoarthritis

The intense lumbar pain went away after 5 hours of not being able to sit, lay down, or stand up without crying. So I came out to the couch to sit with Pauley. We did our therapy session and it went well. Then I decided gee I'm feeling good why don't I go make lunch and coffee.
So I was standing in the kitchen doing a food and suddenly I couldn't stand. I leaned on the counter for a few minutes to try to take pressure off my spine but it was like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound.
The coffee was done brewing by the time my food was made but I just couldn't stand anymore. So I took my food to the couch and tried to relax. But the pain is mostly at 7. When I breathe I've got sharp pain in my left side of my abdomen. I'm guessing it's UTI related. My right hip is particularly painful.
I'm gonna message my doctor about the UTI. She'll send an order for bactrim. I might get it by Thursday if I'm lucky.
I caught myself staring at Pauley thinking to myself gosh I'm lucky that she loves me.
At some point this week we're gonna go to a coffee shop for drinks and I'll get myself a bagel sandwich. I just really need to get out and do some people watching.
Pauley is gonna go fix my coffee. I'm just hurting so much. I started crying and she asked how bad the pain was and I said 7. So she gave me another Norco. She's also gonna put some CBD cream on my back. She takes such good care of me.
I've got 3 appointments next week. But this Friday I am getting the cortisone injections in my hips. I'm gonna fast for the appointment. Hopefully my BG will be low enough to get the injections.
I just had a very sharp stabby pain in my left hip straight down my leg. Fun times.
#BackPain #FemoralAcetabularImpingement #Bursitis #Osteoarthritis #gottacatchemall

I'm suffering from lower back pain again today. Anybody else in my position?

Hi Guys, I'm a disabled teenager and I've had a lot of experiences with people calling me inspirational and saying they could never live with my conditions which I'm sure you understand is a bit of a downer.

Anyway, I'm currently doing a research project for my English Language A-Level into inspiration porn and the use of words like inspirational which objectify people with disabilities to raise awareness (partially to my teacher who said she was just so amazed by my persistence and strength for travelling to a different country). Could anyone offer any anecdotes or quotes about their own experiences with this issue for me to submit?

Thank you for any help!!

#Disability #ChronicIllness #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ChronicPain #LivingWithPOTS #Dysautonomia #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #MightyTogether #CheckInWithMe #BackPain