#BackPain -- I have been diagnosed with mild L4 / L5 spondylosis where vertebrae has slipped forward (anterolisthesis), creating nerve root compression. Wondering if anyone else has dealt with this and what worked for them? Thank you.
I've been sweating a lot for about a week. And I had to use my rescue inhaler today. I feel like someone is standing on my chest.
I had a Bavarian sausage with sauerkraut for late lunch. Now I'm sipping on some coffee.
I'm exhausted. My eyes really hurt. It's been a bad day of double vision.
My vape tank has been leaking and it is very difficult to close the top. I'm probably gonna have to buy a new one. I have to special order the coils for the tank cuz its an old tank.
My tummy hurts. I think the sausage didn't settle.
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Hi, my name is JMEB. I'm here because i have severe back pain after taking prednisone for 2 years for PMR.
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She was a little surprised by me having memory gaps but we're going to take me off zonegran. We're trying something similar to emgality. But we're going to pursue Botox injections in 4 weeks.
I called my mom to tell her about my appointment today and I asked her how she's doing cuz she broke her ankle almost a week ago. Apparently she also broke a bone in her leg. She's having surgery next Wednesday.
My back hurts like hell. I took 2 tramadol an hour ago. It hasn't helped. I've got weird pain under the bottom of my ribs.
I haven't eaten yet today. I need to order groceries but Pauley is taking forever to finish putting what she wants on the list.
I'm hoping to get my hair cut this weekend. Maybe I'll even get some bubble tea if I'm very lucky. I haven't had any in over a year! It's my favorite drink. I get taro and caramel and banana. Oh gosh it's epic. There are 2 bubble tea shops that I love. The other one, I get chai tea, pumpkin, and caramel. Holy moly it's good.
I wish I had some cookies to go with my coffee. I keep forgetting that I have a bottle of coffee creamer in my fridge. I got excited when I saw Aldi had an oatmeal cookie flavored coffee creamer. I bet it would be delicious in my psychocandy tea.
I didn't sleep well last night. I tried to go back to sleep after Pauley woke me up on my couch. We finished doing all my meds for the day at about 5am. Then I went to bed and just kinda doomscrolled for a few hours before I took a shower. I think I might have gotten 4 or 5 hours of sleep on my couch.
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I just don’t want to live anymore. I have chronic back pain. I had 3 back injections, none of them worked. I just had a bilateral si joint injection 14 days ago and that didn’t work. I live in my bed. My room is full of trash, my house hasn’t been cleaned in over a year. My son who is 19, doesn’t do anything to help me. He is depressed too and won’t see a therapist because he does want to talk about it. I haven’t been out in months, except to go to hospital for the shot.
I have worked for 44 years in total being a paralegal for judges. I retired in December of 2022 and went back to work there part time. In November of 2024, one of the judges I work for called me an idiot because I sent out a letter where the address was wrong, then at the end of the year I was going to another department because he had hired a new secretary. At that point I just retired completely.
I have not been to a therapist in a while, I have never told anyone that I live in bed and I live in filth before. I am ashamed and I keep thinking that it’s going to get better but it never does. My brothers don’t know about my situation at all. I’m ashamed. I tell them that life is good and everything is great. I’m tired, I just don’t what to do. Please help me. I don’t want to live like this anymore. HELP ME PLEASE.
I've got yet another migraine, my yeast infection came back much worse since I started taking cephalexin. And the reason for the cephalexin is not responding. Which I anticipated because it's not a wound. It's a cyst. And that's gonna require a surgeon. And you won't believe this but yesterday or the day before I did an insulin injection and when I was done there was a hard bump. Well this morning I accidentally injected the bump and it kinda bled a bit. I'm gonna have to schedule an in person appointment. If I had my previous doctor all I'd have to say is "got another cyst like last time, tummy area" and he'd send the referral immediately. It's just so frustrating.
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Especially my left side. It's awful. Pain at 7. Shooting down my legs. I just tried to shift position and my lumbar tensed up and pain spiked to 8. I took a Norco about a half hour ago. I'm hoping it kicks in soon.
Pauley said I looked really cute yesterday . I was happy cuz I found my newsboy hat. I'm trying to see the cute boy that she claims she sees in me. I know you're probably sick of seeing pictures of me and my dumb face.
The walker was great. I was able to handle walking and, when I needed to, I was able to sit down. My back hurts much less than it would if I didn't have the walker. And I wasn't the only one in our group who had one! Pauleys QPP had one also.
My next appointment is next Friday. It's with my headache specialist. I'm gonna explain I'm having memory gaps still. Last time I saw her she took me off topomax and put me on zonegran. She said it should be less sympathetic. I dunno.
My hair is doing really weird things. It's getting curly since I started taking my testosterone. It's not awful but it's just weird. I've had straight hair for 42 years and now it's just like doot dee doot weeeeeeee!
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I attempted to walk to the bathroom and oh frell it hurts so much. My hips and back are awful. And there's pain shooting down my right leg to my toes. And then there's the migraine which OMG feels like a steel rod rammed right through my head. My jaw hurts so much. I'm waiting for Pauley to come back from carrying the old walker to her mom's car. It's 730pm and her mom just left. I had enough social time at lunch. I'm gonna have leftovers for dinner tonight, maybe some French fries. I feel so exhausted. But I went out to eat!
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I was laying down on my bed watching reels and I remembered I needed to take my evening meds. So I sat up and attempted to cross my legs. My right hip is just screaming. Pauley is asleep but I think I might go wake her up for a Norco. I always feel bad when I gotta wake her up. I took 2 tramadol 3 hours ago and it didn't help.
My doctor wrote me a script for 7.5mg Norco cuz she knows I'm struggling with so much pain and depression and anxiety and adjustment disorder and she knows that the Norco is the only thing that has been helping.
I'm trying to find a pain clinic. I hate going to them cuz so many drug seekers go there and it's usually standing room only. I just want my back and hips to stop hurting.
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I had a telehealth appointment with my doctor today. We talked about the numbness in my right hand. She's concerned. We're gonna keep an eye on it.
Then we talked about the lump under my stomach skin where I injected my testosterone 2 weeks ago. It hasn't shrunk. It doesn't hurt but it's about the size of a golf ball. At first she thought I was describing a skin infection but I had a cyst a few years ago that felt like this thing. She's prescribing strong meds. If it doesn't go away in 2 weeks I have to see the surgeon.
Then we discussed meds that need refills. I asked if we could escalate to the 7.5mg Norco. She said ok for short term. We got an increase in the humalog dose cuz we increased it a month ago but didn't change the order at the pharmacy. I go through 8 pens per month. We're doing our best to manage my diabetes until I can go see the Endo.
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