Acute bilateral thigh/knee pain disappeared
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My lumber MRI two years ago showed some spinal stenosis. The unilateral leg pain then disappeared for over a year. Ten months ago the thigh/groin pain came back and within the last 6 months the pain has increased at an alarming rate, is felt 24/7 in BOTH thighs, both knees, both shins and one groin, and I can no longer sleep lying down due to awful pain in all of the above. I go to bed with no knee/shin pain but that doesn't last for long as soon as I lie down. The morphine patches don't help, neither does the iboprufen & nightly amitriptyine.
Today I had another MRI so now its a question of waiting for the results. **However, on coming home, for the first time ever in over 12 months I walked with absolutely no pain. I couldn't believe it. I was walking faster than my grandson! For months now I have been getting around on a miobility scooter. That's how bad my pain has been. Could anyone explain why this might have happened as I have actually broken down in supermarkets with the awful level of pain**.
I can't get out of a car anymore and I can't raise my right leg. My GP thinks it's my hip more than my spine but my hip Xray didn't look too bad to me.
Thanks if anyone can help....
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jessica_78456 sarah22500
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While disc dry out its extremely painful once they've dried out the pain lessons but can still cause problems. Wait for yr MRI best answer s will come from that . I get major left hip pain but it's because of my back . Good luck
sarah22500 jessica_78456
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Yes I agree. It's just that no one seems to know whether it's my hip or my spine. But yes I will have to wait for the results.
CHICO_MARX sarah22500
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Same thing. Bilateral pain back, butt, back of both legs, etc. starting last October. MRI showed stenosis at L2/L3. This was confirmed by:
- CT/Myelogram with contrast...the "gold standard" spine test. Gives the docs a complete map of your spine.
- Single spinal pain shot under fluoroscopy at L2/L3 to make sure that was "the spot".
I was already fused L3 through S1. Doc offered me a choice: Unzip my spine, remove all the hardware and re-fuse me L2 through S1. Ten days in the hospital plus six months of rehab...
or...
LLIF fusion of L2/L3. This is a LATERAL procedure (Lateral Lumbar Intervertebral Fusion) where they go in from the side, clear out the disk, insert a "device", use an Allen wrench to EXPAND it (like jacking up a car to fix a flat), backfill with a bone graft from your hip and close. Overnight stay, no rehab. Yes, there's 4-8 weeks of decreasing nerve pain since they retracted the nerve roots to do the op.
Search YouTube for "Globus lateral" for a neat animation. I was walking and climbing stairs stenosis-free two hours after I woke up. All that pain was gone instantly. Incredible feat of engineering. Pix attached.
sarah22500 CHICO_MARX
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