Back pain nightmare
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Car crash in 2013, rear ended by someone. I had a colllapsed L5/S1 with my left root nerve completely crushed flat.
Finally operated on in Jan 2016 at Walton Centre. Pain had totally gone away in leg and back.
Pain came back a year later after iwont one morning and had to call an ambulance after i could move i was in so much pain. Hospital simply drugged me up to get me out of A&E.
Doctor requested emergency MRI, i had it and showed L5/S1 had gone again. Was referred back to the walton centre but the scans have never been available on the system for them to see! I was discharged from there in Jan as there was nothing they could do without the scan, and until i had pain down my legs they wouldnt do anything anyway!
Now. On monday i woke up sore as normal. the pain got worse and worse during the day. By 4pm i had to say enough is enough as i could barely stand upright I was getting electric shocks up my spine from the bottom and a searing pain into both hips and searing pain in my right side of lower back. I had a hot bath and tuesday it repeated. Wednesday i went to see my Chiro. She did aa few things, which helped me to walk without dragging my feet and i could staand upright . She said have an epsom salt bath tonight and thursday night, then go straight to bed. So i did. Woke up thursday pain free! I then sat on the sofa with my little girl (10 months old) and watched the news. I then stood up and the pain was back 😦 I tried the epsom salt bath again and it didnt do anything.
Im currently taking Pregalin for my long term pain and tramadol for breakout pain. I asked the pharmasist what to do as the tramadol wasnt working and he suggested ibuprofen and paracetamol at the same time. So i did and still no relief.
Am i worth going to A&E as this pain is crippling. I can barely move with it. I am currently at my inlaws so can go to a different A&E than before.
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gary67196 james82082
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dont give up i had a trailer truck run over my small truck in 1997 four years of pain and doctors answers from nothing can be done to your wanting to sue someone is only answers i got i finally found a doctor in nashville tennessee who would listen and he ran a couple test i had never herd of and it showed severe damage to L5 S1 disc after surgery with rods and baskets im almost good as new i have had other surgeries from work related injuries but back pain is nothing maybe some on the weekend from working hard all week but i have a life back i didnt understand what a doctor ment about quality of life but i do now , good luck dont give up there are doctors that care and will listen