Pain, Pain, Pain and MORE Pain....

[Rose]

Hi everyone!!

Glad to have met a few of you!!!

I am posting this to see if I might be able to get help with it.

I am 28 yrs of age with 3 children. I had a 2 level decompression surgery 3 yrs ago at the levels L4-5 & L5-S1. I hurt my back while at work where I herniated my L5-S1. Had the surgery and I thought it went really well!!! I was so happy to have been able to walk without pain..WOOOO HOOOO!!!

Then I went back to work 4 months after and BAM!!!!! Need I say more??

So after all the PT, ESI etc.. I have come to the conclusion that I have to just learn to deal with the fact that what I have is chronic. I have seen a PMP who seen me and put me on Oxycontin 40mg-2 times a day & Baclofen 10mg-3 times day. I am hoping that SOME day I may again be able to return to the workforce.

Then I have days like the last 3 or 4.......

The other day I was loading my dishwasher, after I finished loading it I closed the door only to feel this SHARP, SHEARING pain in my low back on my right side. It literally dropped me to my knees, and took me a good 10 mins before I could even get back to a vertical position. At that point once I recovered, I immediately applied ice and went to bed...

Next day I woke up and I was sore for sure, it was difficult for me to have to change position without it feeling like the pain would "catch" me. So, I took my time and was careful with EVERYTHING I did. Still applied the ice.

So, here it is almost 4 days later and I tell you!!! I woke up today and there was NO getting out of bed today. In fact, when I do get out of bed and try to walk it HURTS LIKE CRAZY!!!! Yesterday, I noticed if I sat for too long that my legs would hurt, they felt a little numb and get a tingly feeling in them. I never would have thought that all 3 of those would work together, I mean I always thought numb was numb and that I wouldn't be able to feel pain or tingling in them.

Anyways, back to today.......when I get out of my bed to go to the bathroom and have to hang on for dear life to the door frame just so I get get into a sitting position on the toilet, by the time I am able to get back off the toilet to walk back to my room, when I walk I have the WORST prickly kind of sensation. WOW!!! When I read this over I feel like it doesn't make sense at ALL, but I don't really know how to explain it. I never thought in a MILLION years I could have so many symptoms happen all at once..

The point to my post is;

WHAT & HOW could loading a dishwasher and closing the door CAUSE THIS MUCH PAIN??? What could possibly be going on?? I feel like an IDIOT, explaining all the symptoms I am having. It just doesn't seem normal??? Right now as I am typing this I am getting a shooting pain from my left hip to my calf???? GOOD GRIEF!!!! Thank GOD for laptops!!!!

I am sorry that the my 1st post is a novel, complaining about something you have all been through and are no doubt some of you MUCH,MUCH worse than me!! I guess I am just wanting to be able to express how I am feeling, and HOPE that there is someone out there who might be able to understand what I am talking about and know how I am feeling.....

Thanks for taking the time to read this.....I appreciate it!!!!

Hope everyone is having a day with less pain..

Rose