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November 15, 2009 - 5:30am
Anonymous
can some one help me

Nail Biting My name is Michele I fell at work in July i had bad knee pain in left leg and left arm also had a shooting pain from my gron to my big toe on left side I had knee srugay in 8-21- 09 but I kept having the pain it got worse went into my butt in my lower back it hard to sit or stand. last Friday I had a MRI and they found L%-S! mild concentric disc and bu also T1- T2 weighted sagihal and axial slaing also mild right facet arthropathy I do not see back Doctor till end of the week dose any one no what these means and dose the pain go away? also could this be do to the fall?

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November 15, 2009 - 6:24am
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val1
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Hi Michelle, I'm so sorry

Hi Michelle,

I'm so sorry to hear you're in pain, but it's good that you're going to be seeing your doctor at the end of the week. Could I suggest that you write down the questions you've posted above and ask your doctor when you see him/her? I always have loads of questions to ask, never write them down and always forget - well practically all of them - so I will take my own advice from now on!

All the best to you.

Val

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November 15, 2009 - 10:19pm
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Laur en Pain
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michelle

I was a little confused by your post...is it an L5-S1 disc bulge? If so, you may want to ask your doctor if it is pinching your S1 nerve. I am not a doctor, but it sounds to me like it may be sciatic pain that you are experiencing. Definitely ask the doctor. I had the same thing so if you have any questions before or after you talk to the doctor, feel free to private message me if you'd like. Lauren.

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Herniated disc (L5-S1) with sciatic pain, Laminectomy in 2006. Post-op chronic lower back pain which I did not have before the surgery and no one can figure out why. Started having chronic widespread pain shortly after first surgery as well as the back pain. Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2007. Discovered DDD in 2008. Fusion at L5 in December 2008 with hardware. Current meds: 80 mg Oxycontin 3 x a day with an additional 20mg as well as the 80's 3 x a day since they don't make it in 100mg. 10mg percocet. Baclofen. Klonopin. Nortriptyline. Requip. Celexa.
Past meds: Neurontin and Lyrica,both made me sick. Savella which is the first drug made specifically for Fibro and not just as a secondary...went in to anaphylactic shock. Oral morphine, Avinza and Kadian, both made me sick even though the IV Morphine never did. Fentanyl patch made me hallucinate, I swear I could see through my eyelids, LOL! Oral Dilaudid made me a little queasy and tired, no pain relief. Lidoderm patches & trigger point injections, didn't help. Failed ESI's. Open to any suggestions. Lauren.

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