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Randalf the Grey
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Re: Intense sciatic nerve pain [Re: Blackbird33]
#26401765 - 12/26/19 03:20 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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It has been 14 days now and I still can not stand up straight. Currently "sitting" in the waiting room of a orthopedic urgent care facility to hopefully get taken seriously and fixed this time.
One of the thing they asked if course is if I had x-rays done. When I told them that I had asked for them from the last doctor and was told no, they were a bit taken back. Hopefully this won't go on much longer.
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Maybe you can sue the negligent cunts who failed to treat you properly before.
Get well soon.
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I had to have a discectomy back in 2011. I went to all my doctor's appointments lying in the backseat of my girlfriend's jeep because I couldn't sit up. The day of my surgery I laid on the floor of the waiting room looking crazy as fuck.
X-rays don't show enough for them to make a proper diagnosis. It can indicate a problem but you need an MRI that will show soft tissue damage.
Sciatic pain is no joke.
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Re: Intense sciatic nerve pain [Re: mycosis]
#26402173 - 12/26/19 09:03 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I have an MRI early next week and follow up with spine specialist. Like what you said, I have to ride sort of kneeling I the seat and holding my weight with my arms to go anywhere. Definitely some of the worst pain I've ever dealt with. I'm about to be broke as fuck if I can't get back to work so really hoping they can figure something out.
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The only position I could get in that allowed a slight release from the pain was to lay face down on the bed with my feet hanging off the end of the bed toes down.
At the end snorting 80mgs of OC didn't even help much. 
Surgery completely fixed it though. I could tell immediately in recovery that it was fixed. They removed over 50% of one of my discs but it has been 8.5 years with no serious side issues.
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Re: Intense sciatic nerve pain [Re: mycosis]
#26402191 - 12/26/19 09:23 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I've been using kratom and Poppy tea to try to manage the pain but really they don't do much for the pain, they just allow me to forget about it long enough to fall asleep for an hour or 2.
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yeah it is totally worth staying away from the pills. They fucked me up worse because I could do a bunch of those old school Oxy's and go to work feeling like Superman and wound up just hurting myself worse.
When the spine doctor looked at my MRI he said, "Well, I guess I have seen worse."
That's not something you want to hear a doctor say. Also he said when he got in with the surgery it was worse than he thought it would be.
It was like 6 weeks recovery where he told me not to lift anything heavier than a dinner plate.
Luckily I had quite a lot of money saved and good insurance so I came out ok in the end.
Good luck buddy!
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Re: Intense sciatic nerve pain [Re: mycosis]
#26412087 - 01/02/20 08:35 AM (4 years, 27 days ago) |
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Had my MRI on Tuesday. Couldn't lay flat on my back long enough to do it. Luckily I'm a skinny fuck, and I'm no wider than I am thick and was able to lay on my side. office was closed yesterday, call him this morning to set up an appointment. while I was on the phone with them the office that did my MRI called and said the doctor who wanted me back in ASAP. I have a appointment tomorrow where I will hopefully find out what is actually wrong with me. Tried to go to work this morning but my battery is dead and battery pack won't jump it. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year
Man after the new doc tells you what’s up you might be able to sue those first dickhole bitches for negligence
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I actually left a very detailed but polite and objective review of the facility online shortly after I got my x-rays from the other place. The owner of the facility reached out to me a few days later, and today I emailed her back with an extremely in-depth and detailed account of everything that led up to my visit and has happened since my visit with their facility. The owner replied back to me a little later saying that she has communicated with management staff at the facility and someone from there will be reaching out to me before long. I kind of feel like this is all just a cover-your-ass tactic, but if it saves one person from having to exacerbate an injury and live in pain because this doctor wouldn't help them, then it's worth doing it. I also, in the email to the owner, included a picture I took on my phone of my spine x-ray. It very clearly shows my spine is messed up. The doctor was shocked that I did not have a lifelong spine injury after looking at them, and I pointed this out in my email. If I had been taken seriously in the very least x-rayed on the first day I went in, everything that has happened since then would have happened 5 or 6 days sooner. That's almost a week of living in pain and potentially making things worse that I didn't have to do all because this doctor didn't want to treat me. I get it, I have long hair. And because of this back injury I can't really stand up straight to shower or brush my hair. I've been giving myself whores baths with a wash cloth, and just leaving my hair pulled up so I know I looked scraggly when I came in there. That does not change a damn thing though.
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Wanted to double check there was no personal info in the photo but this is what the first told me to walk off ... for the record, I have had several scoliosis test throughout my life and always been cleared. My spine did not always look like this
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Randalf the Grey
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Ok, finally got taken seriously and seen by a spine specialist. In his words, "you're in bad shape. You're pretty messed up." I have a very large rupture in my L5-S1 disc pinching the holy shit out of my nerve. He recommended surgery due to how long this has been going on without improvement. He said this normally will correct itself in about six weeks, but I am almost at 4 weeks now with no improvement. I wanted to try some more meds and rest before I go with surgery oh, so he put me on gabapentin, a seizure med, and I'm taking another week off to rest. At the end of the week if I'm not able to return to work I'm going to go ahead with the surgery. The problem is my lease is up in February and I don't have enough money saved to get a new place while not working. I could stay with family, but that would mean quiting my job since they are in a different state. If I quit, I lose my insurance. So if I do have surgery, I has to be in the next 2 weeks and then quit and move back immediately after. None of this is a good scenario but it's where I am now so hoping I can get back to work soon before I am broken and homeless.
Once more because I am still pissed about it. THIS is what the first doctor told me to walk off and I why I went back to work and fucked myself up more.

The good news: Doc said the rest of my spine is in perfect shape and great for my age. Which is fantastic consider the amount hiking\biking I have done with a 40lb pack on my back. I am actually really excited and happy to hear that. I was a concern that my whole spine was fuck from that.
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Sorry you have to worry about money too
I know first hand how hard and depressing that can be
Good luck dude
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from this thread
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fluorescent said: Anecdotal evidence, n=1, and all that, but I know someone (actually not me) who has suffered with low back pain and sciatica. For a period of time they were microdosing mushrooms (approx 125mg every other day for around 6 months) and experienced significant relief. Then, following a macrodose and continuation of microdosing, they experienced >90% relief of their back pain symptoms including nearly 100% relief of sciatic pain. The individual has been unable to continue microdosing due to circumstances, but continues to experience reduced discomfort relative to pre macrodose levels.
don't know if this could help you or not but good luck
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I'm back at the doc now. It's been over 6 weeks and still can't stand straight so will likely be scheduling surgery. I was really hoping it would heal up on it own but I have but on gabapentin and treating pain with kratom and later poppy tea when I ran out of kratom and I can barely function around the house, let alone enough to work. However, my employer has reached out to me about possibly changing to a desk position to do essentially data entry but relating to my expertise. So I may be able to at least get a week or 2 of work in before surgery. This would be huge as the house I rent is being sold so when I lease is up at the end of February, I'm out of a place to live. I need some kind of current income to get a new place. Not sure how this will all play out, but we shall see in about a month.
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That’s some really stressful shit man
Being forced to move combined with money problems is rough
Good luck
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yo, good luck buddy. that shit sounds intense, I'm glad to hear your employer is willing and able to make something work for you in the meantime.
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Re: Intense sciatic nerve pain [Re: trubblesome] 1
#26471937 - 02/06/20 12:15 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just got out of surgery w few hours ago. Back feels a lot better but still in significant pain, in somewhat of a new way. I stood up straight today for the first time since December 15th (not a hyperbole). Now just a matter of finishing recovery. Over the course of 6 weeks I should recover to or near 100%.
Thank you all so much for the advice and support. It was honestly way more than I expected and am touched by that. I was so ready for this and am happy to have even a slight bit of relief.nearly 2 months is a long time to live at a 90°angle. I learned new ways to do everyday things and will hopefully never need to know those way again
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Sorry for double post but I am furious about this. The pharmacy is refusing to fill my prescriptions because they feel I don't need both of them. Seriously. I know the risk of pain meds and all but they are forcing my to take oxycodone that will run out Saturday, instead of filling my hydrocodone that I should be using and only take the oxycodone as needed for breakthrough pain.
The doctor prescribed me hydrocodone for base line pain management and oxycodone for breakthrough pain. The insurance company decided those are too close and I don't need both so they only approved the oxycodone until the talk to my doctor. The pharmacy won't let me just pay for it myself until the insurance company either approves or denys. Finally got the doctor's office to submit the form but may stake 72 hours and I have enough oxycodone for 48 hours and no refills. The local anesthesia on my back will wear off sometime Sunday. So I'm trying to get one of these people to listen to the damn surgeon and give me my med by tomorrow, or I'm going to be in a lot more pain on Sunday.
Yes I know pain meds are bad but that is kinda my point. A: the surgeon knows what he is doing. Listen to him. Who the fuck are you to amend his orders. B: the purpose of the hydrocodone is to limit my use of the oxycodone and shorten my potential for habit forming. By approving the oxycodone and not the hydrocodone they have assured that I will either take more than I would have or take nothing for long periods with the occasional pain relief which is not the correct way to manage pain. Why is it even possible for an insurance company to make that call, and why is it possible for a pharmacy to deny me the ability to pay for my own prescribed medications?!
Nothing like being 2 hours out of back surgery and having a pharmacist refuse to fill give what the goddamn surgeon fucking told them to give me. And because they can object for moral reasons, even though the pharmacy websites says I can choose to pay retail put of pocket instead of waiting for the approval, this particular pharmacist refuses to do so.
But at least I will be able to stand tomorrow when I raise hell if it is not settled by then. If not fixed by tomorrow at 5, it won't be.
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Ffs man - that’s unbelievable they don’t even have to honor the DOCTOR’s medical decision.
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