Re: Left Flank Pain
From: Lynn Creacy (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Sun Dec 8 14:58:14 2002
At Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Joyce wrote:
>
>Hi, I visited this message board a couple of years ago because I thought
>I had more adhesions. I had some lysed in 1996 but the pain returned
>after about a year so I assumed it was the adhesions. I've been through
>a lot of pain and doctors since then, but now I'm better after having a
>complete hysterectomy with removal of both ovaries. But I'm still left
>with a very aggravating and persistent pain in my left flank area. I've
>had this pain for about 5 years and was hoping somehow the hyst. would
>take care of it. Well I had the hysterectomy in April of this year but
>I'm still left with the pain in my back on the left side right where my
>kidney is. But I've had the whole Urology work-up to check for stones,
>infection, etc. Everything was normal. I now have a visible knot in
>the area of my pain. My doctors think it could be muscular so I'm doing
>Physical Therapy exercises everyday. Sometimes I think it's helping but
>I always end up laid up on the couch a day to rest my back so I can work
>the next day. Physical Activity makes it worse, like lifting or even
>bending a lot. And when it hurts, it not only causes pain, it also
>makes me feel terrible. It's like that spot on my make contains all my
>nerves or something and when it's really hurting bad, I just want to
>crawl in a hole and cry. I've been diagnosed with having an Illiopsos
>muscle problem, but by what I've read the usually affects you more in
>the groin area. Which I used to hurt there, but I don't now. It's all
>in the one area in my back. Bowel Movements make the pain worse but I
>try my best to stay regular because constipation makes it a lot worse.
>When the pain is at it's worst, it hurts to breath. I wonder if maybe
>it is adhesions from my transverse colon to my diaphragm. I asked my
>gyns to check out that are during my last 2 laprascopic surgeries, but I
>have videotapes of the surgery and neither one of them looked there.
>They just keep saying it has to be muscular. I'm so frustrated and
>tired. This pain makes me very, very tired. I need proof of the pain
>so my PCP will continue to give me the 30 vicoprofen a month he gives
>which is not enough but I make it through work with those. My house is
>a disaster area. I have seen a Physical Rehabilitation specialist about
>the pain and she acted like I should not be there that I should be
>seeing a Gyn again or something. And their the ones that said it was
>muscular and just needed rehabilitating. Erghhhhh! Where do I turn now?
>I'm the type that I need to know what's going on in my body so it's
>driving me crazy not knowing exactly what it is.... But do I just worry
>about living with the pain now? What other tastes can they run? I just
>had a follow up CAT scan.... one I had in 1999 showed scarring in left
>front bottom of a chest scan. Which is same area as pain, only in the
>back. But the follow up scan was completely normal, of course. And
>what is this knot on my back. Doctors seem unconcerned about it.... I'm
>sorry this is so long, guess I just really needed to vent. Any ideas?
>Or anyone else with similar pain? I'm a total loss right now as to what
>to do next. BTW, my meds that I already take are Effexor XR,
>Wellbutrin, Buspar, Estrogen, Progesterone Cream, Acculate (for coughing
>form of Asthma), Neurontin (which does help the pain), and Vicoprofen as
>needed (30 to last 30 days). Thanks to anyone that reads this
>completely, sorry so long...
>
>--
>Joyce (other posts may have been, BJ or KJ)
>Dear Joyce,
Have you thought about pain management or neurologist? It sounds like if
the Neurotin works it might be nerves.
Lynn
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