Re: Update-Toni
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Wed Nov 3 11:56:45 1999
At Wed, 3 Nov 1999, toni welsh wrote:
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>At Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
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>>Hi!
>>
>>Just thought I'd give an update. I saw the orthopedic doctor yesterday
>>and he thinks my pain is due to my disc disease.(inflammation in the
>>disc itself, rather than the nerve) My sacroiliac joints look and feel
>>completely normal. So much for the SI theory. He did do a manipulation
>>(he's a DO) which I had never had before and I must say I felt better
>>this morning. I also started on a course of methylpred (steroid) which
>>he says will tell him a lot about what is and what isn't going on. He
>>seemed very nice, read and commented on all of my records, seemed to
>>appreciate the 2 year outline of my problem I had written up and said it
>>was not uncommon for pcp's to not follow recommendations. He believes
>>there is a good chance I have an underlying rheumatological disorder
>>causing the problem and the pain. I asked him why I had such an
>>improvement with surgery and he said it happens often and they don't
>>know why. So that's where I'm at. I have no idea what lies ahead.
>>
>>Chris S.
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>chris,
>
>You are gettng somewhere looks like it, I am getting to the point now I
>am een giving up on the pian clinic. I went to see them yesterday, and
>this morning I put a call into my gyn who has referred e there, and told
>him what the firs dr I saw said, he immediately got off the phone,
>sounding sort of like I was bothering(knowingthatis not it), sayighe was
>going to put a call into them seing where the firs dr was going with
>things. He is jst to the point now that he does not know where to go
>now.
>
>he talked to a general urgeon about me in sept, had poste about aother
>laparotomy, with them both tere, my gyn would lyse adhesions, and the
>general would be there to wrap bowels in seprafilm, and he said that
>made more sense with bowel involvement anyway! he sounds like eis having
>a bad day, and chris, for sme reason, I am more aggitated o all this
>mediction, andi oul tink it would be theopposite. I have a call into pa
>cneter too. Vicious cycle is NEVER over, still so scred!
Hi Toni:
I'm sorry to hear you are still going round and round. I know that
feeling. My situation is far from over. For all I know this could be
another dead end and even if it is the final answer, it is not good news
really. The celebrex, although it worked at first, didn't seem to be
working anymore so I don't know what meds I will be able to use in the
future. The doctor spoke about maybe injecting the discs but he will
decide better after he sees my reaction to the methylpred. So, I am
scared too! Glad to read your earlier post and read that things are
going okay again with your hubbie.
Chris S.