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I had this condition for 14 years. It is dreadful and getting a diagnosis is impossible. The cure for me was anti-seizure medicine that I took for an unrelated matter. I took it for 2 weeks and finally I could sit without a donut. My pelvic therapist said that she had heard/read of this. Good luck!
Experienced the same ailments, but from a different medical center also recently discovered that the antibiotic: FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics, which I have been perscribed in a couple of different forms may cause the same conditions you described. I have just notified the Doctor who perscribed the medication of what the FDA has to say about the severe side affects from taking that antibiotic. I just hope the possible nerve and other tissue damage are not permanent.
So sorry to hear about your horrible experience with the bed. I had something similar when I was transferred to a rehab center that had only one kind of mattress. It didn’t feel like it was blown up at all, and I felt like I was lying on the metal infrastructure of the bed. I had just had a two level fusion in my lumbar spine, and I was really concerned it might end up doing some damage. When I couldn’t get any help, even a change in mattress, I signed myself out AMA because I had a new bed at home and lived around the corner from the facility. It was a horrible experience but at least it didn’t leave me with any sequelae.
@jsindc, I'm sorry to hear that you are living with such pain and having to take additional time off work because of it.
I encourage you to share your story with the Office of Patient Experience. I'm not sure if they can help, but they should know about the poor bed.
Mayo Clinic Office of Patient Experience
Phone: 844-544-0036 (toll free)
Email: opx@mayo.edu