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I am a 74 year old woman who has been dealing with chronic pain for 20 years. First it's my back. I've had multiple injections followed by 4 surgeries. The last in March 2021 that was a take- down of past fusions and new fusion from S1 to T11. Though I have recovered from the surgery I have pain in the muscles that the surgeon says is because the muscles were displaced so many times.
Now 7 years ago I was diagnosed with idiopathic neuropathy. The pain in my feet is constant, most times starting in the afternoon till I try to go to sleep the burning is so severe that none of my meds give me relief. I have been through a myriad of meds and gadgets and none as helped.
Now I am just trying to find a way to manage and live with this scenario.
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That is terrible. No way to have to live. Have you considered a trial of the pain pump. The trial usually involves an injection of morhine or hydromorphone into the intrathecal space. Or, a temporary pump?catheter may be used. The goal is to see if you get significant pain reduction. If so, you can go ahead with the permanent implant which is a small device about the size of a large hockey puck. That goes in an abdominal wall. A tube is run under the skin and attached catheter is sutured into the space around the spinal cord. Unfortunately, the permanent implant has never provided any significant relief for me. Guess I'm in the unlucky ten percent who get little to no relief. It might ba worth having the trial if nothing else has worked. No guarantees of course.
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I can sympathize with you as I have pain everyday in my feet, and like you, it gets worse in the evening.
I use salon pas pain patches, CBD ointment, and Tramadol for pain.
Sometimes these will take the edge off, and sometimes not.
I was diagnosed with CIDP several years ago and honestly I haven’t found a neurologist that actually has helped me.
None of the routine meds have worked for me, even Gabapentin,which I was on for years,with no relief.
Also had IVIG infusions for 8 months with no relief either.
Will be going to a new neurologist in few weeks, probably my 7th one.
I’m hoping this one can help.