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Pain in the butt - Can't sit down

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Sep 23 9:49am | Replies (336)

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@heisenberg34

You could be me. I fell 8 years ago very hard on my butt and lower back. Ever since, even after many docs of various persuasion, many treatments, injections, spinal cord stimulator, pain pump, etc, the pain or sensation of sitting on what I describe as two hockey pucks, has never gone away. Like you MRIs have not shown anything. But, as a retired science teacher, I knor that for every effect there is a cause. I just can't seem to get any doc to look further into this. I had to take charge of my medical journey years ago due to the apathy og most of the doctors I encountered. So, here I am with a totally non effective pain pump, an old spinal cord stimulatoer which was just removed, and waiting for an MRI to hopefully show something.
May we all find the help we need. Perhaps an empathetic doctor somewhere along the line.

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I saw a vascular doc for testing. He asked me about pain. I told him I had left butt pain. He poked me with a finger and almost sent me across the room. That's the SI joint he told me. Sitting and lying down were most painful. Walking helped it feel some better. I just had pain management do a SI joint injection and the results have been wonderful. Sleeping on that side does not cause pain! Will have the right side done!