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Chronic Pain | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (58)
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I get it . Every morning I say another day of pain. I agree people don't understand. I am starting to believe i am better off dead. I have no life . Can't go anywhere. I am in too much pain to sit very long. Terrible pain in my right buttock and lower backache. Nothing helps but ice for a little while. Help!!
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@yramSounds like you may have weak gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles. PT may help. My hip surgeon has ordered a MRI.
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I have the same problems that you are dealing with. Tomorrow I will have my first session with acupuncturist and then I am going to see my PCP who is a rheumatologist. I have had MRI of lumbar spine and now would like imaging of my buttocks and tailbone. The MRI radiologist kept referring to disc damage as "mild" so I would like to know why I cannot get much relief. The stim machine at PT helps for awhile but not long enough. I want my doctor to also rule out autoimmunity, i.e., RA, as I suffer from celiac disease and had muscle wasting. Also, my allergies seem more pronounced now. I would like to think that there is hope for relief--if not now but down the line. The chronic pain remedies that are out there which I use including diet, exercise, analgesics, heat/ice just are not adequate enough. Perhaps counseling would help--I am filled with anger that this happened and will not allow me to sit on my sofa and enjoy reading a book or watching a movie on TV. Have you taken any injections? My podiatrist recommended that I try it.