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Severe lumbar nerve pain
My history is for degenerative disc disease with past cervical fusion surgeries. I have degenerative scoliosis but did not have any symptoms until this month; they just steadily got worse within 2 weeks and I'm a month into now. I'm miserable and am already on pain medication from unresolved cervical pain. This pain however is mainly only on one side and centered in my very low back, hip, butt and radiates into the front/side of my leg. It doesn't help if I sit and is actually worse when I'm standing. I am looking for others who have scoliosis or lumbar pain from degenerative disc disease. For instance do conservative measures help as I have read that severe scoliosis from DCD is mainly a surgical disease in a peer reviewed document from Pubmed. I do have an appt set up with my orthopedist but wanted to learn from others here. This is making me very nervous as the type of pain I'm experiencing feels too similar to that when I needed cervical surgery. My ortho told me when I was diagnosed that scoliosis surgery is very hard and painful. I need some hope.
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Some doctors are better at convincing insurers to cover treatments and procedures than others are.
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2 ReactionsI have damage from my L3-L5.
I too have some scoliosis. Doctors are even surprised I’m walking. I was told by a surgeon in Walnut Creek CA to not let anyone fuse me because the pain would not go away.
He told me to be on a stationary bike that supports your back and be on it for 15 minutes a day. He said do this like you brush your teeth, the rest of your life.
I take 50 mg of Lyrica in the morning and I take 100 mg of Lyrica when I go to bed for nerve pain.
When my sciatica has become out of control with shooting pain down the buttocks, down the thigh to the knee and you’re crawling on your hands and knees…
I have gone to urgent care, and I have gone to the hospital requesting a shot of 30 ML of Toradol. There have been times when one shot of Toradol did not work and I ended up having to get Toradol shots for three days in a row.
This is not a drug you can take often because it can affect your kidneys. However, it has saved my life when I’ve been in so much pain.
I hope this helps.
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3 Reactions@bajjerfan Well pray for me. Mine jumped right on the appeal with a person from the PNS as my advocate. 🤞
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