Ho my name is Dana (male) I’m 63 years old, disabled, and living on Social Security.
On March 1, 2024, my life changed dramatically after a bad motorcycle accident. I was hospitalized for four months, and the accident broke my ischium on my left side—the bottom half is missing, and I’m assuming it was left at the scene. Since then, I’ve been in chronic, unbearable pain for 27 months. Medical staff have told me there’s nothing more they can do and have pointed me toward Band-Aid treatments like spinal implant blocking techniques or pain medications. The only relief I get is from a combination of drugs, but I worry about the long-term effects on my kidneys and liver. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life confined to bed and dependent on medication.
In the x-ray it shows the bottom half of my left ischium is missing. You can compare it to my right side to see that it’s full. It’s a little hard to see, but the bottom half of my left one is gone, and that is meant to support you while sitting. My sitting position is my most uncomfortable position, where the leg pain starts getting much worse, so sitting’s not an option. My only relief is laying flat; standing doesn’t help.
Having a hard time pointing doctors in the direction of this broken ischium might be the reason reason for my pain my constant pain.
I came to this conclusion because there is such a thing as ischial bursitis, I looked this up and it’s a popular pain usually caused by people sitting for Pro long times, but my case jagged bone that’s broken, supporting my weight, the same as rounded mother nature ischium?
Any medical advice? please don’t mention drug therapy or medical Marijuana Ive tried them👎
@dohellth Dana it’s all in your head and by that I mean your answer lies with your brain. There’s a lot of study on the mind-body connection and you should look into since traditional medicine hasn’t seemed to be affective. Here’s some places to start looking and I hope you find peace with your pain.
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/providers/digest/mind-and-body-approaches-for-chronic-pain;
https://www.youtube.com/watch;
https://www.pathways.health/blog/the-mind-body-approach-to-pain-management/