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Arachnoiditis: Trying to find a specialist
I am from North Carolina. And out of the 15 doctors I have seen since 2015 have said that arachnoiditis is rare and you do not have it. But no one is listening to my symptoms. Received a shot in my L5. But the doctor missed and hit the nerves while injecting Since that date I went from being able to walk to not at all. I am now in a wheel chair. Pain is in both legs to toes. None of the pain meds that my pain management has prescribed touches the pain. I have jerks in both of my legs. Weakness. Tingling and numbness in feet. My right eye has lost vision. I sweat on the top of my head for no reason. And out of the 3 MRIs I have had none have been done on the lumbar wth contrast. The pain gets worse week by week and no luck on finding a doctor. We are willing to travel if necessary. Please help.
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Hi. I’m Theodora. I would love to join the Facebook page.
Hi Theodore… If you type in Forest Tennant Arachnoiditis specialist in California then it will pull up all of his info. Are you on Facebook?
Hi. Yes I am on Facebook as Theodora Fitusis Batistatos. I am a patient of Dr. Lubeow at Rush Chicago. He’s a GREAT doctor. I have an intrathecal pump implanted but ANY other recommendations would be appreciated.
Hi! I’ve been suffering for almost 5 years constant back pain with terrible muscle spasms. I can’t stay in one position for long because of the pain. This started right after I had my epidural for my last child. I had to have a c section for both my kids with no problem with the first. I’ve been seeing my general practitioner for 4 yrs and have had absolutely no relief and they can not tell me what’s causing this. I’m a physical therapist assistant so I’ve always been active and caution with my back but I can not even work. I have difficulty raising my kids because of the pain and barely sleep at night since it wakes me up in terrible pain. I’ve been searching for years to find out what’s wrong and came across arachnoiditis. I get occasional tingling and numbness in my legs but it’s inconsistent. Any suggestions?
Dr. Forest Tennant in California is the one who I correspond with. Here is his link.
practicalpainmanagment.com
Thank you for thinking of me. I went to see Dr. Tennant Feb 5th and I have another appointment March 28th
practicalpainmanagment.com
Dr. Forest Tennant in California is a Arachnoiditis Specialist and will view your MRI’S for free.
AWESOME!!
I too have Arachnoiditis and have had some pretty bad experiences with doctors not believing in the disease. I had a pain pump put in in 2014 with mistakes made and complications. I also have cauda equana which is even harder to get a doctor to believe. I’m in big trouble now since my doctor kicked a lot of us out so I have a pain pump which is close to the time for filling. If anyone knows of an Arachnoiditis doctor that cares enough to find solutions for me, please let me know. I stay so depressed and that’s not me. I live in Alabama but will travel anywhere just to get help. Thanks
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You may also want to connect with @user_ch3fc240e who recently wrote about a brother with Cauda Equina Syndrome https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cauda-equina-syndrome/
How does a doctor “kick out” patients? Is there a pain clinic in your area?
It was a pain clinic. I had been going to them for 15 years. Things changed after pain pump was implanted ad mistakes were made. Many things happened and the final thing was refusing another back injection which is probably what caused my disease Arachnoiditis. When I said I wouldn’t do it, they cut my meds in half, dropped my muscle relaxer and slowed the pump down to almost off so my pain flew up. It goes on and on. Its been a nightmare. I did find help with cauda equana from a urgent care clinic Med they gave me. It’s a miracle.
By reading quite a few blogs, sounds like I need to go to California. The doctor people are discussing sounds great. I ended up with Arachnoiditis after they found an infection in my spinal fluid. I used to get back injections as often as every 2 months.