Severe lumbar nerve pain

I have chronic and severe polyradiculopathy throughout the neck and in the lumbosacral region. I have moderate degenerative disease in spine and mild scoliosis in lumbar area. I have psoriatic arthritis in the sacrum. That was stable a year ago.

I need the neck evaluated. In 2004 had two bulged discs and a hemangioma of a vertebra. Im having problems there. Severe nerve damage. The lower back is causing horrible pains and spasms in the back, legs and soles of feet. I have not been living these last few years. I have a neurologist appointment for reevaluation next week and a neuromuscular neurologist in early June for another evaluation looking for a diagnosis to get real help. I had two abnormal EMGS.

I just had an epidural on the 7th. Did not help much. In fact having an intense tingling down back, legs and feet. It is waking me up. Not sure if i should call pain management.

The neck caused a lot of symptoms over the last year. The back has been progressing since the start in 2021. My problem is I only complained pretty much to the doctor when it was excruciating. I should have been talking to them a lot sooner. I might not have suffered as much as I have. I am now going to a good nm doctor and hope she can help me.

I think I might need another epidural or something else because when she gave the shot it triggered the intense tinging in the same manner I get them mostly when I’m sleeping for hours. It starts in the lumbar area and works its way down.

Please have hope. We all need to hold onto that. When I feel it slipping I use that at times to stir up fight enough in me to keep pursuing help. Im thinking whatever I have there isn’t a cure. Just these ‘darts’ that are thrown at it to try to do something to relieve the pain and symptom. The underlying problem is there and not going anywhere. It’s progressing. I had a flare that kicked up early February.

Seek answers and ask more pointed, intrinsic questions. I have learned more about the anatomy to point to the pain I’m having. That can be a bit much. Trying to understand what is darn complicated. So, hopefully these doctors can figure it out. I have confidence that while one doctor might not take care of me, the other one will. I need to have that hope. I told my pcp yesterday that I’m losing hope that this will be forever. When he left the room he said, You will feel better, I don’t know when, But you will feel better. I think he was trying to help me better cope by hope. I like that: “Cope by Hope”. So we all need to do that a bit more. It makes me feel better mentally when I have hope.

I hope you get answers that are not as worrisome as you think it might be!

💜

I have chronic and severe polyradiculopathy throughout the neck and in the lumbosacral region. I have moderate degenerative disease in spine and mild scoliosis in lumbar area. I have psoriatic arthritis in the sacrum. That was stable a year ago.

I need the neck evaluated. In 2004 had two bulged discs and a hemangioma of a vertebra. Im having problems there. Severe nerve damage. The lower back is causing horrible pains and spasms in the back, legs and soles of feet. I have not been living these last few years. I have a neurologist appointment for reevaluation next week and a neuromuscular neurologist in early June for another evaluation looking for a diagnosis to get real help. I had two abnormal EMGS.

I just had an epidural on the 7th. Did not help much. In fact having an intense tingling down back, legs and feet. It is waking me up. Not sure if i should call pain management.

The neck caused a lot of symptoms over the last year. The back has been progressing since the start in 2021. My problem is I only complained pretty much to the doctor when it was excruciating. I should have been talking to them a lot sooner. I might not have suffered as much as I have. I am now going to a good nm doctor and hope she can help me.

I think I might need another epidural or something else because when she gave the shot it triggered the intense tinging in the same manner I get them mostly when I’m sleeping for hours. It starts in the lumbar area and works its way down.

Please have hope. We all need to hold onto that. When I feel it slipping I use that at times to stir up fight enough in me to keep pursuing help. Im thinking whatever I have there isn’t a cure. Just these ‘darts’ that are thrown at it to try to do something to relieve the pain and symptom. The underlying problem is there and not going anywhere. It’s progressing. I had a flare that kicked up early February.

Seek answers and ask more pointed, intrinsic questions. I have learned more about the anatomy to point to the pain I’m having. That can be a bit much. Trying to understand what is darn complicated. So, hopefully these doctors can figure it out. I have confidence that while one doctor might not take care of me, the other one will. I need to have that hope. I told my pcp yesterday that I’m losing hope that this will be forever. When he left the room he said, You will feel better, I don’t know when, But you will feel better. I think he was trying to help me better cope by hope. I like that: “Cope by Hope”. So we all need to do that a bit more. It makes me feel better mentally when I have hope.

I hope you get answers that are not as worrisome as you think it might be!

💜

I have chronic and severe polyradiculopathy throughout the neck and in the lumbosacral region. I have moderate degenerative disease in spine and mild scoliosis in lumbar area. I have psoriatic arthritis in the sacrum. That was stable a year ago.

I need the neck evaluated. In 2004 had two bulged discs and a hemangioma of a vertebra. Im having problems there. Severe nerve damage. The lower back is causing horrible pains and spasms in the back, legs and soles of feet. I have not been living these last few years. I have a neurologist appointment for reevaluation next week and a neuromuscular neurologist in early June for another evaluation looking for a diagnosis to get real help. I had two abnormal EMGS.

I just had an epidural on the 7th. Did not help much. In fact having an intense tingling down back, legs and feet. It is waking me up. Not sure if i should call pain management.

The neck caused a lot of symptoms over the last year. The back has been progressing since the start in 2021. My problem is I only complained pretty much to the doctor when it was excruciating. I should have been talking to them a lot sooner. I might not have suffered as much as I have. I am now going to a good nm doctor and hope she can help me.

I think I might need another epidural or something else because when she gave the shot it triggered the intense tinging in the same manner I get them mostly when I’m sleeping for hours. It starts in the lumbar area and works its way down.

Please have hope. We all need to hold onto that. When I feel it slipping I use that at times to stir up fight enough in me to keep pursuing help. Im thinking whatever I have there isn’t a cure. Just these ‘darts’ that are thrown at it to try to do something to relieve the pain and symptom. The underlying problem is there and not going anywhere. It’s progressing. I had a flare that kicked up early February.

Seek answers and ask more pointed, intrinsic questions. I have learned more about the anatomy to point to the pain I’m having. That can be a bit much. Trying to understand what is darn complicated. So, hopefully these doctors can figure it out. I have confidence that while one doctor might not take care of me, the other one will. I need to have that hope. I told my pcp yesterday that I’m losing hope that this will be forever. When he left the room he said, You will feel better, I don’t know when, But you will feel better. I think he was trying to help me better cope by hope. I like that: “Cope by Hope”. So we all need to do that a bit more. It makes me feel better mentally when I have hope.

I hope you get answers that are not as worrisome as you think it might be!

💜

I say keep trying different in doctors. Im Houston and there are a lot of them. I have been to 4 and the injections in my neck helped. My back has been anywhere from nothing to had relief for a year.. My sleeping is a big problem. I invested in a very expensive bed to see if that will help. So many people have this problem. There are 5 in my family who are suffering. It is probably our lifestyle. We are all very swayback too. All of us kids did a lot of heavy work and you just don't realize what this does to the body until it is too late.

I've had more epidurals than I can remember. None have helped with my lower back pain. I guess some peole get some temporary relief, but not me.

Were they epidurals or to muscles? If I have a say I’ll not get this shot again, I never read bad reactions by anyone but the pains that I get in different areas are hurting worse. The pains amped up. I took all the meds I have with the exception of another tylenol. Its so sharp. Even my wrist. It’s puffy so are my ankles. frankly, now I’d be nervous to get another epidural. I am not sure what is causing what.

I had 4-5 bad falls cumulative damage I guess. I never was examined after a fall. Maybe I feel stupid for falling, like how did that happen anyway, dizzy, snow, mud, lost footing.

I was thinking a new mattress might help. Then I think not. I teeter. Googled swayback. I have lordosis of the lumbar spine. I think its minimal curvature.

You are so right. I hope you get more relief and are helped long term with a therapy.

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Good morning. Your post gives the impression you're darn knowledgable about spinal conditions and you are dogged in your efforts to drive to the right decision. Those are excellent characteristics for anyone considering spinal surgery...mainly because these can be big decisions regarding big surgeries.

You certainly can learn from others' experiences even though you already know that what I experienced may not be what you will experience, and so on.

I had cervical work followed three months later by lumbar work. The lumber decision was informed by increasingly frequent dead-leg events (multiple times daily towards the end) accompanied by severe pain radiating from my hips to the front of both thighs. Ultimately I could tell my spine was deteriorating (just described symptoms were getting worse) and the risks of "no surgery" became greater than the risks of surgery.

Have you consulted with a physiatrist? That helped me.