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I have had a challenging start to the year already in some ways. Sorry for long post.
I went to see the Orthopaedic surgeon on January 5 re protruding disks L4-S1 & C4-6. He went over MRIs & I have the myelin degeneration, & arthritis through my spine too.
He suggested to try the cortisone injection/epidural first & if that didn't work or last long I may need to consider surgery.
I had the cortisone done on Wed 14th using CT for it. My back spasms hit several times when they were trying to put the locals in, they said it hit more than the times I felt it. I could feel the injections & the epidural so I felt about 6 of them. Usually takes about 20 mins but I was in there for 1 hour.
I was told to expect some easing of pain between 24hours - a few days. The pain got a lot worse that day as the locals wore off & I was in a lot more pain the next few days. It eased a little bit on Sunday but then got worse again on Tuesday when I went to physio. I could not sit back in the chair at all, & the spasms were constant all day/evening.
David gave me a massage Tuesday evening & that helped a lot. It is still constantly sore. Add to the back pain the daily ms pains & struggles with standing, walking on legs that don't want to support me.
Also add to the mix I have got 18-20 sunspots on one arm & 9-10 on other arm that I am putting a gel from gp on once a day. On Wednesday a couple of red spots appeared on one side of the neck, now Saturday on neck & throat I have 9 on left, 3 on right & about 4 on front - front only showed today, some on back too but can't see them (been told). Not happy as they are very noticeable. The weird part is if they are excema that is always itchy before it even breaks the surface (had it since baby), where these ones are just appearing & not itchy at all. Increase from 2 on Wednesday to 16-20 on Saturday is fast for anything to spread.
I went to the GP on Friday morning, She looked at the sores & said that they are excema so put a cortisone cream on them.
I went to the Neurologist in the afternoon & he did al the tests etc. I haven't lost any more strength since last saw him in August so that is good. He noticed the neck sores & immediately said that they are sun spots & with the number on my arms & now neck I should be going to a dermatologist to get them seen to. Will have to get referal.
I went to see the Orthopaedic surgeon on January 5 re protruding disks L4-S1 & C4-6. He went over MRIs & I have the myelin degeneration, & arthritis through my spine too.
He suggested to try the cortisone injection/epidural first & if that didn't work or last long I may need to consider surgery.
I had the cortisone done on Wed 14th using CT for it. My back spasms hit several times when they were trying to put the locals in, they said it hit more than the times I felt it. I could feel the injections & the epidural so I felt about 6 of them. Usually takes about 20 mins but I was in there for 1 hour.
I was told to expect some easing of pain between 24hours - a few days. The pain got a lot worse that day as the locals wore off & I was in a lot more pain the next few days. It eased a little bit on Sunday but then got worse again on Tuesday when I went to physio. I could not sit back in the chair at all, & the spasms were constant all day/evening.
David gave me a massage Tuesday evening & that helped a lot. It is still constantly sore. Add to the back pain the daily ms pains & struggles with standing, walking on legs that don't want to support me.
Also add to the mix I have got 18-20 sunspots on one arm & 9-10 on other arm that I am putting a gel from gp on once a day. On Wednesday a couple of red spots appeared on one side of the neck, now Saturday on neck & throat I have 9 on left, 3 on right & about 4 on front - front only showed today, some on back too but can't see them (been told). Not happy as they are very noticeable. The weird part is if they are excema that is always itchy before it even breaks the surface (had it since baby), where these ones are just appearing & not itchy at all. Increase from 2 on Wednesday to 16-20 on Saturday is fast for anything to spread.
I went to the GP on Friday morning, She looked at the sores & said that they are excema so put a cortisone cream on them.
I went to the Neurologist in the afternoon & he did al the tests etc. I haven't lost any more strength since last saw him in August so that is good. He noticed the neck sores & immediately said that they are sun spots & with the number on my arms & now neck I should be going to a dermatologist to get them seen to. Will have to get referal.
bleedinblue
So sorry for all your troubles. Good news that your strength is still sound. Hope things get better for you soon. Healing hugs Chuck
ezone
So sorry to hear about your health problems. what are sun spots exactly? Thanks for any info.
AusSue
Thanks for responses. Exonerated - sun spots are a form of skin cancer but the benign ones so not dangerous, so long as they stay benign am safe. Trying to get rid of them as I have a lot of them on arms. The gel is not doing much at this point, been using since 8th Jan.
lorrieonline
Sorry about these toubles, Sue. I'm glad those spots seem benign and I hope things continue to improve for you!
marilyn4342
Wow, Sue! You have had some set backs! Here's hoping that is all for a very long while! Stay strong!
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