Pain Progression

[Guest guest]

How quickly did your pain progress with flatback. I ask because mine

seems to be progressing very quickly now. On Friday night my husband

and I went to Costco to do some shopping and Saturday morning my

lower back, hips, butt and tops of my legs were more sore than

usual. I figured it was becasue of all the walking on the concrete

floor. On Saturday we went shopping for carpeting and tile which

meant walking on concrete alot again. I was in bed by 7:30 because

of the pain. On Sunday I could barely get out of bed. I thought it

would ease up but while getting ready for work on Monday I was

actually in tears trying to get my pants on and it was even worse

this morning. I have actually doubled my pain medication but it's

barely putting a dent in the pain. Luckily I work at a desk but the

aching is not letting up and the pain when I move is horrible. I

called and tried to get an earlier appt. for my steroid injection but

I couldn't get in any earlier than this Friday which leads me to

another question. Did any of you try epidural steroid injections for

the pain and if yes, did they help?

I called Dr. Lagrone's office and the woman I talked to there was so

nice. I plan on sending my films to him as soon as I get the full

length standing lateral x-rays done. Until I get those I won't know

the full extent of my flatback as you all know.

I know I'm rambling but I hope I make more sense in this post than

the last one. Well, I must get back to work.

Thanks,

Tami