my back problems continued

[clairescunny55]

as some of you knwo, since i gave birth to ryan ive been havig bad pains in my coccyx. they have gradually got worse to the extent that i have been signed off work and i cant even lift ryan off the floor the doctor said its just because ryan was so big, i need to give me coccyx time to heal. she refered me to physio which is a pile of steaming shite. all i do is some bending and stretching and not helping at all. (in fact i think tis making it worse) The physio thinks its my whole pelvis thats fooked. They keep saying 'dont worry it'll just take time to heal' ITS BEEN 8 MONTHS NOW AND IM SICK TO DEATH OF IT. its really getting me down

so this morning i went back to the docs for a 2nd opinion as we seem to be getting knowhere.

i wrote everything down, how im feeling etc and told her. she was much more understanding but i suggested an xray as they dont even know whats actually wrong. (no one had even looked at or felt my back up until now

she said an x ray would actually do MORE harm than good. so when do they actually x ray people!?!?!

then she started telling me its just a waiting game until it gets better. At this point i just broke down into tears. I told her i'm sick of not being taken seriously. NO-one knows what this feels like, its there every morning when i wake up and never goes away. I used to go to the gym twice a week but cant go anymore as it aggrivates it. i cant walk far, have sex, bend down or even pick the kids up. When ryan sits holding his arms out it breaks my heart.

Then i think she realised how bad it actually is, and that its not just a dull back ache. She is sending me for a x ray next friday and lots of blood tests as she thinks i miht be anaemic. She is also testing me for anklyosing spodilitus which is arthritis in the spine. (it runs in the family)

she thinks my coccyx could be fractured.

I kind of feel like i've got one step furthur today. but i still dont see any end in sight.

im not execting any replies, just wanted to write it all down!

 

[MissThing]

Awwww, I am so sorry hun it isnt getting better. Have you tried massage or ostheopath(sp?) They can somehow manipulate your bones to get them back into place.

 

[clairescunny55]

as some of you knwo, since i gave birth to ryan ive been havig bad pains in my coccyx. they have gradually got worse to the extent that i have been signed off work and i cant even lift ryan off the floor the doctor said its just because ryan was so big, i need to give me coccyx time to heal. she refered me to physio which is a pile of steaming shite. all i do is some bending and stretching and not helping at all. (in fact i think tis making it worse) The physio thinks its my whole pelvis thats fooked. They keep saying 'dont worry it'll just take time to heal' ITS BEEN 8 MONTHS NOW AND IM SICK TO DEATH OF IT. its really getting me down

so this morning i went back to the docs for a 2nd opinion as we seem to be getting knowhere.

i wrote everything down, how im feeling etc and told her. she was much more understanding but i suggested an xray as they dont even know whats actually wrong. (no one had even looked at or felt my back up until now

she said an x ray would actually do MORE harm than good. so when do they actually x ray people!?!?!

then she started telling me its just a waiting game until it gets better. At this point i just broke down into tears. I told her i'm sick of not being taken seriously. NO-one knows what this feels like, its there every morning when i wake up and never goes away. I used to go to the gym twice a week but cant go anymore as it aggrivates it. i cant walk far, have sex, bend down or even pick the kids up. When ryan sits holding his arms out it breaks my heart.

Then i think she realised how bad it actually is, and that its not just a dull back ache. She is sending me for a x ray next friday and lots of blood tests as she thinks i miht be anaemic. She is also testing me for anklyosing spodilitus which is arthritis in the spine. (it runs in the family)

she thinks my coccyx could be fractured.

I kind of feel like i've got one step furthur today. but i still dont see any end in sight.

im not execting any replies, just wanted to write it all down!

yesterday i went to see the orthopeadics triage, she was the first to examine me in all my months of seeing different docs and physios! as soon as she touched my back she said it is VERY swollen, and shouldnt still be after 9 months. She saw how bad it is and she has referred me to a consultant orthopeadic, which will take 6-8 weeks . then they will send me for an MRI scan which will be another 3 months after that. She said she will try to refer me as 'urgent' as its been going on 9 months and i've seen physio etc which isnt helping and its keeping me off work.

she then had a look at my x ray which was done about 3 weeks ago, she said they'd only taken the wrong bloody view of my back which therefore meant that there could be something wrong which cant be seen.

im seriously pissed off with the whole NHS system now, why should i have to wait so long? i've been seeing docs since may, and seeing the physio for 6weeks with no improvement whatsoever. no one seems to care, they dont seem to realise how bad it is getting me down