Thought everyone here on this forum would get a kick out of this....
I have been having a lot of pain issues throughout the past two years, particularly in my lower back. I have also had burning, tingling, shooting pain for 3 years on the lateral part of my foot and tingling pain in my pinky finger, middle finger, forearm, elbow, and tricep. I have a "S" curve, both of which measure in the fifties. My MRI shows some herniated and bulging discs in my lumbar spine and my cervical spine. Well, this summer the pain was getting worse and worse (I think this is because I am running after a 2 year old and a 4 year old all day long!) and so I went to a reputable neurologist in NYC whom someone recommended to me. During my first visit, when I mentioned I believed the pain is mostly a result of my scoliosis, he proceeded to tell me that scoliosis does NOT cause pain, and then gave me a 15 minute lecture on how one can live until 80 years old without pain! I couldn't believe it! Then he showed me a spine and curved it in about an inch to demonstrate what scoliosis looked like...he wouldn't even look at my x-rays...I almost wanted to jump up out of my chair and take the spine and really curve it like how mine really is to show him! Boy, it goes to show you that these doctors who don't specialize in scoliosis or back disorders really have NO idea! I practically walked out of his office in tears! Obviously, the scoliosis causes me to have poor posture which in turn has caused my discs to herniate and bulge. I have a herniated C5 which is pressing on the nerve root which is causing the pain in my pinky finger and arm. I just couldn't believe this doctor! He flat out asked me what else is going on in my life to be causing this much pain! Has anyone else had a doctor that said scoliosis doesn't cause pain? Also, this doctor prescribed me topamax for nerve pain. Has anyone else been prescribed this? I have done a search on this forum and see that some people are taking Lyrica, which is in the same class as Topamax. I am on my fourth week and so far I don't notice any difference. I have so much pain in my neck I still can't even turn my head to the right. I'm wondering if anyone out there with scoliosis has neck pain along with their back pain.
I have been having a lot of pain issues throughout the past two years, particularly in my lower back. I have also had burning, tingling, shooting pain for 3 years on the lateral part of my foot and tingling pain in my pinky finger, middle finger, forearm, elbow, and tricep. I have a "S" curve, both of which measure in the fifties. My MRI shows some herniated and bulging discs in my lumbar spine and my cervical spine. Well, this summer the pain was getting worse and worse (I think this is because I am running after a 2 year old and a 4 year old all day long!) and so I went to a reputable neurologist in NYC whom someone recommended to me. During my first visit, when I mentioned I believed the pain is mostly a result of my scoliosis, he proceeded to tell me that scoliosis does NOT cause pain, and then gave me a 15 minute lecture on how one can live until 80 years old without pain! I couldn't believe it! Then he showed me a spine and curved it in about an inch to demonstrate what scoliosis looked like...he wouldn't even look at my x-rays...I almost wanted to jump up out of my chair and take the spine and really curve it like how mine really is to show him! Boy, it goes to show you that these doctors who don't specialize in scoliosis or back disorders really have NO idea! I practically walked out of his office in tears! Obviously, the scoliosis causes me to have poor posture which in turn has caused my discs to herniate and bulge. I have a herniated C5 which is pressing on the nerve root which is causing the pain in my pinky finger and arm. I just couldn't believe this doctor! He flat out asked me what else is going on in my life to be causing this much pain! Has anyone else had a doctor that said scoliosis doesn't cause pain? Also, this doctor prescribed me topamax for nerve pain. Has anyone else been prescribed this? I have done a search on this forum and see that some people are taking Lyrica, which is in the same class as Topamax. I am on my fourth week and so far I don't notice any difference. I have so much pain in my neck I still can't even turn my head to the right. I'm wondering if anyone out there with scoliosis has neck pain along with their back pain.
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