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Back pain :(
Hi Everyone, (Sorry this maybe kinda long...)
I'm needing some advice on what I'm experiencing with my back. I had rods fused in my back in 1999 due to scoliosis. I don't know the curve bc it's been so long ago, but I'm thinking it was right at that stage where I needed surgery before it got any worse, maybe 40 or 50 degrees... Everything was fine after that. I never had any problems with my back except for the occasional pain in back. It's been 10 years since I had it done and I am in SO much pain now. It started out my back would hurt in the mornings after I got up from sleeping... So, I thought maybe it was the bed we had. Of course my husband says, it's not the bed. Which irritates me, bc he's not the one living with pain everyday! Anyway, I took up a p/t job in May as a bartender for extra money, along with my full time office job I was working. I started having really bad burning sensations in my upper back after I'd get off of my bartending job. It got so bad that in June I had to go to the ER bc of the pain. They gave me percocet and Valium and Ibuprofen. So, that lessen the pain quite a bit. I had made an appointment with my Spine doctor, the one that did the surgery on me. He took X-rays on my back and told me that everything looked normal and good. Then he said, you know you should have a check up every year and was kinda amused, I guess... I said, Really...Oh, I didn't know that... I was in high school when I had my first one and neither one of my parents said anything about having to go to a check up every yr.... So, I called them up and scolded them... lol
So, he told me to do Physical Therapy. I did that for about 2 months till it pretty much broke me bc it cost SO much to go each time, even w/ insurance! It helped a little but now the pain is everywhere it seems in my back. One moment it will be in the middle of my back and it will feel really tight and stiff, then it will hurt my lower back. Now it's hurting in my tailbone and hip area and in the middle of my back. I also noticed that my hands go numb too... don't know if that has anything to do with my back or if maybe I'm having some sort of Carpal Tunnel, which I had when I was pregant 5 yrs ago. I went to my regular family doctor and he put me on Gabapentin(Neurontin) and Baclofen. I've been on it for a 2 wks but it's not helping much right now, but he said it'll take some time before it starts working like it should. I made another appt with my Spine doctor in the middle of January, I don't really know what he's gonna say besides, we're going to have to take out the rods, which he said in my last appt, but I want to try everything there is before I have to go through a another surgery. 
I'm still at my bartending job, but I only work 1or 2 nights a wk... but I'm thinking I may just quit since I'm having so much trouble. It's kinda ironic that I started the bartending job to make extra money, but here I am spending all that money plus more $$ on all my doctor visits...
Here I am typing away and I forgot my question... 
I guess it would be if anyone else has had these problems? Do you think by working at the p/t job it would cause so much problems for my back since I only work 1 or 2 nights a wk?
Thanks for listening and for anyone that replies!
Sarah
I'm needing some advice on what I'm experiencing with my back. I had rods fused in my back in 1999 due to scoliosis. I don't know the curve bc it's been so long ago, but I'm thinking it was right at that stage where I needed surgery before it got any worse, maybe 40 or 50 degrees... Everything was fine after that. I never had any problems with my back except for the occasional pain in back. It's been 10 years since I had it done and I am in SO much pain now. It started out my back would hurt in the mornings after I got up from sleeping... So, I thought maybe it was the bed we had. Of course my husband says, it's not the bed. Which irritates me, bc he's not the one living with pain everyday! Anyway, I took up a p/t job in May as a bartender for extra money, along with my full time office job I was working. I started having really bad burning sensations in my upper back after I'd get off of my bartending job. It got so bad that in June I had to go to the ER bc of the pain. They gave me percocet and Valium and Ibuprofen. So, that lessen the pain quite a bit. I had made an appointment with my Spine doctor, the one that did the surgery on me. He took X-rays on my back and told me that everything looked normal and good. Then he said, you know you should have a check up every year and was kinda amused, I guess... I said, Really...Oh, I didn't know that... I was in high school when I had my first one and neither one of my parents said anything about having to go to a check up every yr.... So, I called them up and scolded them... lol
So, he told me to do Physical Therapy. I did that for about 2 months till it pretty much broke me bc it cost SO much to go each time, even w/ insurance! It helped a little but now the pain is everywhere it seems in my back. One moment it will be in the middle of my back and it will feel really tight and stiff, then it will hurt my lower back. Now it's hurting in my tailbone and hip area and in the middle of my back. I also noticed that my hands go numb too... don't know if that has anything to do with my back or if maybe I'm having some sort of Carpal Tunnel, which I had when I was pregant 5 yrs ago. I went to my regular family doctor and he put me on Gabapentin(Neurontin) and Baclofen. I've been on it for a 2 wks but it's not helping much right now, but he said it'll take some time before it starts working like it should. I made another appt with my Spine doctor in the middle of January, I don't really know what he's gonna say besides, we're going to have to take out the rods, which he said in my last appt, but I want to try everything there is before I have to go through a another surgery. I'm still at my bartending job, but I only work 1or 2 nights a wk... but I'm thinking I may just quit since I'm having so much trouble. It's kinda ironic that I started the bartending job to make extra money, but here I am spending all that money plus more $$ on all my doctor visits... Here I am typing away and I forgot my question... I guess it would be if anyone else has had these problems? Do you think by working at the p/t job it would cause so much problems for my back since I only work 1 or 2 nights a wk? Thanks for listening and for anyone that replies!
Sarah
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