PAIN!

[Malen]

I have SI Joint Dysfuntion, I had an RFA recently. Recovery was supposed to be 48 hrs. Its been 12 days now since the procedure and the pain is worse than the pain I had before the procedure, in some rarer circumstances it can take up to 6 weeks for recovery. 

Im still on the pain killers I was on before the procedure, which is alot. Like one med needs a new prescription written each fortnight. Another needs a doctor with a certain license to presscribe it. Now we have been adding more common but still hard to get pain meds on top of that to try and get the pain under control. 

I should mention an RFA is where they go in and burn the nerves where the spine and hip joins, its supposed to eliminate the pain from the problem there. 

I probably shouldnt have had the procedure when I did as I was in the midst of a brief psychotic episode, not that I was aware of it. Ive been incredibly depressed which is making the pain worse.

Pain and mental health often go hand in hand which sucks and is so not fair. 

[Malen]

Things have just been going from bad to worse. Ive been stuggling with my MH for a while now. I went to a MH care centre yesterday to get some help. So So. 
On Sunday my pain was unbearable so I went to the ER. They gave me a shot of anti-inlammatory which calmed things down until around 3 this morning. I went to my local clinic after something better than they really strong pain killers they had been giving me but no, back to the pain killers. They do lower the pain but make me so drowsy even at the lower dose Ive been taking they had 1 every 4hrs Ive been doing every 6. So in more pain but not so drowsy so I can at least use my tablet. Either way I cant help around the house. 

I finally got in touch with my specialist who after a few calls we have an appointment on the 19 face to face. So I get to be messed up for another 8 days.

I hope this is ok. Im not actually suicidal but being in intense pain with a crap management plan hit me and I very quickly went from in pain to I have a plan, I have the resources, screw it Im done. It didnt last long, it was brief but for a moment I did understand my sister.

They have to get this pain undercontrol. There is so much more going on in my life thats messing me up and making my MH bad but surely they can manage this damned pain

[smallwolf]

Hey there! 

I'm so sorry to hear that things have been getting worse for you and that you've been struggling with your mental health and physical pain.

It's great that you reached out for help at the mental health care center and that you were able to get an appointment with your specialist. It sounds like the pain management plan hasn't been working as well as you'd hoped, and understand this would be very frustrating and discouraging.  Hang in there, and keep reaching out for the support you need.

I am not sure what I can say to make things better. What sort of things do you get up to during the day?

[Ggrand]

Hello Dear Malen,

I can relate to your words so much…around 4 months ago I fell and have damaged both my rotor cuffs on both shoulders…and the pain I’m going through daily then trying to sleep at night is a nightmare…I finally get to see my Orthopaedic Surgeon on the 19th of this month to see what course of action he will take…I have been counting down the days to his appointment now for a few weeks…each day is one day closer to get my pain sorted out…

I am taking each day as it comes, strong pain relief that doesn’t really do much at all..so I’ve been doing some mindfulness when ever I can to help take my mind off the pain…sometimes it works other times it doesn’t…I can’t do simple things at home anymore, Gee I can’t even drive my car, comb my hair, get dressed without chronic pain… I felt I had enough and SI thoughts, slipped into my thoughts…I fought through them…and now working through each day the best I can as well as looking forward to my Orthopaedic Surgeons visit…

For now your in pain Dear Malen, your doing the best you can to get through each day…and that’s more then good enough…The important thing is to take care of you, everything else can wait until your feeling better up to doing them…so please don’t be too hard on your beautiful self…

My kindest thoughts with my hope for you that your specialist will be able to help you..

Grandy..

Hoping so much that when you visit your specialist that he/she can help you to heal quickly…

[Malen]

Im having to take the pain meds every 4 hours to deal with my pain, I was doing it every 6 hours, its prescribed ever 4hrs so Im ok. But it making me so much more drowsy. The first one or two tablets Im ok but after that it just gets worse and worse. I get to a point that I just cant concentrate on anything. Even typing this Im struggling and I still have more meds to go, I did start late today too. In the morning with the first 2 tablets the pain is still there, its not until the third that the pain is gone. So at no point in the day am I both pain free and drowsy free to do much at all. got another 6 days minimum of this

[Malen]

The pain like Ive been kicked in the back by a horse has gone away but the blade just above my butt crack feeling is getting more intense and harder to manage. I really hope the pain specialist has some bright ideas on the 19th cause the only idea I have isnt great

[Malen]

I am aware that stress can cause me to have overwhelming symptoms. Its the only trigger I have been able to confirm however I just had to clean out the front seat of the car as my sister is coming home. It wont be often but I will need to drive her into town so she  will need somewhere to sit. She cant drive due to an issue with her eyes that is trying to be corrected. 

Anyhow the amount of pain I was in by the end of it was intense, incredible pain. I started seeing things, a pig and a dog etc. so maybe extreme pain triggered this. Not that  its going to be a common thing but its good to know.