Question:
BAck PAIN
My Back has been hurting the last few days. But it has gotten alot worse today. Has anyone had this is it normal? I hate going to the doctor. also I just started a new job hard to take time off right now. The pain is in the middle of my back. Not in my bra line a little lower than that. It's not like a back pain either its like something else so it is making my back hurt. Thanks for any info I can get,with out having to go to the doctor. — KimASmith (posted on October 23, 2006)
October 23, 2006
When you say that your back has been hurting.... hurting how... burning
pain, throbbing, come and go, or constant? It could be alot of things. It
could be that you have a muscle strain. What do you do in your new job?
Is it using muscles that you haven't used in a long time? Is there
repetative turning, twisting, reaching, etc? If so, you could have a
muscle strain and would be helped with tylenol and motrin for an
anti-inflammatory. If it is come and go and throbbing in nature, it could
be something more serious like a kidney stone. Do you still have your
gallbladder? Sometimes you can get back pain without the abdominal pain.
Or it could be even more serious if it happens when you exert yourself and
it goes away when you sit down, like deferred chest pain. Women typically
don't get 'chest pain' they can get nausea, anxiety, jaw pain, arm pain,
indigestion, back pain, etc. So I would say that if it has already been
going on for four days and it is getting worse, I would check it out at the
doctor. Hopefully, it is something not to be concerned about, but on the
same token, you would want to catch something serious and not let it go.
Hope this helps..... Kari_K.
— Kari_K
October 23, 2006
Kim, I just has DS surgery about ten days ago & I'm hving the same
thing.
I called the WLS clinic over the weekend, he told me it could be many
things stricture, maybe an ulcer.
Do you still have your gall bladder?
Connie
— Connie H.
October 23, 2006
HOw does water taste? Please get an EGD ASAP. If you have a marginal
ulcer, it could perforate. Don't eat or take any drugs that can irritate
your stomach until you get the "all clear", OK? Aspirin,
Ibuprofen, NSAIDS.... like that.
— vitalady
October 24, 2006
My suggestion to you would be TO GO TO YOUR DOCTOR!! i had the very same
problem that lasted darn near a month before it got so bad I thought it may
be heart related (which it was not) but did find out my pancreatic enzymes
were FOUR times normal!! I was later told that acute pancreatitis can cause
back pain. Like yourself I experienced the same pain you described... pain
in the mid-back that would not go away... it kinda felt like I had pulled a
muscle but could not figure out how I would have done that since I was
practically bedridden and still hooked to a wound-vac. After a three day
stint on a clear liquid diet, enzymes were rechecked and the ranges were
back to normal. This happened in Apr 2006 and I have not been bothered with
that awful backpain since then.
Benita Lewis, OH
— NEETAJEAN
October 24, 2006
I have also been experiencing back pain ; same location as stated on other
postings .Wasn't certain whether it was serious but it seems to be getting
worse this past week.The only thing that was helping was tylenol ;only
works for a few hours.Thanks for the info ;I am calling my surgeon today at
the WLC. bobbi
— bobbiS.
October 26, 2006
I am 17 days post op and i too have had that pain. I did go to the doctor.
He didn't seem to find anything significant. I had it coupled with nausea
too. He thinks it was the beginning of dehydration and ketosis.(which is
something new to me that i hadn't heard about) I was having trouble getting
my liquids in. Since then i took a nausea pill forced fluids, stopped
taking the vitamins etc that make me nausea and i feel better. I think if i
could just eat something i would feel alot better. (still on full liquids)
— brianne
October 26, 2006
I am 17 days post op and i too have had that pain. I did go to the doctor.
He didn't seem to find anything significant. I had it coupled with nausea
too. He thinks it was the beginning of dehydration and ketosis.(which is
something new to me that i hadn't heard about) I was having trouble getting
my liquids in. Since then i took a nausea pill forced fluids, stopped
taking the vitamins etc that make me nausea and i feel better. I think if i
could just eat something i would feel alot better. (still on full liquids)
— brianne
November 5, 2006
MY BACK ALSO HURTED ALOT, IT HELPS IF I PUT A HEATING PAD ON IT, AND KNOW
I'M SURE THAT MY BACK PAINS ARE FROM NOT GOING TO THE BATHROOM/BM/ CAUSE
AFTER THAT I'M FINE,,AND ALSO NOT SITTING TO LONG//
— LILLIAN M.
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