urgent advice - cant move - hurt back

[PavlovtheCat]

short post typing one handed.

pulled muscle or somet. back is agony, cant move, dh tried moving my legs, agony and took while for pain to go after he stopped. if i move my legs or back at all pain is excruciating.

i can move top half - shoulders/arms.

brufen/paracetamol not touched it. waiting emergency gp call.

got to be fit for tomorrow, having my nosed straightened after injury couple weeks ago.

whata going on? what can i do to stop pain?

ah yes Doc did say it might 'bug you up a bit' , and it is for codeine phosphate rather than with paracetamol, I took some paracetamol about 1 hour before, maybe bit more, so will take them together next time.

back is much better. So, I decided to try to get up, and go to the loo again, but less careful and slowly and guess what? it is not that much better .

So now I am sort of stuck resting on the bed as I have no energy to fight the pain involved in getting back on the bed

And DH is quite pissed off. He said he is not, just busy, but to say there is little sympathy in this house is an understatement. He would disagree as he is 'doing stuff' for me, but some gentleness would be nice eh? or maybe a smile. but no, and I have not asked for an ice pack as he is grumpy enough as it is with all that I have been asking of him.

I need a little bell

how long before i can move? i could roll over and vaguely sit in an awkward sort of position, for about an hour, while drugs were maxed. now its excruciating again. taken more drugs, but they are not working quick enough. is it a cumulative effect?

am i going to be able to get up in the morning?

I hurt my back soon after my son was born. I was in agony and could hardly move. Luckily I lived just down the road from a chiropracter. I had to hobble down the road bent double, tears running down my face, pushing a pram to get there. She did her 'magic' and I left upright and the intense pain gone.
She 'clicked' my back. Applied the infra red thing and at home I used an icepack on my back to reduce the immflamation.
A chiropracter is brilliant for this type of accute agony.
Make an appointment for tommorow and you won't need all the painkillers.
Good Luck

Oh Pavlov.....I wish I could make it better for you! When my back first went I was absolutely immobile in excrutiating pain for most of the day, and overnight - but the next day I did manage to get to work (although did have to stand rigidly in the corner like a lamp post during a particularly long meeting).
Get yourself dosed up, painkillers at hand for topping up during the night, arrange pillows for maximum comfort during the night, and you should hopefully be able to hobble about tomorrow and make your op.
Hope I don't sound arsey, but pain is your body's way of protecting itself when you've been injured - so don't push yourself to move if you're body is telling you to rest.
Good luck for tomorrow

hey! i made the op! I managed to hobble in, struggled to get up from the chair every time they needed to see me for obs/paperwork/anaesthesia chat etc! but they kept me well dosed on codeine through the day while waiting for the op and were very sympathetic when getting me into a position on the bed for the op.

It feels much much better, it twinges when i get up, and i then have to sort of walk slowly and like its about to go again for a few steps then it eases a bit. The nurse said 'move/rest/move/rest' is how to deal with it, plus painkillers.

Been told to ease off on codeine a little now as I have been on a high dose for 24 hours (60mg/ml?), told now to only take when needed rather than every 4 hours, but t ta

oh don't know what happened there!
anyway, yes, told to keep the ibruprofen 4 hourly, will help back and swollen nose, and also paracetamol.

seems to be on the mend, although it does appear to give out if i move to quickly.

Seconding the osteopath recommendation here - and the burning pain and the position you get stuck in (half standing) sounds like you might have herniated a disc. I've been there, it's horrid.

If you're not needle-phobic then an osteo who does acupuncture can make a massive difference in terms of getting your spasming muscles to stop and relax.

DO look after yourself and get it seen to so that it doesn't become a recurrent thing.

Holy Crap.

I cannot stand up straight. I am walking like a hunchback. I literally cannot get my back to straighten at the base without howling in agony.

I had to see to DS as DH has gone out for the evening. He was in his cot, I managed to get him out, sit down to feed him, could not get back up! But I forced myself to do it, and could not lean back down to put him in the cot, then he woke and I could not lift him back up! I lowered the bar and got him out, but then could not hold him as my back would not support our weight, so i stumbled to my bedroom with him and we collapsed on the bed, me in agony. That was the final straw, I am now pretty much back to where I was on sunday, and fucking fed up. Had to call DH again so he can come and rescue the boy from me now I have calmed him down after upsetting him so much.

Oh you poor thing. Seriously - it does sound like a slipped disc. I know this is a really difficult thing but you need to rest it and avoid leaning forward to pick up baby etc which will put strain on your lower back and aggravate it. If you can afford to, an osteopath really will be able to help. GPs generally know bugger all not very much about back problems and can't really do much apart from prescribe painkillers. At the very least get your GP to refer you as a matter of urgency to a physio. Stress to him/her that you cannot lift your baby and it is urgent.

In the short term heat packs or hot water bottle can make muscle spasming ease off. Think who you can ask to come and help you with the baby for a few days if your DH can't be with you. You do need to take it seriously and not try to 'rush' to be better or just soldier on as you could make it worse - it will take some time.

Please take care of yourself! I hope you are getting looked after.

quod oh its not great, i got mother in law coming on friday, the house is a mess, i have a bathroom sink that needs replacing still (the cause of my broken nose!) cannot pick up baby, can hardly move into a great position in bed. I feel so useless.so much to do and NO way of doing it! DH is not working atm, he is a house husband, so luckily while I am off so is he and he is doing everything. I am almost out of codeine which I have been eeking out as I am still bf'ing so don't want to take too much, ibruprofen is not much help, a little not not great.

I think its a slipped disc too now as I have pulled a back muscle before, and a little rest and it was significantly better in a day or too, this is not going away.

it doesn't rain, it pours.

Oh blimey you have been in the wars! I know it's SO frustrating feeling so useless! I didn't have the added complication of a baby when I did mine in and still got furiously frustrated with it all. But I think maybe you have to just accept the less than perfect house for now and put your feet up.

Have you been to the doctor again? A physio will be able to show you some easy stretches and exercises to do to help. If it is a slipped disc it will get better but it will take time. You're supposed to keep moving as much as you can but definitely not lift anything heavy (like a baby!) I really do feel for you, it is so painful and annoying.

Try to enjoy having a bit of enforced rest time?!

i am off to docs this afternoon, see what they have to say. My poor baby loves mama cuddles though, i normally wander round the house with him on my hip, he clings on like a koala bear!

oh and i had a hot bath, helped marginally. and when lying down in it i felt wear the back is hurting most, there is like a big bump/bulge/knot right at the base of the spine, near the cocsyx (sp)