Hi everyone,
Was wondering if anyone has had experience of a trapped nerve and whether this sounds like one?
I woke up in the early hours of yesterday morning (2 week old newborn!) with a sharp pain in one shoulder. It was very difficult to lie on but as the day went on, seemed manageable.
I’ve woken up today in excruciating pain. I’ve given birth with no pain relief, twice, and I’d choose to do that again tenfold over this.
My husband had to manoeuvre me out of bed as anytime I tried to move or get myself out of bed, it was a horrendous sharp, stabbing pain in my shoulder. I can’t lie down again because it’s so severely painful, the type of pain that almost stops you completely.
It’s a constant pain too - even if I’m just sat still, it’s there giving me agony. I’ve been in the car today (passenger) and any turn towards that side or a roundabout brought pain and I couldn’t open/shut the car door.
It’s started in my chest and the top of my back/side too so I can only take shallow breaths - any deep breaths, sniffs or sneezes cause more pain. It gets where the pain builds in my chest and I find myself panicking that I won’t be able to breathe, which makes it worse!
I’ve taken naproxen and codeine but nothing is touching it. It’s bringing me to tears as it’s so painful.
I have my baby who I can’t even lift or hold and it’s incredibly distressing plus a husband who’s got baby and nearly 3 year old and telling me he can’t look after me too.
I’ve rang 111 for advice as I really worry about being someone taking up time or space when they’re so stretched but their advice was to go to a pharmacy within 24 hours for a consultation. I don’t have much experience with pharmacies but not sure what they could offer aside from what I’ve already tried pain relief wise.
Does this sound like a trapped nerve and if so, is there anything I can do to alleviate the pain as I am literally useless and feeling very sorry for myself!