by Jane
(Ocala, fl)
I'm living a nightmare in chronic pain and now tingling
I'm 31 and thoracic pain started as a teen but never checked it out or thought anything of it, it only hurt while I was sitting or standing.
5 yrs ago I somehow got herniated disc and ended up with spinal stenosis in my lumbar area and deg disease as well.
My sciatica use to only hurt randomly but now it is chronic on my left side and at times the right side also hurts. I went to chiropractor with no relief, a tens unit and a steroid shot with no results.
Now my thoracic area of my back is constantly hurting me for years but just the past year brings me to tears everyday and when I sit the pain goes straight to my head so everyday my head kills me.
It's been a few months now that I woke up and my hands, feet and at times arms and legs to tingle.
Other thing is that the doctors keep letting go is the both my wrist always hurt and at times I get sharp shooting pains through my forearm. ..... Last month my pain doc gave me a shot in my neck and back of my head for my headache which didn't help it but 15 mins later the tingling in my hands was gone for about 1-2wks!...
I had brain MRI because of the headache and to see if I had ms because of memory loss and balance problems but it was ok so I'm just in the dark and in so much pain I can't think straight anymore.
My arms ache and seem hot and all the tingling and my head and back hurt everyday all day, I just don't know how to do this anymore?? The doctors aren't much help at all. They say nothing and I have to beg for test run. I don't want drugs, I want answers!
Do you have any idea what it could be? I google things and it could be so many things. My blood work does show inflammation but the doc's have all brushed it off.
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