Help with severe degenerative disc disease L5,S1, polyneurapthy?

Question

I have been diagnosive polyneuraphy and severe DDD. I cannot lay down because pain worsens. I am scheduled for EMG and NCV. I am taking Lyrica to help with muscle spasms and nerve pain. When I am in pain I am unable to move or walk due to severe pain. I use a walker so I don't fall. Once I am up I can walk after about an hour with pain but not as severe as when I lay flat. I cannot do everyday simple chores. My muscles are weak and stretch without my help which also will cause pain to increases. The pain seems to be sore, tender and raw on the lower left side of my spine and radiates to both buttocks and legs with numbness and tingling minimal. I have been sleeping in a recliner for 3 months because I cannot lay flat. The muscle weakness seems worse in my hands and left leg and I cannot support my lower body due to the pain which has caused me to fall several time. What can be done? I need help and I am very depressed due to the pain. I will not see dr for results for 2 more months.

Answer 1

You absolutely should not have to wait 2 months to see a doctor for this!! I also have DDD & arthritis in my spine. As a result, I have had 5 lumbar fusions including the most recent at level L5-S1. While it did not eliminate all of the pain, it did enough that the pain meds that I am taking make life bearable. You need to see a different doctor. I would suggest an orthopaedic surgeon. Don't let anybody tell you that you have to live with it. That's a rash of crap. Good luck.

Answer 2

Why can't you get results for 2 months? That is ridiculous!
What type of doctor are you seeing, an orthopedist or a neurosurgeon?
Have you tried other medications other than the Lyrica? (neurontin for example?)
Unfortunately, nobody can diagnose you over the net, but this does not sound good, and you are probably a candidate for some type of surgery.
If you don't like the doctor you see or are not satisfied with the answers you get, go to another specialist.
good luck.

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Answer 5

If your discs are that degenerated and you have multiple nerve compression, I would like to know why you haven't seen a surgeon yet? You need surgery, nothing else will help. Ask for morphine and valium. Lyrica sucks. Good luck. By the way. That 2 month waiting period is a crock. You need to get more aggressive with your doctors. You need help. Waiting for test results that long isn't acceptable.

Answer 6

Okay, I've been on Pain meds for DDD, for almost 10 years now, because there's not a whole lot they can do about it..... I have it in my 3,4 & 5 lumbar. and in another area of my upper spine..... Its very painful, and the reason I'm on pain meds for it, plus I have Rhematoid Arthritis and arthritis in my spine, so bad, that when I went to a Neurosurgeon, for a lump on my lumbar, to be checked, only to find out the Neurosurgeon wouldn't dare touch my spine, to remove it, because he showed me how bad my spine was with Arthritis, and explained to me, that it was like a "Fragile Piece of Glass" that the surgery could very well be a Disasterous one, leaving me paralyzed, or worse, for me not to go getting a second opinion...... Or allow anyone else to try to remove it, that sometimes the lumps are nothing to worry about, and go away.... That even a biopsy could make things really "Ugly" for me....... So just go and see your doctor's and go from there...... I have never heard of a cure, or a surgery done for what we have with the DDD....... But, Good-Luck, to you anyway!! Who knows maybe they have some sort of modern remedy for it, by now...... You Have A Happy New Year, for me!!! Smile!!!

Answer 7

i have ampathy for you and disiese, because i also suffer from advanced degenerative disk disease. i am 43 years old with a body that is always in some kind of pain, and is physically showing . i am young at heart and have always been active. but now i feel emotional and mental anguish.i t effects my everyday routine, at times i feel less of a person because i am having troubles with the simple things. i also have fibermalgia and suffer from cronic fatigue syndrome.and yes the muscles and nerves are becoming weakened . i guess you could say i at times feel clumsy and if you will excuse for saying; retarded. i am apositive person but with this disease that we share i do understand how and why you are feeling depressed. i found that one thing that brought more pain is stress and being upset. breathing technches are also helpful, take long nice breathes, try thiese mininul but helpful tips.my thoughts and prayers are with you.

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Answer 9

You might consider chiropractic or acupuncture. Some insurances will help with cost, others won't. But if you're in as much discomfort as you say, at least a consultation could give you more options to consider.

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