Bone scan done - nothing there

Rob Wilson · #1 (**permalink**) 11-02-2011, 08:18 PM

Mark - can you elaborate re your pain and how long this has been going on? I know I had a sprained muscle / ligament in my lumbar area that was very painful for 6 - 9 months. I had PRP and prolotherapy injections to finally get rid of it. Yours sounds like something worse and different. I will be praying for you.

mmglobal · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2011, 04:49 AM

Finally... I seem to be coming around. Not huge news, just a little better after such a long bout of high pain levels every day, in spite of ridiculously low activity levels.

Rob, this has been going on more than 2 years. Summer of 2009 is when I started to notice that the thoracic pain was a serious issue.

I don't know if proo might be a possibility. I doubt it. I'll bring it up with my PM at my next appt.

Thanks for your prayers!

Mark

teg · #3 (**permalink**) 11-10-2011, 03:10 PM

Hi Mark,

I remember that you had posted (quite some time ago) that you were looking into having an epidural injection for your thoracic spine pain. Were you able to have it done? I ask this because I have similar issues. My fusion at c6-c7 has caused c7-t1 to degenerate. My interventional pain management has helped with four level rf ablation in my c-spine and that has calmed it a bit. The best management of my t-spine was been via epidural injection at t5-t6.

Also, I noticed that my cervical spine crap radiates to my t-spine. I found this out when I was in my car and I put my head against the head rest. Pain shot from my neck down to my t-spine.

I wish you well and hope that you get some relief soon....Thelma

ADR seeker · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2011, 07:53 AM

I don't think necrotic bone can give you the pain symptoms that you describe. It could be steroid rebound, an inflammatory response, nerve damage, spinal subluxation, chronic pain syndrome, metal allergy, MS ....

I heard that with some people if they bring them out of anesthesia wrong they can have things like chronic pain and panic attacks. Going under again and being brought back out can stop it. There could be some sort of brain based neurological cause.

This is a little bit dangerous but if you know a martial arts guy who knows chokes have him choke you out. When you come to you may be out of pain.

One thing that helped me a bit was accupuncture with electric stimulation. Your spinal cord my be hyper reflexive. There is a technique called dry needling where they place needles in muscle spasms and it calms them down. Even if you don't have spasms this technique may work.

There is a nerve plexus on the neck near the ear lobe. Gently tapping that can stop pain. Sounds like hocus pocus but try it.

I may try hypnosis. I have done EFT Emotional Freedom Technique and it really worked. Placebo? Maybe but I'm a skeptic.

An ESI can cause pain. Cortisone is nasty stuff and it can crystalize. It may be moving around in your spine and that would explain the intermittent pain levels.

At this point the MD are still unable to tell you what the deal is so try other stuff.