21st November 2006
I'm 13 months post op from a fusion at L4/L5. I was doing great until the 8th month when I started experiencing tailbone pain. It's 6 months later & has gotten much worse. The only thing that helps some is Indocin, an Anti-Inflam. Narcotics help for the first hour or so but then it comes back.I'm taking lyrica for nerve pain from the surgery, but that doesn't seem to help with this pain. I've had 3 injections into the tailbone & SI area that didn't help. An MRI showed a mild bulge at L5/S1. I've had a CT of the sacrum & coccyx which looked normal. If I cough it can be excruciating at times. BM's are painful, and sitting is limited to 20 min. My question is what kind of test should I be asking for? Is a myleogram the next step? I'm really getting frustrated & need to do something for this pain. I have no social life because I can't sit. Any ideas?
Carol
Carol
