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My Boyfriend Needs HELP can you Help??

My boyfriend has severe back pain and it seems like all they do is give him pain medication. He is only 25 years old and is on 15 mg percocets 150 a month, methadone 90 a month and 90 somas a month... Sometimes this is not enough for him and he often runs out. I am concerned of the addiction that comes along with these medication as well as why they are not fixing his back problems. He has bulged discs, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, sciatica, and arthritis of the knees. Also, his doctors inject his back with steroid epidurals, my concern is that they are only blocking the pain and not fixing it. I would love if there was anyway you could help him! I would love if someone can once and for all tell him what exactly is wrong with his back and a way to fix it. I also want him to be off these medications so he can be fully alert and well for our ten month old son. 

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womanangel2

Hi Nicole,You should get your boyfriend to a specialist about his back. If you go to one and don't get answers go to another doctor. I have know a couple of people who lived on meds for back problem and it was hard getting off,plus they needed to keep taking more and they stop working and the problem was still there. Try to get him to a specialsit.

Smile and Good Luck

Sheilah

HEDME

Hi Nicol:

I had the same problem since 10 yrs ago. I was in the ER several time a mth, Docts want to operate my spine cord, a lot of pain killers, etc. One day an old lady tolls me to use something that looks like a corset. I did it, at first it was so uncomfortable, especially because I am overweight, and second I wasn’t use to it. But for the last 4 yrs, I haven’t been in the ER. I take it slowly; do my therapy exercises to stretch my back, use a complete sash every day almost all day. I take some unti-inflamatories and like I say, I take it slowly.  

I hope that can help.

HEDME.

 

womanangel2

Hedme,Thank you for passing on that information,Every little bits help.

Welcome

Smile

Sheilah

NicoleML

Thank you for all the advise but things are more complicated than portrayed in the above blog. When I have some free time I will explain. In the meantime thank you

deb_v

Hi Nicole, when I read your Sept. 15th blog my instinct was to advise getting him to as many dr.s as needed to find someone who could get to the root of the problem and come up with a concrete way to fix it if that were possible.  In reading your Sept. 17th blog I see that there is more to this and so am asuming that you and he are already trying to have this addressed medically.  What I do know is that it is so very hard to watch someone you love hurting that much everyday and medicating themselves to the point where they are uable to be fully alert as a family member, just to keep that pain level down. {I went through that with my late husband}.  I know it can be overwhelming as everything falls on your shoulders as well as worrying about the person you love. I can't offer any advise about the back issues but have wide shoulders and a good ear. I am here if you ever want to just vent.  I'll be thinking of you Nicole. Take care of you.  Deb

rachellekrogers
I understand your fears and it is a scary thing to watch. My husband has had 5 back surgies along with tons of medications. One thing that I had to get past, which was really hard, was there is no cure and my husband will be on pain medication for the rest of his life. However, he has had a pain stimulator installed in his back and it has helped more than anything. It has majorly cut down on the amount of pain meds he takes. The stimulator uses electrical impulses to block the pain from getting back to the brain. I have no idea if your husband is a canidate for this, but it has helped my husband a lot. He is by no means fixed but it helps. And if he is a good case for the stimulator surgery, it really is minimally invasive compared to the other back surgery options. He only spent one evening in the hospital. It's worth checking on.
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