Well, I’m at the emergency room again. Near the end of February I started having some back pain on the left lower side. I am still having the pain and it is increasing. When I sit or lay down for a while, the pain is excruciating when I stand back up. So, I’m getting it checked out.
So far they’ve given me some prednisone and Toradol injection. After a little while they checked on me and the pain was still the same. So they just came in and gave me some Gabapentin. We’ll see if that works.
2 hours later
I’m home now, resting. First they gave me some prednisone and a shot of Toradol. That didn’t help and since the doctor thinks it is sciatica, she gave me some Gabapentin. I had Gabapentin with both surgeries last year and I had no pain, so she thought it would help. It helped a lot! I still hurt but can get up from sitting or laying down with only moderate pain, not excruciating like it was. Plus she wants me to take some Motrin every day and one of the prescriptions is for Norco for breakthrough pain. I sure hope this solves it.
I sent a message to the VA and my oncologist. Kenn will go pick up my prescriptions after the pharmacy opens. Im going to relax and maybe catch up on sleep since I was up at 4:00 am. Thanks all!!!