Bloating and gas resulting in chest and back pain
Support group for those with costochondritis
2015.07.16 22:45 maaaze Support group for those with costochondritis
A group for those who are suffering from costochondritis and Tietze syndrome (/TietzeSyndrome). Feel free to ask questions, and share what helps you manage the pain and hasten the recovery process.
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2024.05.14 19:30 Super_Somewhere7206 What on earth is going on? I am desperate :(
I haven't been diagnosed with IBS-C but I am posting here as everything within this sub is most relatable. Around the end of January I had bad constipation that was relieved with Milk of Magnesia. Shortly after I got backed up again, and Milk of Magnesia/stimulant laxatives/miralax/enemas didn't help. I went to my GP and got xrays that showed poop backed up to my ribs.
I got an appointment with a GI (which took weeks btw) and did a Colonoscopy prep to clear me out- which it did. Was instructed to follow a high fiber diet, take magnesium citrate daily, Benefiber, and miralax if needed. But ever since that, I have had horrible bloating, incomplete bowl movements, rapid weight gain (went from 150ish to 163lbs despite exercising 3-4x a week and eating healthy/not drinking/not eating out). My stools are very soft and occur daily, but just won't come out fully. They come out in small soft piles or ribbons, that I have to strain to get out.
I had a follpw up appointment and was instructed to keep trying what I am doing, saying that bran flakes and flax seed should help, and to exercise more. The doctor won't diagnose me with IBS because I don't have any abdominal cramping.
By my 3rd appointment, I was so bloated. The left side of my stomach bulges and I feel like I can't have a full BM. My GI instructed me to try taking dulcolax for 2 days at night to see if there's any help and to order a SIBO breath test. I do the dulcolax and the next day have IMMEDIATE relief. Everything comes out. All my bloating is GONE and my weight drops back down to 157. I kept following the high fiber diet and within 3 days I am back to before. I don't dare to take more laxative as I don't want to become dependent on it.
The SIBO test is not covered under my insurance and will cost almost $400. These specialist appointments with the GI cost almost $100 a pop. I am burning through funds with little answers.
I am unsure if I could even have SIBO or what else I could have. It's so strange. I just feel like screaming and crying.
My current symptoms are: Weight gain, bloating, getting hungry but quickly feeling full/uncomfortable, strange partial constipation(going every day but not completely, soft stools likely from all the fiber I've been eating). Ocassionally passong gas. I have only felt true relief after a stimulant laxative. Osmotic ones are not helping and contribute to bloating/discomfort.
Yes I am chugging so much water it honestly hurts with all my bloating. What else could this be? Anyone else relate?
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I got an appointment with a GI (which took weeks btw) and did a Colonoscopy prep to clear me out- which it did. Was instructed to follow a high fiber diet, take magnesium citrate daily, Benefiber, and miralax if needed. But ever since that, I have had horrible bloating, incomplete bowl movements, rapid weight gain (went from 150ish to 163lbs despite exercising 3-4x a week and eating healthy/not drinking/not eating out). My stools are very soft and occur daily, but just won't come out fully. They come out in small soft piles or ribbons, that I have to strain to get out.
I had a follpw up appointment and was instructed to keep trying what I am doing, saying that bran flakes and flax seed should help, and to exercise more. The doctor won't diagnose me with IBS because I don't have any abdominal cramping.
By my 3rd appointment, I was so bloated. The left side of my stomach bulges and I feel like I can't have a full BM. My GI instructed me to try taking dulcolax for 2 days at night to see if there's any help and to order a SIBO breath test. I do the dulcolax and the next day have IMMEDIATE relief. Everything comes out. All my bloating is GONE and my weight drops back down to 157. I kept following the high fiber diet and within 3 days I am back to before. I don't dare to take more laxative as I don't want to become dependent on it.
The SIBO test is not covered under my insurance and will cost almost $400. These specialist appointments with the GI cost almost $100 a pop. I am burning through funds with little answers.
I am unsure if I could even have SIBO or what else I could have. It's so strange. I just feel like screaming and crying.
My current symptoms are: Weight gain, bloating, getting hungry but quickly feeling full/uncomfortable, strange partial constipation(going every day but not completely, soft stools likely from all the fiber I've been eating). Ocassionally passong gas. I have only felt true relief after a stimulant laxative. Osmotic ones are not helping and contribute to bloating/discomfort.
Yes I am chugging so much water it honestly hurts with all my bloating. What else could this be? Anyone else relate?
2024.05.14 19:28 kaykrisp What is this rash?
 | It’s always in the same area. Between the eyes, down the nose, into the cheeks. I get a rash on my chin, back of neck, and chest as well. It’s never a day thing. When it pops out, it’s usually there for a week or longer until it goes away.. only to come back because of heat exposure (sun, hot bath/shower, sweating) submitted by kaykrisp to Autoimmune [link] [comments] If I stay inside and stay cool, I’m good to go. I’ve been keeping tracking of these events. I have pictures all the way back to June ‘21 when it first starting happening, when I was pregnant with my first child. Positive ANA 1:320 a few months ago. High CRP, everything else normal. Was told negative autoimmune. However, I notice when the rash is bad, I feel bad overall. Fatigue like no other, back pain, etc. |
2024.05.14 19:27 NarniaExpat I find out on Friday
The very first thing that alerted me to a surprise pregnancy, 16 years ago, was a sudden onset of sciatica and pain when standing. My GP was shocked to discover I was only 6 weeks pregnant when this started. She reassured me the problem would go away once my hormones settled down after delivery. Towards the end of the pregnancy I could barely stand. Admittedly it was much better after delivery, but I still had significantly more hip pain and the sciatica did not go away.
After 6 months post partum, the Dr sent me for an Xray, which was normal, and I was told I had herniated a disc. I started to get very tender around the base of the rib cage. Fast forward 5 years and I still have the same problem; sciatica, hip pain and rib tenderness. It’s always there, and sometimes it’s very noticeable. Nearly always on my right side. I was referred to a rheumatologist after my CRP levels remained high. The rheumatologist examined me for 5 minutes and described me as rotund. He wrote to my GP advising weight loss, and my GP, horrified, wanted to get a second opinion. I declined and stopped seeing Drs.
A couple of years after that, I get extremely debilitating pain in my right knee, and I see a physio. Physio said I had an anterior pelvic tilt, and my muscles on my right leg were pulling my knee cap out of alignment. She gave me some core exercises, but this made things worse so I gave up and it eventually went away. Every few months the problem would come back.
I carry on, always with a background level of pain (very often I don’t realise that I am guarding my right leg and don’t put my weight through it - I see it in photos). Every now and then, I get symptoms on the other side, or my knee is worse, but it always calms down after a month or so.
Then, two years ago, my achillies tendon on my left side became very painful. A physio tried treating this as a traumatic injury, using percussive therapy to encourage inflammation. I was told it would take 6 months to heal. After 8 months of seeing the physio for percussive treatment, and getting no better, I stopped, and found it almost fully recovered after 3 more months.
Then this year, I ended up in A&E and was diagnosed with extreme iron deficiency and a high ferritin level. My GP told me I should see a rheumatologist, and ordered a load of blood test. The blood tests all came back normal, except CRP. Suspecting Lupus (family history plus rash), my GP made the referral.
Rheumatologist was very interested in my pelvis (although my referral didn’t mention all of the above) and he ordered more sensitive blood tests, more inflammatory marker tests, some genetic tests and an MRI of my pelvis. He said he didn’t think it was Lupus, and that he would test for it, but he said I needed to have seronegative arthritis ruled out.
So of course I googled that, and when I saw the list of symptoms for AS, my jaw dropped. I get the results of everything on Friday. I am scared, both of it being AS or something similar, and of it being “nothing” (because there is so much pain and so many things I used to do that I can’t any more - it would suck not to have answers).
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After 6 months post partum, the Dr sent me for an Xray, which was normal, and I was told I had herniated a disc. I started to get very tender around the base of the rib cage. Fast forward 5 years and I still have the same problem; sciatica, hip pain and rib tenderness. It’s always there, and sometimes it’s very noticeable. Nearly always on my right side. I was referred to a rheumatologist after my CRP levels remained high. The rheumatologist examined me for 5 minutes and described me as rotund. He wrote to my GP advising weight loss, and my GP, horrified, wanted to get a second opinion. I declined and stopped seeing Drs.
A couple of years after that, I get extremely debilitating pain in my right knee, and I see a physio. Physio said I had an anterior pelvic tilt, and my muscles on my right leg were pulling my knee cap out of alignment. She gave me some core exercises, but this made things worse so I gave up and it eventually went away. Every few months the problem would come back.
I carry on, always with a background level of pain (very often I don’t realise that I am guarding my right leg and don’t put my weight through it - I see it in photos). Every now and then, I get symptoms on the other side, or my knee is worse, but it always calms down after a month or so.
Then, two years ago, my achillies tendon on my left side became very painful. A physio tried treating this as a traumatic injury, using percussive therapy to encourage inflammation. I was told it would take 6 months to heal. After 8 months of seeing the physio for percussive treatment, and getting no better, I stopped, and found it almost fully recovered after 3 more months.
Then this year, I ended up in A&E and was diagnosed with extreme iron deficiency and a high ferritin level. My GP told me I should see a rheumatologist, and ordered a load of blood test. The blood tests all came back normal, except CRP. Suspecting Lupus (family history plus rash), my GP made the referral.
Rheumatologist was very interested in my pelvis (although my referral didn’t mention all of the above) and he ordered more sensitive blood tests, more inflammatory marker tests, some genetic tests and an MRI of my pelvis. He said he didn’t think it was Lupus, and that he would test for it, but he said I needed to have seronegative arthritis ruled out.
So of course I googled that, and when I saw the list of symptoms for AS, my jaw dropped. I get the results of everything on Friday. I am scared, both of it being AS or something similar, and of it being “nothing” (because there is so much pain and so many things I used to do that I can’t any more - it would suck not to have answers).
2024.05.14 19:27 90DFWatcher ECG Question - Myocardial Infarct
81F, 170 lbs, 5 ft 4, not a current smoker, caucasian
Previous Diagnosis: COPD, Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction, Kidney Disease (3a – brought on by medications), Heart Attack (19 years ago, 2 stents placed), Pulmonary Hypertensions, Hypertension, Minor Stroke (2 years ago)
Medications: Plavix, Protonix, Singulair, Lexapro, Trelegy Ellipta, Lisinopril, Lipitor, Daliresp,
I’m not quite understanding what is going on with her heart. Because of her COPD she often has shortness of breath. Anytime she visits the ER, it seems they end up doing an ECG to rule our heart issues. Below is information from her 5 most recent ECGs. We were told back in March that it seemed she had had a minor heart attack at some point in the past, but they couldn’t really tell when. What I can’t tell based on the info below is whether or not she is continuing to have minor heart attacks or if they keep seeing the same heart attack from the past. It’s the most recent ECG that has me most confused because it seems to reference the same possible MI from the past, but then also says “compared to the ECG on 4/29, Myocardial infarct finding now present”. Her doctors certainly did not mention anything to us about this (she was in the hospital for a fall and was having pain in her chest, which was attributed to broken ribs – we were told her heart was fine. My concern is this – is she having repeated minor heart attacks and if she is, are they indicative of a larger heart attack likely on the horizon?
3/4/24
SINUS RHYTHM
POSSIBLE LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT [-0.1mV P-WAVE IN V1/V2]
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION , PROBABLY OLD [30 ms Q WAVE IN V3/V4,
OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
ST DEPRESSIONS
SLIGHT DELTA WAVE NOTED BUT PR > 140 ms
No stemi, rate 92, sinus rhythm, normal axis, narrow complex
4/17/24
SINUS RHYTHM
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION , PROBABLY OLD [30 ms Q WAVE IN V3/V4,
OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
Compared to ECG 03/04/2024 16:14:33
ST (T wave) deviation no longer present
Myocardial infarct finding still present
4/26/24
SINUS RHYTHM
NONSPECIFIC ST T-WAVE ABNORMALITY
ARTIFACT LIMITS INTERPRETATION
4/28/24
SINUS RHYTHM
Compared to ECG 04/26/2024 11:56:08
T-wave abnormality no longer present
NO STEMI
5/8/24
SINUS RHYTHM
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INDETERMINATE AGE [30 ms Q WAVE IN
V3/V4, OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
Non specific ST abnormality
Compared to ECG 04/29/2024 11:51:42
Low QRS voltage now present
Myocardial infarct finding now present
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Previous Diagnosis: COPD, Heart Failure with preserved ejection fraction, Kidney Disease (3a – brought on by medications), Heart Attack (19 years ago, 2 stents placed), Pulmonary Hypertensions, Hypertension, Minor Stroke (2 years ago)
Medications: Plavix, Protonix, Singulair, Lexapro, Trelegy Ellipta, Lisinopril, Lipitor, Daliresp,
I’m not quite understanding what is going on with her heart. Because of her COPD she often has shortness of breath. Anytime she visits the ER, it seems they end up doing an ECG to rule our heart issues. Below is information from her 5 most recent ECGs. We were told back in March that it seemed she had had a minor heart attack at some point in the past, but they couldn’t really tell when. What I can’t tell based on the info below is whether or not she is continuing to have minor heart attacks or if they keep seeing the same heart attack from the past. It’s the most recent ECG that has me most confused because it seems to reference the same possible MI from the past, but then also says “compared to the ECG on 4/29, Myocardial infarct finding now present”. Her doctors certainly did not mention anything to us about this (she was in the hospital for a fall and was having pain in her chest, which was attributed to broken ribs – we were told her heart was fine. My concern is this – is she having repeated minor heart attacks and if she is, are they indicative of a larger heart attack likely on the horizon?
3/4/24
SINUS RHYTHM
POSSIBLE LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT [-0.1mV P-WAVE IN V1/V2]
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION , PROBABLY OLD [30 ms Q WAVE IN V3/V4,
OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
ST DEPRESSIONS
SLIGHT DELTA WAVE NOTED BUT PR > 140 ms
No stemi, rate 92, sinus rhythm, normal axis, narrow complex
4/17/24
SINUS RHYTHM
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION , PROBABLY OLD [30 ms Q WAVE IN V3/V4,
OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
Compared to ECG 03/04/2024 16:14:33
ST (T wave) deviation no longer present
Myocardial infarct finding still present
4/26/24
SINUS RHYTHM
NONSPECIFIC ST T-WAVE ABNORMALITY
ARTIFACT LIMITS INTERPRETATION
4/28/24
SINUS RHYTHM
Compared to ECG 04/26/2024 11:56:08
T-wave abnormality no longer present
NO STEMI
5/8/24
SINUS RHYTHM
LOW QRS VOLTAGE IN PRECORDIAL LEADS [QRS DEFLECTION < 1.0 mV IN CHEST LEADS]
POSSIBLE ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OF INDETERMINATE AGE [30 ms Q WAVE IN
V3/V4, OR R < 0.2 mV IN V4]
Non specific ST abnormality
Compared to ECG 04/29/2024 11:51:42
Low QRS voltage now present
Myocardial infarct finding now present
2024.05.14 19:23 Annieoakleymay Rheumatologist did not order ANA panel
Hi all, Just looking for some feedback. I went in in August and had a positive ANA of 160 homogenous and a slight SSB at .2 positive. All my other bloodwork was normal. At the time I had an undetected UTI that finally got treated. In late September, I had a negative ANA and in December another negative ANA.Lately I’ve been having a lot of dry eye, dry mouth, aches and pains, and I’m following up with my rheumatologist for the four month Follow up later this month. She ordered a full blood count, metabolic panel, CRP, and SED, but when I asked her about the ANA, she said she didn’t feel it was needed because it was negative in December. I had also put in a call to my primary care at the same time and he was able to put the ANA panel in..All my blood work has come back and there within normal ranges. I’m still waiting on the ANA results. I’ll talk to my rheumatologist later this month but I guess I’m a little frustrated and not understanding why she wouldn’t order the ANA panel. Especially if it comes back positive isn’t that something she would have liked to have known for my treatment. I mean why order all the other tests that were run last August, but not the ANA again.
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2024.05.14 19:22 No_Jackfruit_3821 Abdominal pain for a week straight (22F)
I’m a 22 year old female, I’m 5’5 and weigh 135 pounds. I do vape. I also drink but only on social occasions. I’m not on any prescription meds and only take ashwaghanda supplements but have stopped taking it for a few weeks.
For a week since I went drinking with friends I’ve had mild, uncomfortable abdominal cramps. The night when they started I had also started my period and had a hangover, I assumed the cramps were because of my period so I took ibuprofen (two in the morning and two at night for a day) which is a lot more than I normally take for period cramps. They helped with the cramps at the time but my period has long passed and I’m still having abdominal pain that’s been consistent for a week. My next thought was constipation because I wasn’t going to the bathroom regularly. I’ve taken prune juice, milk of magnesia and plenty of water to mend the issue. The prune juice made me go to the bathroom frequently which made me think the problem was solved but the next morning I still had cramps. The morning earlier I had gone to the bathroom normally but my stools were thin (not pencil-thin but thinner than normal). It seemed as if the problem should be solved by now but I’m still having cramps even after the prune juice made me go multiple times. I know I don’t have any blockage or impaction because I’m not distended or experiencing any bloating. I can also pass gas normally. My belly doesn’t feel hard, it still feels soft but the cramps are persistent along with some occasional pressure in my rectum that only lasts for a short time and goes away. I have an appointment with an OBGYN on the 30th and no one can get me in sooner. I’ve just never had cramps so persistent for an entire week and it’s now been a total of eight days with cramps. Any advice for how to ease the cramps or what the cramps could be before my official doctor’s appointment?
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For a week since I went drinking with friends I’ve had mild, uncomfortable abdominal cramps. The night when they started I had also started my period and had a hangover, I assumed the cramps were because of my period so I took ibuprofen (two in the morning and two at night for a day) which is a lot more than I normally take for period cramps. They helped with the cramps at the time but my period has long passed and I’m still having abdominal pain that’s been consistent for a week. My next thought was constipation because I wasn’t going to the bathroom regularly. I’ve taken prune juice, milk of magnesia and plenty of water to mend the issue. The prune juice made me go to the bathroom frequently which made me think the problem was solved but the next morning I still had cramps. The morning earlier I had gone to the bathroom normally but my stools were thin (not pencil-thin but thinner than normal). It seemed as if the problem should be solved by now but I’m still having cramps even after the prune juice made me go multiple times. I know I don’t have any blockage or impaction because I’m not distended or experiencing any bloating. I can also pass gas normally. My belly doesn’t feel hard, it still feels soft but the cramps are persistent along with some occasional pressure in my rectum that only lasts for a short time and goes away. I have an appointment with an OBGYN on the 30th and no one can get me in sooner. I’ve just never had cramps so persistent for an entire week and it’s now been a total of eight days with cramps. Any advice for how to ease the cramps or what the cramps could be before my official doctor’s appointment?
2024.05.14 19:20 JohnWeak1120 Been sober for 24 days, relapse is imminent
I've been a heavy alcoholic for 17 years, a year has been the longest I was sober. 24 days ago I made the decision to quit and try to salvage my relationship with my gf of 16 years, and my two children because I've been losing them. It wasn't enough, she's with somebody else now and I can't wrap my head around it. I want to drink so bad just to take the pain out of my chest. I've lost my best and only friend, the only lover I've ever known and my kids. All because I'm an asshole when I'm drunk. I've said horrible things to her, things that I can't take back. Alcohol brings out the worst in me but sometimes it can make me feel so good, and that reminder makes me want to keep drinking. I know it won't cure my heartbreak and only offer temporary relief, but FUCK, temporary is better than none... I am holding it together though
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2024.05.14 19:19 BigBunting Anxiety
Hi, I have being suffering from aniexty last couple of months not really hit me hard until 2 weeks ago, I was told by a ooh gp about heart failure which I didn’t know I had ( for context I was in a coma in 2020 for covid, pneumonia and sepsis) which caused it and wasn’t mentioned since then untill the ooh GP told me even tho had echo since then and been fine, anyways last 2 weeks been really bad with chest pains and other problems(had a sickness bug for 4 days aswel) , been docs 3 they checked my lungs and heart over and was fine and hospital once because of it,my minds been in overdrive, they did a quick ecg on me which they said was fine and also bloods which came back fine, been put down to anxiety from the first time they saw me 2 weeks ago, last few days got unbearable, numbness in body, not eating, tension in back of my head, last 2 weeks been constantly using oximeter and my heart rate at night time drops to 50-55 (was diagnosed bradycardia 14 years ago which I didn’t remember also) I’m way overweight and not very active either so this worries me somewhat (I am trying to exercise more and eat healthier) but I’m on day 4 of Sertraline 50mg what are people experiences, since taking them my heart rates dropped to around 45-47 is this normal? Also been a emotional wreck last 3 days everything’s setting me off crying all time could this be a side effect? Any advice on how to cope right now because this experience is bad, and I know 99% of people in here would have had worse experiences and longer than me and I have the upmost respect for you guys.
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2024.05.14 19:18 Delicious_Event2611 How do I heal a broken heart after 2 years
Next month will be two years since my boyfriend (22M) and I (22W) broke up. We started dating in 2019, which was the summer before out senior year of highschool. Prior to us dating, I accepted a college offer in Florida and he planned on going to school in our home state in the midwest. Everything was perfect when we were together and we had no problems. It was the healthiest relationship, that made me feel on top of the world. It The first year at college we both would visit at least once a month and everything was normal. Towards the end of our first year in college and seemed to stop caring and trying much less. I was the only one asking to facetime, planning trips to see one another, and virtual dates. He was in aviation school and had to spend a great amount of time with his studies and flying, so I tried to understand that we are both just busy. My sophmore year it gradually started to get worse when I noticed he forgot to buy me anything for Valentines day. All I ever told him was that it didn't matter at all what he got me EVER, I just really appreciate the thought. I even told him I would send him the card and as long as he wrote in it I would love it ( now looking back.. pathetic). After valentines, he said happy birthday on the wrong day and sent me an e-gift card to chipotle to my email. Of course I appreciated anything, but I was sad because I knew once again that he just hadn't cared and forgotten. Fast forward a few months and he was going without talking to me for days. I eventually asked if he didn't want to be together anymore and got a "Thats what its feeling like" so I called it off from there. I discussed with him his lack of effort and he said it was because of the distance. Me personally, I am someone who would rather wait 2 years until we are out of college rather than never see him again,, but that feeling was not mutual We went no contact for months and then ended up seeing each other again. It just really didn't seem like anything changed and I distanced myself. We really didn't talk after that and within a short few months he had a new girlfriend. I was not surprised from this because he had never gone long without being in a relationship and seemed to always be in one since we knew each other from a young age. He was my first boyfriend and first person i had ever had sex with, so I think this has something to do with why I am having a hard time getting over it. When we first broke up I would check his socials all the time and even found he had a new girlfriend from his Venmo account. I couldnt help myself from looking and would make myself feel worse everytime i looked. This last 6 months to a year I have really tried to not look at all his stuff, but I CONSTANTLY have dreams of him. Sometimes more than others, but I would say I at least have one dream every two weeks. This week I have dreamed about him the past three days every time i close my eyes. The dreams range from being happy to sad to angry. Lately they have been happy, but I try hard to differentiate that the dream is really not who he is. He changed over the years we were together, and by the time we were done it just was not the same guy I fell in love with. My issues are the constant dreams reminding me of him and the fact I still feel really crushed over it. I don't understand how he could say he wanted to be with me forever and is my soul mate, and then do that to me. I often question if Love is real lately, and find it hard believing I will ever find a connection like that again. I find it extremely hard to find someone I have feeling for in a romantic way because I refuse to drop my standards and the fish in the sea are seeming a little limited. My question is how can I get over this broken heart? I feel I have done the right things and have not slept around with anyone, went to the gym, started new hobbies, but the aching feeling doesn't go away. It's felt unbearable lately and I feel the similar chest pain as the initial heartbreak. I want to move on and not feel sadness towards this anymore.
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2024.05.14 19:17 Plastic_Bear_7799 Chest pain
Hi, I am 24F and yesterday I got sudden chest pain that got worse when bending over or taking a deep breath that lasted for a few hours, it was stabbing pain. I have shortness of breath, sometimes high heart rate and when I breathe I have this weird feeling in chest that I don’t know how to describe. I have a bit of back pain on the left side and under the boob and a slight burning sensation in chest. Do you think that is something serious and I should go to see a doctor or wait a few days to see if it’s get better? Thank you so much for help!
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2024.05.14 19:16 turtwigthetortuga Regular Lower Abdominal Pain
Hi everyone! I (23f) have had a history of rupturing ovarian cysts for almost a year now. The first time it happened, the pain felt so debilitating that I could not sleep that night, nor move much the next morning. It was concentrated on my right side, so I went to the ER concerned that I might have appendicitis. After running multiple tests, the doctor diagnosed me with a ruptured ovarian cyst.
Since then, I experience terrible lower abdominal pain on a monthly/ bimonthly basis. Almost always, the pain is concentrated on my right side. Often, my abdominal pain is accompanied with lower back pain, loss of appetite, bloating, a headache that cannot be managed with OTC medication, etc. I usually stick out the pain as OTC medication does not help. I feel grateful that my experiences are not usually more frequent than a monthly/ bimonthly basis, though I still feel exhausted going about my day and suddenly being in debilitating pain.
Recently, I went back to the ER with another appendicitis scare. As I have become familiar with how my ovarian cyst ruptures feel, my recent experience deviated in a few ways, so I decided to go to the ER as a safe measure. Unsurprisingly, I was received with news that it was just another cyst rupture, and that my appendix is fine. This time, the doctor did prescribe me prescription painkillers after I expressed to him that OTC medication was not helping.
I am tired of the anxiety I feel when I experience this pain. While most times, I feel confident enough to conclude that I’m experiencing another cyst rupture, there is always a thought in the back of my mind that my pain could be due to something else, like my appendix (especially when the pain is on my right side). I am writing here to see if anyone shares in my anxiety with similar experiences. I have had an onset of other, unrelated health issues come up in the last year, which have also affected me mentally. I guess I would like to hear that everything will be okay. I am happy to have found a community that makes me feel seen, and not isolated in my experiences.
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Since then, I experience terrible lower abdominal pain on a monthly/ bimonthly basis. Almost always, the pain is concentrated on my right side. Often, my abdominal pain is accompanied with lower back pain, loss of appetite, bloating, a headache that cannot be managed with OTC medication, etc. I usually stick out the pain as OTC medication does not help. I feel grateful that my experiences are not usually more frequent than a monthly/ bimonthly basis, though I still feel exhausted going about my day and suddenly being in debilitating pain.
Recently, I went back to the ER with another appendicitis scare. As I have become familiar with how my ovarian cyst ruptures feel, my recent experience deviated in a few ways, so I decided to go to the ER as a safe measure. Unsurprisingly, I was received with news that it was just another cyst rupture, and that my appendix is fine. This time, the doctor did prescribe me prescription painkillers after I expressed to him that OTC medication was not helping.
I am tired of the anxiety I feel when I experience this pain. While most times, I feel confident enough to conclude that I’m experiencing another cyst rupture, there is always a thought in the back of my mind that my pain could be due to something else, like my appendix (especially when the pain is on my right side). I am writing here to see if anyone shares in my anxiety with similar experiences. I have had an onset of other, unrelated health issues come up in the last year, which have also affected me mentally. I guess I would like to hear that everything will be okay. I am happy to have found a community that makes me feel seen, and not isolated in my experiences.
2024.05.14 19:16 Mom_Milk 4th Timer
I’m 21 years old and this is my 4th year in a row experiencing hells itch. I’ve had it on my chest, my shoulders and biceps, and now I have it all over my back. I have a high pain tolerance but hells itch knocks me out for the week that I get it. I’ve tried a lot of different remedies that people here have said works for them but there’s not really anything that completely gets rid of it. Honestly the only thing that has actually helped me or has made it easier to deal with is ibuprofen (or any over the counter pain reliever) and PRESSURE. I’m doing an experiment right now while I have it. I’m 48 hours in right now and I’m going to see what happens when I absolutely resist the urge to scratch and lay/sleep on my back whenever I feel it flare up. This is disgusting but I’m going to try and go as long as I can without showering since that’s what really blows it up for me. I will not be using any lotions or creams since it’s on my back and I can’t do that myself. And I’ll stay hydrated with lots of water. Right now there’s a slight discomfort and I feel it just ready to flare up so I’m gonna keep a positive mindset and get through it. Good luck to everyone like myself with fair skin dealing with this. I’ll try and post again if my experiment genuinely works for me!!
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2024.05.14 19:13 marvelousmsmaisel High CRP no underlying conditions or injuries which consultant can I reach out to?
I’m 37 years old female, 155cm height 62kg weight, Indian origin, no international travel in the last 4 years, non smoker, social drinking 1-2 units a week but none in the recent weeks. Living in the UK for the last 10 years. I’m Non diabetic, non hyper tensive, no allergies, never undergone any medical surgeries and no other medical condition other than this.
Since 2023 I have twice had severely elevated CRP levels (both times >400mg/l) presenting meningitis/ sepsis like symptoms but without no underlying infections. Along with high CRP I have high temperature, chills, high heart rate, skin mottling, light sensitivity, vomiting , debilitating pain / reduced mobility on forearms and wrists. Inflammation levels eventually goes down with hospitalisation in acute care IV antibiotics, vit D, pain medication and magnesium. (each time 6+ days hospitalisation was required as they are unable to safely release me until inflammatory levels showed a consistently decreasing trend)
2024 hospitalisation episode placed me on sepsis watch and I was in extreme pain(upper body - restricted movement, locked jaws in addition to symptoms I experienced in 2023 - also described above such as fever chills vomiting light sensitivity followed through)
Currently I’m home it is 5+ weeks since I came back from hospital but muscle stiffness still remains, I had a rebound attack (fever, chills, skin mottling) and was again placed on 5 days antibiotics but I was able to recover at home. Currently it is more like a slow recovery. CRP although had dropped to 36mg/l 5 weeks ago.
GP is already aware and does not know what to do with me, A&E knows to contain my situation from worsening but not able to diagnose what is causing this kind of inflammatory response.
In 2023 when this happened for the first time i thought it was a one- off abnormal inflammatory response but after the second attack in April this year I’m very afraid. I tried to approach immunologists to consult but many number of them happen to be allergists and don’t take my case. Who should I approach?
I’m listing below diagnoses:
1/ tested negative for ANA, Genetic factors 2/ tested negative for rheumatoid factors (rheumatology team cleared me off any RA/ Auto immune disorders after a year long study of my test results during 2023) 3/ tested negative for lupus related diseases 4/ tested negative for myelitis although my creatine kinase levels were 18u/l as of 5 weeks ago (against normal range 20-200u/l) 5/ Globulin levels were at 41g/l as of 5 weeks ago. 6/ tested negative for a wide variety of viral and bacterial infections (including Covid, influenza, meningitis) , extensive CT and MRIs were done of abdomen, chest, pelvic and brain and nothing remarkable came up to warrant this inflammatory response.
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Since 2023 I have twice had severely elevated CRP levels (both times >400mg/l) presenting meningitis/ sepsis like symptoms but without no underlying infections. Along with high CRP I have high temperature, chills, high heart rate, skin mottling, light sensitivity, vomiting , debilitating pain / reduced mobility on forearms and wrists. Inflammation levels eventually goes down with hospitalisation in acute care IV antibiotics, vit D, pain medication and magnesium. (each time 6+ days hospitalisation was required as they are unable to safely release me until inflammatory levels showed a consistently decreasing trend)
2024 hospitalisation episode placed me on sepsis watch and I was in extreme pain(upper body - restricted movement, locked jaws in addition to symptoms I experienced in 2023 - also described above such as fever chills vomiting light sensitivity followed through)
Currently I’m home it is 5+ weeks since I came back from hospital but muscle stiffness still remains, I had a rebound attack (fever, chills, skin mottling) and was again placed on 5 days antibiotics but I was able to recover at home. Currently it is more like a slow recovery. CRP although had dropped to 36mg/l 5 weeks ago.
GP is already aware and does not know what to do with me, A&E knows to contain my situation from worsening but not able to diagnose what is causing this kind of inflammatory response.
In 2023 when this happened for the first time i thought it was a one- off abnormal inflammatory response but after the second attack in April this year I’m very afraid. I tried to approach immunologists to consult but many number of them happen to be allergists and don’t take my case. Who should I approach?
I’m listing below diagnoses:
1/ tested negative for ANA, Genetic factors 2/ tested negative for rheumatoid factors (rheumatology team cleared me off any RA/ Auto immune disorders after a year long study of my test results during 2023) 3/ tested negative for lupus related diseases 4/ tested negative for myelitis although my creatine kinase levels were 18u/l as of 5 weeks ago (against normal range 20-200u/l) 5/ Globulin levels were at 41g/l as of 5 weeks ago. 6/ tested negative for a wide variety of viral and bacterial infections (including Covid, influenza, meningitis) , extensive CT and MRIs were done of abdomen, chest, pelvic and brain and nothing remarkable came up to warrant this inflammatory response.
2024.05.14 19:12 One_Tradition_6148 To people that feel hopeless
Hi. Ive been posting frequently on this forum for the last 5 months seeking for help and advice or recovery stories to keep myself alive. I kept deleting my posts after a day because I was ashamed and most of the times no one responded. I suffered from general anxiety disorder for half my life. I’ve been to multiple mental hospitals because of it and it usually was better for some time and than kept getting bad again. My last mental hospital stay was roughly 5 years ago and for the majority of time after I felt quite okay with everything. Last year I started treating myself very badly tho and had a lot of stress with work while also not sleeping a lot, not eating healthy and some other problems in my personal life. 6 months ago my body just said it’s enough. It started with heart palpations and developed into breathing issues, chest pain, daily silent panic attacks and just overall getting very very anxious about my health. I ran to the ER nearly weekly and kept seeing my doctor but he kept telling me everything is fine. I got a lung CT, went to the cardiologist and everything came back fine but I couldn’t believe what they are saying because quite frankly I was convinced I’m slowly dying. That’s how I felt. I’m 27 btw so I shouldn’t feel that way. At some point my brain couldn’t handle all of this anymore and i developed severe derealisation/depersonalisation which made everything even worse, because now I not only felt like I’m dying but also I felt like I’m not even there anymore mentally and just felt like I live life on autopilot. Luckily I have experience with DP/DR and It didn’t scare the shit out of me as much anymore and made me think I have a psychosis or whatever, but still it’s probably the worst thing I ever experienced and I want no one to have to go through something like this. At this point I developed muscle pain and weakness in my entire body all the time, for the last 3 months I didn’t leave the house at all because I just couldn’t move. Quite literally if I raised my arms for 2 minutes to do something like brushing my teeth I felt like I’ve just done a 3 hour workout. It was horrible. I had it in my legs, in my arms, when I walked up stairs my entire chest started hurting and I had breathing issues. So now I started thinking I have MS or ALS. Went to the neurologist and everything came back clear aswell. I started having constant pressure on my ears also and pain in the ears. I saw an ENT and once again: everything was normal. 1 month ago I made the move and decided with my therapist to start lexapro again. I started taking it in mental hospital 5 years ago and quit 2 years ago because I felt „normal“ (I wonder why 😂).
It might be a bit too early but for the last week my anxiety went down SO MUCH. I don’t have muscle pain anymore, no heart palpations, no ear pressure, no breathing issues. Nothing. My derealisation is still there at times but while it was on a 10/10 before it’s at a 2/10 now. I feel soooo much better. And don’t get me wrong, it’s not all Lexapro. I’m not trying to advertise for antidepressants or anything. I cut down my job and just took 3 months off to recover. Y’all have to decide yourself if you wanna try meds or not and it might not work for everyone.
What I wanna achieve with this post is, to give hope to some people that keep googling all those symptoms they have and can’t believe it’s anxiety. All of you that keep commenting under 7 year old posts to ask if those people feel better or recovered to give you some hope and power to move forward.
Yes. Anxiety can cause all of this things. I didn’t believe it myself and I know how you feel. But chances are if you seen all the doctors and everything came back clear, that you indeed just experience intense anxiety.
Please, don’t give up and keep moving forward. It will get better. I promise. ❤️
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It might be a bit too early but for the last week my anxiety went down SO MUCH. I don’t have muscle pain anymore, no heart palpations, no ear pressure, no breathing issues. Nothing. My derealisation is still there at times but while it was on a 10/10 before it’s at a 2/10 now. I feel soooo much better. And don’t get me wrong, it’s not all Lexapro. I’m not trying to advertise for antidepressants or anything. I cut down my job and just took 3 months off to recover. Y’all have to decide yourself if you wanna try meds or not and it might not work for everyone.
What I wanna achieve with this post is, to give hope to some people that keep googling all those symptoms they have and can’t believe it’s anxiety. All of you that keep commenting under 7 year old posts to ask if those people feel better or recovered to give you some hope and power to move forward.
Yes. Anxiety can cause all of this things. I didn’t believe it myself and I know how you feel. But chances are if you seen all the doctors and everything came back clear, that you indeed just experience intense anxiety.
Please, don’t give up and keep moving forward. It will get better. I promise. ❤️
2024.05.14 19:04 scrotabscess Who should I consult for my back ? Does this look normal or slightly kyphotic ?
 | I have been suffering from mid back pain for years (since i was quite young) and my general practitioner never said anything about it beside saying I should take antalgics such as ibuprofen. People around me said I was always slouching and never thought much about it. Now, I realize maybe it is something more than just bouts of pain in my chest and back that come and go. Does this look kyphotic ? Is this fixable ? submitted by scrotabscess to kyphosis [link] [comments] |
2024.05.14 19:01 Calm_Mushroom816 What Heart Condition Do I Have?
Okay, I know it's probably crazy to go to the internet and head to reddit looking for a diagnosis. Here's the thing, where I currently live you can't change doctors if you already have a specialist unless the doctor would discharge you or you go through a different system. Well I am running into all kinds of issues there, because as my PCP told me I have been "severely medically neglected." I was told I had an extra electrical current by my cardiologist then my electrophysiologist confirmed it but wrote in his notes that he thought I had a mild case of POTS, something I only found out recently after going to my PCP attempting to get a referral for a new cardiologist and go through the tens of thousands of dollars worth of tests all over again. I can't get ahold of either my cardiologist or electrophysiologist, no matter how hard I try. My PCP is having nothing but issues getting a referral sent over to a new cardiologist in a different medical system, I have tried numerous times to get it worked out, I just can't. I also have two jobs and am working anywhere between 50-70 hours a week so I don't have all hours of the day playing phone tag with two doctors offices. So I am at my wits end. I am moving to Texas soon for law school (why I am working so many hours) and am hoping to get it sorted out there but it feels like my heart is just getting worse.
I am a 23F, with a pre-existing medical condition, an autoimmune disease (PANS). My family has a history of autoimmune and heart conditions. My younger cousin who shares the same blood type as me (from our mothers) just got diagnosed with prolonged QT syndrome, but our EKGS don't look the same. My maternal grandfather (again same blood type) has been told he could drop down dead at any second from a heart aneurysm.
Here's my symptoms. I have atrial flutter and atrial fib. I've seen my heart rate get as low as 38bpm and as high as 180 bpm (that I know of, often during exercise). My resting heart rate is around 100 bpm and sometimes is 120 on a very bad day. I have chest pain and heart palpitations. Here's the things I can't do without struggling to breathe or stop breathing in general: Stand up, squat, go up stairs, lean my head back, lean my head forward, stretch, go upside down, not eat for a while, spin in a circle, sit up. I ran after going to the gym consistently for three months and working on endurance (very light running) and my chest consistently was hurting for three days and off and on for two days after that. Water used to help but it doesn't do much anymore. My vision goes black at times, I have gotten very close to passing out without actually doing so. I have an arrhythmia in my heart, it loves to skip beats on me. My blood pools in my legs really bad, I get white splotches on my legs with my veins going purple and it also looks like I have strawberry legs (doesn't happen all the time but I have noticed it). I used to never get headaches at all, now I get consistent migraines in my temples.
All of this started out with just having some issues breathing when I stood up and its only gotten worse over the past couple of years. I honestly don't know what to do and it all makes me anxious not knowing.
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I am a 23F, with a pre-existing medical condition, an autoimmune disease (PANS). My family has a history of autoimmune and heart conditions. My younger cousin who shares the same blood type as me (from our mothers) just got diagnosed with prolonged QT syndrome, but our EKGS don't look the same. My maternal grandfather (again same blood type) has been told he could drop down dead at any second from a heart aneurysm.
Here's my symptoms. I have atrial flutter and atrial fib. I've seen my heart rate get as low as 38bpm and as high as 180 bpm (that I know of, often during exercise). My resting heart rate is around 100 bpm and sometimes is 120 on a very bad day. I have chest pain and heart palpitations. Here's the things I can't do without struggling to breathe or stop breathing in general: Stand up, squat, go up stairs, lean my head back, lean my head forward, stretch, go upside down, not eat for a while, spin in a circle, sit up. I ran after going to the gym consistently for three months and working on endurance (very light running) and my chest consistently was hurting for three days and off and on for two days after that. Water used to help but it doesn't do much anymore. My vision goes black at times, I have gotten very close to passing out without actually doing so. I have an arrhythmia in my heart, it loves to skip beats on me. My blood pools in my legs really bad, I get white splotches on my legs with my veins going purple and it also looks like I have strawberry legs (doesn't happen all the time but I have noticed it). I used to never get headaches at all, now I get consistent migraines in my temples.
All of this started out with just having some issues breathing when I stood up and its only gotten worse over the past couple of years. I honestly don't know what to do and it all makes me anxious not knowing.
2024.05.14 19:01 garrettwilson42 Feeling confused and defeated - My two years post MD, reherniation.
I’ll try to keep this short as I can, I’ve made several posts over the years. I’m just feeling defeated and confused.
I’m currently a 25(M), and had a microdiscectomy on L5-S1 for a 20mm+ herniation (I don’t remember the exact size) in June 2022. Prior to that I was extremely active, I played college water polo up through the December 2021 season. Swimming for cardio is something I’ve done all my life and want to continue, I hate running.
I have a hard time remembering what the pain was like back in February 2022, but it must have been pretty bad since I wasn’t able to exercise (I have a high pain tolerance).
Post surgery was fine, I started walking again, getting back to work and normal daily activities such as running errands. Starting PT after 6 weeks (July 2022) and that was a brutal process I was so stiff and tight. I’ve never been very flexible.
The following 6-7 months, I solely did PT, stretched, and walked every day. Got to where I’d go for 4-5 mile walks at a 16 min pace. In February 2023 I began lap swimming again, this time I didn’t do flip turns, decided I’d just do touch turns to not put my back in a flipping motion. I started very slow and just did about 20 laps/500 yards (which is nothing compared to what I would do in the past).
From February 2023 – June 2023 I just slowly eased into swimming, got back to swimming 2,500+ yards. I also began lifting again, doing light machines and light weights. Did weight training at my PT office to make sure I was doing things correctly.
June 2023 – December 2023 I did well, I was swimming and lifting 4-5x a week. I might have been overdoing it but I felt fine. I’d do 30+ mins of pt warm up and stretches before swimming to make sure I was warm, then would do some lifting after I swam. I was doing some free weight stuff (bad idea) and was swimming fast again. I felt good and I felt like I wanted to start training again to play competitive water polo again.
December 2023 – was doing some light 10lb RDLs that I’d learned at PT. Hadn’t done them in a while and wanted to change it up for my hamstrings. After one set I felt some pain and discomfort in my back, something I hadn’t felt in a while and knew something was wrong. I stopped Immediately.
Went to the Dr. and got another MRI. New MRI shows disc herniation of 6mm at L5-S1 significantly smaller than the original. My surgeon told me it wasn’t surgery worthy and that it wasn’t compressing my nerve, and I don’t have much pain so I agree. He said many people can live with them, and they don’t even know, but I need to listen to my body and modify etc.
January 2024 – Since then I went back to PT, tried to come up with a good game plan for safe forms of exercising. It was hard to accept, but I decided I’d stop trying to push playing competitive water polo again for health reasons. I started slow again, swimming 3 times a week very slow and building up laps every week. I now do light machines to keep myself tone, that’s all I need and am happy with.
March 2024 - I got back to swimming 4x a week at a slower pace, I can maintain good form but still get winded. And I’ve been lifting 4x a week, all somewhat light weight all on machines. My feet are grounded, and my back or chest is against padding for support. Still do PT warm up stuff ahead of time, and stretch and roll out my glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors after.
April 2024 - I felt pretty good, just general stiffness when I wake up sometimes, and some days I get some achiness in my lower back and glut area but I accept that’s normal.
PT thinks my gluts and hip flexors are weak and my backs compensating for them. I guess I trusted them and agreed to do what thy said. But they started having me do back squats which made me nervous but felt fine. I started doing those several times a week. Then they had me start do incorporate hip trusts for my gluts, either with the barbell on my waist or using a machine at the gym. Then they wanted me to start doing weighted RDLs again and that’s where I drew the line. I was confused how if that’s how I hurt it in December then why would I do it again. They tell me I can do anything as long as I have good form, but I’d rather not risk it. They make it seem like I need to do them to strengthen my muscles and learn to load my spine again.
The surgeon told me no deadlifts and no hip thrusts. He said goblet squats are fine. It just made me not trust PT anymore. No matter what I tell them they tell me it’s normal and say I just need to get stronger. I felt like since doing some of the leg stuff I was getting stiffer and achier, so I wanted to get a second opinion
May 2024 – My dads good friend is a sports medicine professional, and he referred us to a good doctor he knows/went to school with in my area, he studied medicine at UCLA and works with sports and Olympic teams. I went to visit him to get some clarity on what exercises in the gym are safe for me to do and what to stay away from or maybe a new PT that he trusts. I was shocked when I went last week, he looked at my MRI results and said I have the herniation at L5-S1 and another 5mm herniation at L4-L5 that my surgeon didn’t even mention. The new doctor said I was having muscle atrophy from nerve compression and it could be serious and could need another surgery. He put me on a 6-day steroid pack and said if it relieves my symptoms then there would be some hope without needing another surgery. I have a call with him tomorrow to follow up on how I feel.
I’m confused. I don’t have bad symptoms. I’m stiff and my hamstrings are tight, but they loosen up during the day. I don’t really have any radiating pain down the leg. So, I can’t tell if the steroid even helped because there wasn’t much there to begin with. Over the last 6 days it hasn’t been as achy and tight when I get up in the morning, but honestly, just doing my daily activities such as going to work, walking around, etc. I don’t notice it at all. It’s just when I do certain movements like bend down, or twist a certain way, or lean backwards, then I feel some stiffness and pulling in my lower back and glut, but it doesn’t go down my leg it’s all centralized in my lower back. I don’t feel as achy and stiff so that’s good, but my QL and left glut still are a little achy when I think about it.
I’m just confused and frustrated. My surgeon told me in January there was no nerve compression and didn’t mention the second herniation. But then this new doctor makes it seem very severe and now I’m nervous. I’m frustrated that squat, hip thrusts, etc. have maybe been making things worse and I wonder If I need new imaging to see if they’ve gotten worse over the last 5 months. My dad’s friend who referred us to the new doctor also read my MRI report and said he would agree that if I don’t have that bad symptoms that my results wouldn’t suggest I need another surgery.
As I mentioned, up until a week ago I’ve been swimming 2,500 yards and doing some machine lifting 4x a week. And the symptoms aren’t bad, a little tight when I stretch and warm up, such as getting up off the ground after stretching I’m kind of stiff standing up straight again. Once I swim it loosens up and might get a little tight, but overall feels better after.
Just been a long two years since the surgery, and I don’t want another it was the most depressing thing I’ve ever gone through. All I want is to be able to swim some laps for cardio purposes (which I assume is safe) and then do some light machines at the gym to keep myself tone and have some muscle definition. But I want to know what machines are safe/what types of exercises to stay away from.
I know this is a long read. But any thoughts and Insight would be helpful. Thanks
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I’m currently a 25(M), and had a microdiscectomy on L5-S1 for a 20mm+ herniation (I don’t remember the exact size) in June 2022. Prior to that I was extremely active, I played college water polo up through the December 2021 season. Swimming for cardio is something I’ve done all my life and want to continue, I hate running.
I have a hard time remembering what the pain was like back in February 2022, but it must have been pretty bad since I wasn’t able to exercise (I have a high pain tolerance).
Post surgery was fine, I started walking again, getting back to work and normal daily activities such as running errands. Starting PT after 6 weeks (July 2022) and that was a brutal process I was so stiff and tight. I’ve never been very flexible.
The following 6-7 months, I solely did PT, stretched, and walked every day. Got to where I’d go for 4-5 mile walks at a 16 min pace. In February 2023 I began lap swimming again, this time I didn’t do flip turns, decided I’d just do touch turns to not put my back in a flipping motion. I started very slow and just did about 20 laps/500 yards (which is nothing compared to what I would do in the past).
From February 2023 – June 2023 I just slowly eased into swimming, got back to swimming 2,500+ yards. I also began lifting again, doing light machines and light weights. Did weight training at my PT office to make sure I was doing things correctly.
June 2023 – December 2023 I did well, I was swimming and lifting 4-5x a week. I might have been overdoing it but I felt fine. I’d do 30+ mins of pt warm up and stretches before swimming to make sure I was warm, then would do some lifting after I swam. I was doing some free weight stuff (bad idea) and was swimming fast again. I felt good and I felt like I wanted to start training again to play competitive water polo again.
December 2023 – was doing some light 10lb RDLs that I’d learned at PT. Hadn’t done them in a while and wanted to change it up for my hamstrings. After one set I felt some pain and discomfort in my back, something I hadn’t felt in a while and knew something was wrong. I stopped Immediately.
Went to the Dr. and got another MRI. New MRI shows disc herniation of 6mm at L5-S1 significantly smaller than the original. My surgeon told me it wasn’t surgery worthy and that it wasn’t compressing my nerve, and I don’t have much pain so I agree. He said many people can live with them, and they don’t even know, but I need to listen to my body and modify etc.
January 2024 – Since then I went back to PT, tried to come up with a good game plan for safe forms of exercising. It was hard to accept, but I decided I’d stop trying to push playing competitive water polo again for health reasons. I started slow again, swimming 3 times a week very slow and building up laps every week. I now do light machines to keep myself tone, that’s all I need and am happy with.
March 2024 - I got back to swimming 4x a week at a slower pace, I can maintain good form but still get winded. And I’ve been lifting 4x a week, all somewhat light weight all on machines. My feet are grounded, and my back or chest is against padding for support. Still do PT warm up stuff ahead of time, and stretch and roll out my glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors after.
April 2024 - I felt pretty good, just general stiffness when I wake up sometimes, and some days I get some achiness in my lower back and glut area but I accept that’s normal.
PT thinks my gluts and hip flexors are weak and my backs compensating for them. I guess I trusted them and agreed to do what thy said. But they started having me do back squats which made me nervous but felt fine. I started doing those several times a week. Then they had me start do incorporate hip trusts for my gluts, either with the barbell on my waist or using a machine at the gym. Then they wanted me to start doing weighted RDLs again and that’s where I drew the line. I was confused how if that’s how I hurt it in December then why would I do it again. They tell me I can do anything as long as I have good form, but I’d rather not risk it. They make it seem like I need to do them to strengthen my muscles and learn to load my spine again.
The surgeon told me no deadlifts and no hip thrusts. He said goblet squats are fine. It just made me not trust PT anymore. No matter what I tell them they tell me it’s normal and say I just need to get stronger. I felt like since doing some of the leg stuff I was getting stiffer and achier, so I wanted to get a second opinion
May 2024 – My dads good friend is a sports medicine professional, and he referred us to a good doctor he knows/went to school with in my area, he studied medicine at UCLA and works with sports and Olympic teams. I went to visit him to get some clarity on what exercises in the gym are safe for me to do and what to stay away from or maybe a new PT that he trusts. I was shocked when I went last week, he looked at my MRI results and said I have the herniation at L5-S1 and another 5mm herniation at L4-L5 that my surgeon didn’t even mention. The new doctor said I was having muscle atrophy from nerve compression and it could be serious and could need another surgery. He put me on a 6-day steroid pack and said if it relieves my symptoms then there would be some hope without needing another surgery. I have a call with him tomorrow to follow up on how I feel.
I’m confused. I don’t have bad symptoms. I’m stiff and my hamstrings are tight, but they loosen up during the day. I don’t really have any radiating pain down the leg. So, I can’t tell if the steroid even helped because there wasn’t much there to begin with. Over the last 6 days it hasn’t been as achy and tight when I get up in the morning, but honestly, just doing my daily activities such as going to work, walking around, etc. I don’t notice it at all. It’s just when I do certain movements like bend down, or twist a certain way, or lean backwards, then I feel some stiffness and pulling in my lower back and glut, but it doesn’t go down my leg it’s all centralized in my lower back. I don’t feel as achy and stiff so that’s good, but my QL and left glut still are a little achy when I think about it.
I’m just confused and frustrated. My surgeon told me in January there was no nerve compression and didn’t mention the second herniation. But then this new doctor makes it seem very severe and now I’m nervous. I’m frustrated that squat, hip thrusts, etc. have maybe been making things worse and I wonder If I need new imaging to see if they’ve gotten worse over the last 5 months. My dad’s friend who referred us to the new doctor also read my MRI report and said he would agree that if I don’t have that bad symptoms that my results wouldn’t suggest I need another surgery.
As I mentioned, up until a week ago I’ve been swimming 2,500 yards and doing some machine lifting 4x a week. And the symptoms aren’t bad, a little tight when I stretch and warm up, such as getting up off the ground after stretching I’m kind of stiff standing up straight again. Once I swim it loosens up and might get a little tight, but overall feels better after.
Just been a long two years since the surgery, and I don’t want another it was the most depressing thing I’ve ever gone through. All I want is to be able to swim some laps for cardio purposes (which I assume is safe) and then do some light machines at the gym to keep myself tone and have some muscle definition. But I want to know what machines are safe/what types of exercises to stay away from.
I know this is a long read. But any thoughts and Insight would be helpful. Thanks
2024.05.14 19:00 No-Nebula-6230 How do you keep going?
I’m embarrassed honestly so using my second account on here.
But it’s exactly as I said, how do we keep going?
I was born with a rare lung disease, supposed to die, and didn’t. Since then I’ve collected disabilities like Pokemon and was told I’d die before 18, well I’m 30 now and at no risk of dying, just a risk of giving up because I’ve hit my limit of the daily agony.
I’m in pain every day. I cannot remember a pain free day, not even as a little kid.
I used to feel grateful to still be here. I’m in college, though late, I have a career I do remotely, but I am also living in a basement apartment because I cannot afford anything from medical bills other than to keep myself afloat. I have a loving partner, and I know seeing me just want to give up hurts him so deeply but… I’m so tired.
I’m in therapy, i have medical trauma ptsd from almost dying 4x, i’m not giving up yet, but sometimes it’s so tempting to just say “fck it!” And stop trying to help myself because I am so tired.
I know I’m burnt out, I’m recovering from a complication from something that was supposed to be minor so I can’t currently do the job I love which I’m sure adds to this spiral, but I’m just so tired. I’m tired to normal results but extreme pain. I have endometriosis, CPL(lung disease), POTS, chronic kidney stones, suspected EDS and fibro. I am being tested for SIBO because I’m nauseous every single day. But even with my body falling apart I can’t get adequate pain relief because “I’m young and healthy”. I get 24 oxycodone 5mg . They don’t last but they help. A few muscle relaxers that don’t do anything but make me sleep, and meloxicam. I try so hard to advocate for myself but maybe I’m doing it wrong?
I haven’t gone to a pain management place because my primaries have told me horror stories in the past, maybe it’s just to scare me? I just don’t know what to do. I can’t keep dealing with the agony, but I’m so burnt out I don’t even want to advocate anymore.
How do you pick yourself back up and keep fighting?
Thank you ❤️
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But it’s exactly as I said, how do we keep going?
I was born with a rare lung disease, supposed to die, and didn’t. Since then I’ve collected disabilities like Pokemon and was told I’d die before 18, well I’m 30 now and at no risk of dying, just a risk of giving up because I’ve hit my limit of the daily agony.
I’m in pain every day. I cannot remember a pain free day, not even as a little kid.
I used to feel grateful to still be here. I’m in college, though late, I have a career I do remotely, but I am also living in a basement apartment because I cannot afford anything from medical bills other than to keep myself afloat. I have a loving partner, and I know seeing me just want to give up hurts him so deeply but… I’m so tired.
I’m in therapy, i have medical trauma ptsd from almost dying 4x, i’m not giving up yet, but sometimes it’s so tempting to just say “fck it!” And stop trying to help myself because I am so tired.
I know I’m burnt out, I’m recovering from a complication from something that was supposed to be minor so I can’t currently do the job I love which I’m sure adds to this spiral, but I’m just so tired. I’m tired to normal results but extreme pain. I have endometriosis, CPL(lung disease), POTS, chronic kidney stones, suspected EDS and fibro. I am being tested for SIBO because I’m nauseous every single day. But even with my body falling apart I can’t get adequate pain relief because “I’m young and healthy”. I get 24 oxycodone 5mg . They don’t last but they help. A few muscle relaxers that don’t do anything but make me sleep, and meloxicam. I try so hard to advocate for myself but maybe I’m doing it wrong?
I haven’t gone to a pain management place because my primaries have told me horror stories in the past, maybe it’s just to scare me? I just don’t know what to do. I can’t keep dealing with the agony, but I’m so burnt out I don’t even want to advocate anymore.
How do you pick yourself back up and keep fighting?
Thank you ❤️
2024.05.14 18:59 charfield0 First rheumatology appointment - what to expect
Hey all! I (23M) am going to my first rheumatology appointment tomorrow. I did blood tests back in November, pretty much everything was abnormal (ANA, CCP, Titer, Pattern) EXCEPT for my RF. I've been scouring this sub seeing that there are people who have been diagnosed with similar results, but I guess I am worried that I won't be taken seriously because my RF is negative, and I've had the past 6 months to think about it.
I do have a family history (my mom has RA and lupus + others), which is what made me go to the doctor in the first place when I was experiencing pain, but I guess I'm just worried that because I don't have everything, that I won't get diagnosed with anything and I waited 6 months for an appointment for nothing. So I guess if you are also in a similar boat, how did y'alls diagnosis process go? Did you ever get any pushback from anyone? And how long did it take you to get the diagnosis?
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I do have a family history (my mom has RA and lupus + others), which is what made me go to the doctor in the first place when I was experiencing pain, but I guess I'm just worried that because I don't have everything, that I won't get diagnosed with anything and I waited 6 months for an appointment for nothing. So I guess if you are also in a similar boat, how did y'alls diagnosis process go? Did you ever get any pushback from anyone? And how long did it take you to get the diagnosis?
2024.05.14 18:58 IceBig6249 Advice needed
Hi! My husband (28M) and I (28F) will be seeing an RE for the first time next Wednesday. We have experienced two back to back miscarriages in the last 6 months (no LC). We have no idea what to expect nor did we ever expect to be in this situation. I seem to have no issue getting pregnant, but I can’t seem to stay pregnant. Do any of you have advice on questions I should bring up to my RE during our initial visit?
My pathology report from my first miscarriage (d&c) came back genetically normal. The contents of my second miscarriage were not tested due to using miso to pass at home.
I haven’t had any other testing done, but I know that will be the first step. The only thing that has come up during routine doctors appointments is endometriosis, but my symptoms are not severe enough to get further testing according to doctors. I have had pain with any sort of penetration from the time I got my period around age 12/13. That and bloating/constipation seem to be my only symptoms. Should this be something I push to find out?
Thank you all in advance! I feel so lucky to have found a group of others who are going through similar situations.
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My pathology report from my first miscarriage (d&c) came back genetically normal. The contents of my second miscarriage were not tested due to using miso to pass at home.
I haven’t had any other testing done, but I know that will be the first step. The only thing that has come up during routine doctors appointments is endometriosis, but my symptoms are not severe enough to get further testing according to doctors. I have had pain with any sort of penetration from the time I got my period around age 12/13. That and bloating/constipation seem to be my only symptoms. Should this be something I push to find out?
Thank you all in advance! I feel so lucky to have found a group of others who are going through similar situations.
2024.05.14 18:57 DeadByDaylight_Dev 8.0.0 PTB
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2024.05.14 18:50 Cold_Barber_4761 Preparing in advance for returning to work
Hi everyone. I am not scheduled for surgery yet, so I have some time to prepare. Obviously, I will ask this question at the appointment, but I'm curious how much time is normal to need off of work post-surgery.
I realize that a lot of variables play into this and that anyone can end up with post-op complications that can extend the recovery period!
Assuming a normal surgery and recovery, how long until you felt both physically and mentally ready (and were cleared) to go back to work? I work a desk/office job that is 100% remote/work from home with no physical labor. I can literally work from bed if I want to, which is what I do on my high period pain days. I'm mostly wondering because I just started this job two months ago, so I don't have a lot of PTO saved up yet, and I can't take FMLA until I've been there a year. Of course, I wouldn't try to just work immediately. I'm simply trying to figure out how much PTO I should plan on saving up.
I do get a wonderful amount of PTO and personal days at my job (25 days PTO, 2 personal days, and 4 floating holidays), but I will need to accrued them first. The company won't let you go into negative PTO. It seems like two weeks off is a good basic starting point, from what I've read on here, but I'd love to hear personal thoughts!
For context, I've had a few major surgeries in my life, including a14-hourr surgery that removed 5 organs from my abdomen, so I'm no stranger to surgery and major body recovery! I know to get up and walk as soon as possible, I know about the gas pains, how to listen to my body, etc.
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I realize that a lot of variables play into this and that anyone can end up with post-op complications that can extend the recovery period!
Assuming a normal surgery and recovery, how long until you felt both physically and mentally ready (and were cleared) to go back to work? I work a desk/office job that is 100% remote/work from home with no physical labor. I can literally work from bed if I want to, which is what I do on my high period pain days. I'm mostly wondering because I just started this job two months ago, so I don't have a lot of PTO saved up yet, and I can't take FMLA until I've been there a year. Of course, I wouldn't try to just work immediately. I'm simply trying to figure out how much PTO I should plan on saving up.
I do get a wonderful amount of PTO and personal days at my job (25 days PTO, 2 personal days, and 4 floating holidays), but I will need to accrued them first. The company won't let you go into negative PTO. It seems like two weeks off is a good basic starting point, from what I've read on here, but I'd love to hear personal thoughts!
For context, I've had a few major surgeries in my life, including a14-hourr surgery that removed 5 organs from my abdomen, so I'm no stranger to surgery and major body recovery! I know to get up and walk as soon as possible, I know about the gas pains, how to listen to my body, etc.