I see the post was made before I got corrections made...sorry.

I see the post was made before I got corrections made...sorry.

Sure sorry to hear how sick you've been, Phoggie. I hope you get some relief soon.

Is it possible you have an infection in your leg or even a blood clot?
I'd be complaining very loudly about your thigh!

Friend is having unbearable pain down her leg, and finally changed doctors, and is scheduled for surgery this week.

Best thoughts for you!

I would definitely consider a blood clot and seek medical advice on that pain. Any surgery can result in blood clots which is a critical situation.

Oh Phoggie, I am so, so sorry that you are going through this now. I do hope you find an answer soon. I wish I could give you some good advice, but I have never had anything like that. I did have terrible sciatica from a bulging disc in my back, but lying on my back for a couple weeks fixed it.

Hang in there and do not lose hope. So glad the back surgery helped and perhaps the thigh pain will gradually recede.

For the UTI, ask your Dr if cranberry juice or tablets will interfere with any of the medications you are on. I find it very helpful for UTIs.

What an ordeal! Like some of the others, I urge you to seek attention for the pain in your thigh. Keep us posted. I hope you feel better soon.

Sending good thoughts for you Phoggie!

Hope you have that pain checked out and feel better very soon! Nanny

Sorry that I can't offer any ideas. The only time I couldn't urinate I had a kidney stone -- one that took days to pass. I can't imagine something like that could cause "referred pain" in your *thigh*! I think Raven's suggestion about a blood clot is indeed likely.

Stop fretting, & call your doctor *now*!

It sounds like referred pain to me, but it could be something, as someone said, like a clot, which won't get better;
it'll just stay there & hurt, or, if it stops hurting, that means it's broken loose & it's on the move...
like to your heart or your brain.

Put those docs to work, pronto!

Nag them doctors to death, or get another one. Any situation cauing uncomfort is disturbing to a patient, when they can't find out why.

Thanks for all of the good wishes. Oh you can believe, I have seen doctors...several of them...PCP, urologist, neurosurgeon...will do another MRI next week to see if surgeon missed something.

The pain is constant but it is the worst when I get up...I actually scream because the pain is so bad. After I sit in a chair and give my leg a real rubbing and stretching, it gives up some. I do not have any red/hot areas, just puffy places where the pain is worst.

I have had 5 different antibiotics and a shot every day for a week for my UTI and now on another antibiotic for 10 days. I went to neurologist for the first time Friday and I was so disappointed with him....did not find out a thing!

I have searched the net and have found some info regarding leg pain from spinal stenosis, but I had hoped someone here might have first-handed information regarding this.

I've had three back surgeries and they relieved the back pain but I was left with the sciatica pain down my leg. Yes the same surge of pain when I got out of bed. Long long story short, it was my facet joint so I had 3 facet joint ligations called RFL. First one lasted a year, second six months and the last one about 8 months and no pain but then again,it came back and I heard about a Dr. John Sarno. I got his book and did what he said and haven't had the pain since. Essentially what he says is that, when we experience back pain, we tense up and the brain receives a message from the tense muscles that pain is involved. As I'm sure you know all pain comes from the brain so you can fool it easily. When you feel pain take deep breaths and relax like you don't have a care in the world. Keep reinforcing to yourself that you have no pain even though you do. Then the brain won't send out a pain message. I know it sounds crazy but it's works. Good luck, don't give up hope. I was so bad I couldn't drive for two years and had to lie down in cars as I couldn't sit with the pain. To me, yours sounds like the facet joint pain.

The relaxation treatment Yayagal describes works for anxiety, too. It takes a while to create new 'pathways' in your brain -- to 're-train' it. At least this gives you some control, and a break from experiencing some of the worst of the pain -- or anxiety.

Sounds like it could be sciatic problems since different positions involving your legs are causing pain.

Have they prescribed any physical therapy? Best thing since sliced bread if you find a good match with your therapist. I am drug and pain free since PT.

Best wishes for healing! Yes, you will get well again. I'm sure of it.

Phoggie, wow, a double whammy!

Do you remember a while back there were a couple threads that you and I, and others posted on abut sciatica, spinal surgery, etc?

I made the comment in one of them that you and I are in the same boat, but now that has changed for both of us. I haven't had the urinary problems, or any lumbar surgery. This will be a reminder/update on me, some of which I have posted bits and pieces of:

Long story short. Because I fell, I ended up in the ER, followed by one day in the hospital. Chest scan showed blood clots in my lungs, Large one on the left, smaller ones on the right. I was put on Coumadin, which caused a hemorrhage in my kidney/s. The worst part is now I'm on a walker, and have the Lifeline thingie around my neck. Coumadin dose was lowered. Urology doc wanted another scan, after which he suggested doing a bladder scope, in case there might be cancer there. I have decided not to do that. My left leg is larger than my right leg and is painful; my right hip hurts if I sit too long, but I can tolerate both. I've said all that because I believe those who mentioned blood clots are on the right track. I made many, many trips to the lab and still going every 3 weeks to check on my blood levels. I learned about INR, which I had never heard of before.

Talk to your primary doctor about the possibility of blood clots and consider what to do next.

I hope you can get on a good path soon, and you and I will be rowing the same boat. It is doable.

Sue

Thanks for the replies. Yayagal...how interesting...and I definitely do tense my entire body when these terribly sharp pains hit...I actually scream! I have had three replacements and some other surgeries, but have never experienced any pain like the ones I am having now. I just hate to wake up and know I need to get up and use the potty because I know the pain will consume my entire area from back-hip-leg! This "getting up" pain is relatively new...laying down was repreve, but not now. But I will try anything at this point...so I will do my best to relax.

Rob333...I did in home PT while I had Home Health Care and will start going to the facility on Thursday...hope that will help.

Thanks for the assurance that this pain will leave and I can not wait to be better!!!!! Have you had a similar back surgery?

I would get myself to a reputable pain clinic with an anesthesiologist who does facet joint blocks, because I think YaYa is on to something. The pain in your leg does not sound like blood clots to me, but nerve pain. It's a minor procedure and can be done without sedation, and I would at least give it a try. Good luck.

Phoggie, the facet joint ligation is done in 20 minutes. You lie on your stomach on a table like a massage table with a hole for your face. The dr. numbs your back and puts a tiny needle in and then touches the different nerves to locate the one causing the pain. When he does you'll feel a short sharp pain and you tell him that it hurt. He or she will then burn the nerve out with laser but not all of it. You get up and go home. Some places give a pain med, mine didn't. You don't feel the never being lased and there's no residual pain. You ice it for a few days and, if it works, the pain disappears. Google RFL, radio frequency ligation.

You could try this before RFL. It's a quick video that explains facet joint injections.

Here is a link that might be useful: facet joint injections

I hope that you can get a good diagnosis and some treatment that will bring relief, soon, Phoggie.

ole joyful

I'm so very sorry, Phoggie. Wish I had some advice!
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Anyone heard how Phoggie is doing?

ole joyful