OT: my injury story if any doctors are on this board.

[ctchamps]

Please, I'm not questioning you. Just trying to make some kind of sense out of a crazy response from the doc.

People can be high on the skill and/or intelligence charts and low on the compassionate and kindness charts.

 

[jibsey]

Since your appendix is just out it will take some healing time maybe a couple weeks before you know, right?

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Since your appendix is just out it will take some healing time maybe a couple weeks before you know, right?

yeah, i'm in way more pain now than i was before and taking pain killers.
so it's hard to tell if that helped, at the moment.

i'm not sure if i mentioned this earlier but if i lift anything over 10 pounds,
the pain immediately intensifies and starts to sort of spread to different areas.

just hard to believe that i can tell several different doctors, 5 or 6 specific instances and areas of unique pain
and they still aren't sure what it is.
the surgeon seems to think it's a muscle or nerve problem i think.
after having a ct scan, mri, and using a camera to look around.
i guess it really can't be a hernia. i was convinced it was tho, because of the constant heaviness in my stomach
and the fact that it got worse as soon as i did anything that was physical labor.

i just contacted a few lawyers.
worker's comp is giving me a hard time cause it's been 8 months and they still don't have a definitive answer.
i went in for hernia surgery and the doctor removed my appendix lol.
i don't think that will go over too well either.

when it rains it pours

been nice having some people to talk to about this though.
really appreciate all of the advice from you guys.

 

[CL82]

I wish I knew how to help but sadly lack any real medical knowledge. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

You realize that doesn't stop about 90% of the posters on this board right?

Oh btw, I think it's rickets, or possibly crickets but I'm like 28% sure that it is one or the other.

 

[SaeHusky]

As a PT who specializes in Pelvic/hip Dysfunction there is no way I or anybody else can tell you with certainty what's wrong with you especially without examining you. Sure Psoas issues can sometimes refer pain to the testicles but it's not common. Often if testicular pain is present with psoas issues it often accompanies pubic symphysis/SI joint alignment issues which by the way don't show up on MRI. However after everything you have gone through your absolutely need to see a MD specializing in this area. Fortunately one of the top guys in the world in this area is nearby - Dr. Meyers. What part of CT do you live in?

 

[WeAreUCONN]

As a PT who specializes in Pelvic/hip Dysfunction there is no way I or anybody else can tell you with certainty what's wrong with you especially without examining you. Sure Psoas issues can sometimes refer pain to the testicles but it's not common. Often if testicular pain is present with psoas issues it often accompanies pubic symphysis/SI joint alignment issues which by the way don't show up on MRI. However after everything you have gone through your absolutely need to see a MD specializing in this area. Fortunately one of the top guys in the world in this area is nearby - Dr. Meyers. What part of CT do you live in?

I'm in Eastern, CT
I'll go google dr. meyers
thanks

too many different dr. meyers lol
i need a lil more info.
thanks

 

[Echo Hawk]

I've been hurt going on 8 months now.
not finding many answers anywhere.
so i figured if the right person sees my story maybe they will be able to shed some light.

I was lifting a 40 lb box at work.
I bent over and kinda jerked the box while picking it up.
I felt a tingling sensation in my right testicle as i was lifting the box from the floor to a cart.
couple hours later that day, i noticed a pain/heaviness in my stomach.
I went to the doctor and they diagnosed it as a sprained groin and a strained abdominal muscle.

I started doing physical therapy. didn't seem to help and seemed to get worse not better.
few weeks go by and i try lifting a similar box to see if i can.
this time i feel a popping sensation in my right testicle. no pain just a pop.

I tell all this to the doctors and they send me to a Urologist.
The Urologist has them do a ultrasound on my testicles.
the test shows nothing wrong and he says it is probably a hernia and refers me to a surgeon.

The first surgeon orders a CT Scan.
The ct scan shows nothing, no hernia, no nothing.
The surgeon says it's not a hernia and maybe it is just a sprain/strain.

I go see a 2nd surgeon.
The 2nd surgeon says maybe it's a sport's hernia and orders a MRI scan.
The mri shows nothing and the surgeon basically tells me,
whatever my problem is that he can't hep me and doesn't want to see me again or hear about my case.

I go back to the original doctor that I first saw and tell him everything that has happened in the past 4 months.
He isn't sure what to even say but he says his boss has been a doctor for 40 years and wants me to see him.
His Boss diagnoses me with a spigelian hernia.

I go back to the 1st surgeon i saw with this information of a spigelian hernia.
This surgeon doesn't agree with this new diagnosis but agrees to use a camera and go inside my stomach to see if he can find anything wrong.

I just had the surgery today.
My fear was to wake up and not be fixed and this has happened.
He told me that he saw no hernia anywhere but did notice that my Appendix
didn't look right. so he removed it.
He doesn't think my appendix was causing all of my pain but isn't sure.
I won't know if it helped until the anesthesia wears off.

This has really been an injury from hell.
been in bad to severe pain for the last 8 months.
anytime i lift something or do anything physical at all.
the pain just spreads to different areas and intensifies.
I'm kinda losing all hope.

since the doctors seem to have no answers for me.
i figured maybe someone on here maybe would.
at this point it can't hurt.

Thanks guys.

I live by 4 rules regarding my own health.

1. Stay healthy.

2. Don't go to a doctor unless you absolutely have to. They can really screw you up. They don't know as much as you think they do.

3. Don't go to a hospital unless you absolutely have to and then get out as fast as you can. Hospitals are bad places even for the healthy.

4. Do get a colonoscopy when the time comes. You can prevent your own demise with one.

If you get sucked into the health care system as you have, you will have a hard time getting away from these people. They will suggest surgery when you don't need it. Over medicate you. And keep you coming back for one thing or another.

Know your own body and be your own best and tough advocate. I have had one sharp pain or another from time to time in my abdomen for decades and have had an MRI and ECHO and nothing showed up so I never raised the subject again because they will spin me like a top. I'm fine.

I have my biannual checkup coming next week and have a bad left shoulder from golf right now. I will be damned if I tell him. I did that 15 years ago and was sent to an orthopedic surgeon who wanted to replace both shoulders. I've been fine.

 

[superjohn]

I live by 4 rules regarding my own health.

1. Stay healthy.

2. Don't go to a doctor unless you absolutely have to. They can really screw you up. They don't know as much as you think they do.

3. Don't go to a hospital unless you absolutely have to and then get out as fast as you can. Hospitals are bad places even for the healthy.

4. Do get a colonoscopy when the time comes. You can prevent your own demise with one.

If you get sucked into the health care system as you have, you will have a hard time getting away from these people. They will suggest surgery when you don't need it. Over medicate you. And keep you coming back for one thing or another.

Know your own body and be your own best and tough advocate. I have had one sharp pain or another from time to time in my abdomen for decades and have had an MRI and ECHO and nothing showed up so I never raised the subject again because they will spin me like a top. I'm fine.

I have my biannual checkup coming next week and have a bad left shoulder from golf right now. I will be damned if I tell him. I did that 15 years ago and was sent to an orthopedic surgeon who wanted to replace both shoulders. I've been fine.

That's fortunate for you that you are fine but clearly the original poster is not. I hope you weren't comparing a sharp pain from time to time in your abdomen to what the original poster is describing, his pain sounds debilitating.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

That's fortunate for you that you are fine but clearly the original poster is not. I hope you weren't comparing a sharp pain from time to time in your abdomen to what the original poster is describing, his pain sounds debilitating.

yeps. basically can't do anything anymore.
can't even play basketball with my daughter.
i suck it up and go to work because i have to but not much else.

 

[Danzz]

Sounds like this episode of House:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painless_(House)

Now that is who he needs: House. H e almost kills every patient in every episode but he ends up finding and solving the problem but only after humiliating every person he comes in contact with.
Seriously, best of luck and I hope that your appendix was the problem.

 

[Danzz]

yeps. basically can't do anything anymore.
can't even play basketball with my daughter.
i suck it up and go to work because i have to but not much else.

There has to be an answer to your problem. Don't give up.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

There has to be an answer to your problem. Don't give up.

i almost wish i could call house and talk to him lol

 

[zyron]

Yes, I've recently had great success extending time between clusters, reducing the severity of attacks and reducing the length of the cycle. And all of the success came from visiting online forums with fellow sufferers. All of the doctors I saw over the 30 years i have dealing with it have not helped at all.

If your brother has not tried it yet, hyperventilating pure oxygen is the most helpful tool in the arsenal. My doc couldn't get me a script so i use welding O2. I can't discuss in this forum the other alt therapies, but he could PM me or he should at least visit clusterbusters.com

It is very common for sufferers to have clusters less frequently but with more intensity as they get older.

I've read Shrooms are very helpful to some sufferers.

 

[CHIROMIKE]

As a PT who specializes in Pelvic/hip Dysfunction there is no way I or anybody else can tell you with certainty what's wrong with you especially without examining you. Sure Psoas issues can sometimes refer pain to the testicles but it's not common. Often if testicular pain is present with psoas issues it often accompanies pubic symphysis/SI joint alignment issues which by the way don't show up on MRI. However after everything you have gone through your absolutely need to see a MD specializing in this area. Fortunately one of the top guys in the world in this area is nearby - Dr. Meyers. What part of CT do you live in?

Hey saehusky can't resist busting your stones a little bit here all in fun. It looks like you've learned a little bit over the past ten years. I recall back when no one could figure out what was wrong with oakafors back you were certain it was a si joint problem. Your diagnosis from the discussion was based upon seeing on the television the way in which he fell. No examination but you were positive you knew more than all the specialists who actually examined him and read the imaging reports. He ended up having a fracture if I recall. It's good now that you realize none of us know exactly what's wrong with him without examining him. Right now it's all conjecture based upon symptoms. It does appear you still really like SI joint problems. That may even possibly be the problem. Again just busting chops here. Hope your Pt career is going well

Go huskies

 

[methodology]

Yes, I've recently had great success extending time between clusters, reducing the severity of attacks and reducing the length of the cycle. And all of the success came from visiting online forums with fellow sufferers. All of the doctors I saw over the 30 years i have dealing with it have not helped at all.

If your brother has not tried it yet, hyperventilating pure oxygen is the most helpful tool in the arsenal. My doc couldn't get me a script so i use welding O2. I can't discuss in this forum the other alt therapies, but he could PM me or he should at least visit clusterbusters.com

It is very common for sufferers to have clusters less frequently but with more intensity as they get older.

Thanks for the info. My brother suffers from cluster headaches and has for the past 8 years. Usually only gets them when the seasons change from fall to winter and winter to spring. No doctor or specialist has ever been able to help him. He was prescribed a few medications but he doesn't think they work so he doesn't take them any longer. The amount of pain those headaches cause is unbelievable. One specialist he saw told him that their sister suffers from them and has given birth to 3 kids. Said she says its infinitely worse than childbirth.

I hope someone finally figures out some sort of relief so you guys don't have to suffer through these headaches.

 

[SaeHusky]

Dr. Meyer's is based in philadelphia. Phone# (267) 592-3200. Website: vincerainstitute.com

 

[Vowelguy]

You need new doctors. .

New isn't enough. You need BETTER doctors.

 

[WeAreUCONN]

at least i don't have an appendix anymore

 

[CAHUSKY]

Hey saehusky can't resist busting your stones a little bit here all in fun. It looks like you've learned a little bit over the past ten years. I recall back when no one could figure out what was wrong with oakafors back you were certain it was a si joint problem. Your diagnosis from the discussion was based upon seeing on the television the way in which he fell. No examination but you were positive you knew more than all the specialists who actually examined him and read the imaging reports. He ended up having a fracture if I recall. It's good now that you realize none of us know exactly what's wrong with him without examining him. Right now it's all conjecture based upon symptoms. It does appear you still really like SI joint problems. That may even possibly be the problem. Again just busting chops here. Hope your Pt career is going well

Go huskies

I thought I was the only one who remembered that.

 

[tdrink]

Thanks for the info. My brother suffers from cluster headaches and has for the past 8 years. Usually only gets them when the seasons change from fall to winter and winter to spring. No doctor or specialist has ever been able to help him. He was prescribed a few medications but he doesn't think they work so he doesn't take them any longer. The amount of pain those headaches cause is unbelievable. One specialist he saw told him that their sister suffers from them and has given birth to 3 kids. Said she says its infinitely worse than childbirth.

I hope someone finally figures out some sort of relief so you guys don't have to suffer through these headaches.

I'm guessing your brother is in his 20's or early 30's. That's what mine were like then. Twice a year. Change of seasons. Daylight savings. Schedule disruption. Usually two cycles per year. They only lasted a couple of weeks. 2 maybe 3 really bad headaches per cycle. Excruciatingly painful. But they would come and go like flipping a light switch. I thought it was horrible then but by my late 30's it got much, much worse. Your brother should definitely keep his guard up.

I dont mean to hijack the thread but its kind of related. I can not imagine anything more painful than a cluster headache. And there is nothing there. Some capillaries next to a super sensitive nerve constrict and have some backed up blood flow.

To give people some idea how bad it is: I had a vasectomy and ended up getting an infection from the procedure. Two days after I went to bed in discomfort with a little swelling and woke the next morning with one testicle the size of a small grapefruit. The pain was like having an NFL punter kick me in the sack over and over milliseconds apart. That was a walk in the park compared to a cluster.

 

[scrappy2.0]

One thing people can take away from this thread--do NOT pick up heavy(or somewhat heavy) items from awkward angles. If you lift weights you should always wear a belt and lift the weight the right way using good form. You always want to use your legs and buttocks keeping pressure off of your back. One bad lift at 30-40-50 years old etc.. this man has unfortunately seen what can happen. I see kids at the Y doing dead-lifts with no belt and cringe. Yes a 20 year old for the most part CAN get away with it although it's likely they are building the foundation for injury in the future. Pay the local kid to pick up your stuff over 30-40 pounds or do the shoveling etc.. Don't put your back at risk as you can hurt your self in so many ways. Thanks for the OP sharing this--I'm sure he will be ok over time as well with proper care including being shown professionally how to stretch the important muscles throughout his body building core strength weight control good healthy eating rest and a positive attitude.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I'm guessing your brother is in his 20's or early 30's. That's what mine were like then. Twice a year. Change of seasons. Daylight savings. Schedule disruption. Usually two cycles per year. They only lasted a couple of weeks. 2 maybe 3 really bad headaches per cycle. Excruciatingly painful. But they would come and go like flipping a light switch. I thought it was horrible then but by my late 30's it got much, much worse. Your brother should definitely keep his guard up.

I dont mean to hijack the thread but its kind of related. I can not imagine anything more painful than a cluster headache. And there is nothing there. Some capillaries next to a super sensitive nerve constrict and have some backed up blood flow.

To give people some idea how bad it is: I had a vasectomy and ended up getting an infection from the procedure. Two days after I went to bed in discomfort with a little swelling and woke the next morning with one testicle the size of a small grapefruit. The pain was like having an NFL punter kick me in the sack over and over milliseconds apart. That was a walk in the park compared to a cluster.

I've had unexplained headaches, blurred vision, neck pain and eye pain for the past 5 years. Every test under the sun has failed to show the cause. I feel for all you poor bastards going through the frustrating process of figuring out what's going on with your bodies.

 

[Hoophound]

I've had unexplained headaches, blurred vision, neck pain and eye pain for the past 5 years. Every test under the sun has failed to show the cause. I feel for all you poor bastards going through the frustrating process of figuring out what's going on with your bodies.

You aren't fooling anybody. Aren't you are middle aged man tooling around Tahoe in a boat with a bunch of young ladies and a lot of alcohol? Whenever I have a threesome with a 25 year old young lady and my buddy Jack Daniels, I get blurred vision, headaches and back problems too!

 

[methodology]

I'm guessing your brother is in his 20's or early 30's. That's what mine were like then. Twice a year. Change of seasons. Daylight savings. Schedule disruption. Usually two cycles per year. They only lasted a couple of weeks. 2 maybe 3 really bad headaches per cycle. Excruciatingly painful. But they would come and go like flipping a light switch. I thought it was horrible then but by my late 30's it got much, much worse. Your brother should definitely keep his guard up.

I dont mean to hijack the thread but its kind of related. I can not imagine anything more painful than a cluster headache. And there is nothing there. Some capillaries next to a super sensitive nerve constrict and have some backed up blood flow.

To give people some idea how bad it is: I had a vasectomy and ended up getting an infection from the procedure. Two days after I went to bed in discomfort with a little swelling and woke the next morning with one testicle the size of a small grapefruit. The pain was like having an NFL punter kick me in the sack over and over milliseconds apart. That was a walk in the park compared to a cluster.

I passed along the website you posted to my brother and you were very close to his age range.

He one described the pain to me as "being stabbed in the back if the eye million times a minute". He has had to repair walls in his house countless times from punching holes in them while going through the episodes cause it's so painful and there nothing you can do but wait for them to go away. They truly are debilitating. The screaming from pain is blood curdling. A passerby might think someone is being murdered.

Maybe I'll get him an O2 tank for Christmas

 

[Cheeky]

It appears that we are an ill and injured bunch, but we take the wheelchair, not the stretcher, and that's why we're Husky fans.