question to all you nurses out there. the other morning on the way home from work, i was seized, and i do mean seized, by a severe searing, stabbing unrelentless pain that started somewhere around my left hip and shot down the middle of my thigh. it was so severe, that i, who have undergone a 24 hour labor on pitocin and delivered a 9 plus pound child without benefit either of epidural or analgesia, immediately put on my blinker to pull over, passed out briefly, was disoriented ,diaphoretic and nauseated. i would have preferred th elabor pain.once i recovered i wondered if it was an isolated event, gas or some sort of weird sciatica....happened again yesterday and last night, always when i am seated and last night i fell over to my side in mid chew of whatever i had for dinner. brief disorientation and then recovery....had this sensation been in my chest, i might have thought i was having an mi. now i am scared because i have no warning signs and just the thought that it might happen when i am driving my kids around makes me weak with worry. i know sciatica is a possibility, but in the past few months the only thing physically that has changed is that my normally regular periods are spacing out. i apparently also have a bulky uterus. does anyone know of an occasion where the bulky uterus might be pressing on something to give such a sensation? i feel like a fool but i don't want it chalked up to an overweight getting older nurse. i am not one to complain and pain doesn't usually get to me. this is really very frightening to me and i was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what is going on and /or why? thanks in advance to any of you who might offer some advice, experience or ideas.....
And TODAY hubby as a stress test....Everything at once it seems....Just a routine checkup thank goodness! Well, as my mom always reniinds rminds me, we may not be aging gracefully, but at least we're aging! :)
Just wanted to update all and let you know I had my MRI tonight and should have some results by tomorrow....Have had a couple, less severe events, so hopefully will be able to put a diagnosis to the symptoms...Thanks again for thinking about me!:)
Results by TOMORROW????? Who did you pay off??? HAHAHA.
I hope you do find out what the deal is. I alwys love it when the docs tell patients and their families, "don't have the results yet". HELLO, wlak to radiology and look at the scan and track down a radiologist to READ IT NOW!
I hope it reveals wht the problem is and that it is something easily fixed.
excellent that you can get your own results! In my old hospital, they would monitor the employees and what we looked at in the computer, and we could be disciplined if we looked at our OWN results! They said that we might find out something bad and not have the advantage of having the doctor with us (yeah, like they are such a support system anyways!) sheesh i always thought this was a stupid policy. I hope everything works out well for you!!! :)
Hey, here is what the MRI roughly showed ( I say roughly as I don't have the actual dictation in front of me). DJD, some scoliosis ( which was news to me), spinal stenosis with a bulging lumbar disc and narrowed lumbar neural space. Also, 3 "hotspots" which are most probably hemangiomas....Talking to the doc tomorrow...Anyone know the significance, if any, of those hemangiomas? Feeling ok, but still feel those twinges....
Gee..I have the first 3 of your findings but without the 'hot spots'.
Hope it's just dilated blood vessels due to injury of soft tissues near the sight......will keep you in my prayers and please let us know what you find out, OK?
Glad your symptoms have calmed down a bit! (((HUGS)))
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Thankyou.....