1ST physio session????

Options
margareth64
margareth64 NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 148
edited 21. Apr 2010, 11:13 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi everyone. I went for my 1st physio yesterday and the girl said the discs in my spine are bulging she didnt mention arthritis? Thats 3 different diagnoses in 3weeks!! Whats going on!! The physio did acqupunture wit me and my back was numb for 1/2 hr then it was awful i was in agony. I didnt sleep all night actully took 2 tramadol and 2 co codamol about 2.30 am but didnt help. Im lying on top of bed now on my belly to try and ease it with a heat wrap on!! I wish i could drink cause i could get drunk and i wouldnt feel the pain!!! Sorry for moaning just so confused dont know what i have Can i go private and get a diagnosed that way?
Margaret

Comments

  • valval
    valval NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    hi this is awfull phone physio when they open tell her about pain she should have advice for you. have not gone privet but do not see why you can not. best ask your gp if you will then beable to go back to nhs for meds . it the not knowing that is hard to take but arther does take a while to diagnose as it different for all of us good luck sure some one will come on who knows for sure
    val
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Margareth

    I am bemused, it is not the physio that give you a diagnosis. You must call her and tell her what you have, us, and ask her what she suggests.

    Of course you can go private. Money talks. All you need is to be referred by a gp as he/she writes a referral letter to whoever you wish to see. You telephone their secretary and arrange an appointment. One should not have to take this road, but often it is the only way, as others have found out on this forum.

    I do hope you get some joy today from the physio department.

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • sharmaine
    sharmaine NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 1,638
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Margaret

    Sorry to hear about your back pain you don't sound well at all. Phone your GP and explain how you are feeling. Have they done x rays? Mention how you are feeling to your physio too.

    Not sure but can you take tramadol and co codamol together? Do take care.

    Fingers crossed that you get some relief soon.

    Sharmaine

    margareth64 wrote:
    Hi everyone. I went for my 1st physio yesterday and the girl said the discs in my spine are bulging she didnt mention arthritis? Thats 3 different diagnoses in 3weeks!! Whats going on!! The physio did acqupunture wit me and my back was numb for 1/2 hr then it was awful i was in agony. I didnt sleep all night actully took 2 tramadol and 2 co codamol about 2.30 am but didnt help. Im lying on top of bed now on my belly to try and ease it with a heat wrap on!! I wish i could drink cause i could get drunk and i wouldnt feel the pain!!! Sorry for moaning just so confused dont know what i have Can i go private and get a diagnosed that way?
  • margareth64
    margareth64 NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 148
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Just had a hot bath that helped my back. Im really confused I was sent to hosp by locum doc at my practise, the hospital xrayed me and the doc i talked to at hospital showed me xray and said i had 2 worn discs in my spine and that it was arithritis. Been back and forward to my useless docs since sept last year with back pain!! None of them sent me for xray!!! It took a locum doc to see that there was something rong!! I then had a bit of a wait to see my own doc she said on sickline that its sciatica!!! And said the physio will no whats wrong!!! :shock: I went to phyiso she said slipped discs!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: Can i have all 3!? Should i phone the guiness book of records for the most diagnoses in a week?No wonder NHS gets such abad name!!!!!!!!! :xHELP!!!
    Margaret
  • bubbles
    bubbles NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 6,508
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi maragaret, sorry that you were in so much pain after your physio visit. I would phone the physio dept and tell them about it, also ask the drs to confirm their diagnosis, it is usually the letter from the Dr that the physio uses as a baseline to start their treatment from.

    You certainly can go private, I always see my Cardiologist privately, it is well worth the money to have time to talk, in a very smart hospital, where the patient always comes first. As has been said, if you are paying, money talks.
    XX Aidan (still known as Bubbles).
  • patriciamary
    patriciamary NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 117
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Margareth, you can take co-codomol and tramadol together. My Doc told me this, she said tramadol does not have any paracetamol in it, so its quite safe. I take co-codomol 30/500 2 four times a day and tramadol 1 up to four times a day when the pain is bad. I usually restrict the tramadol to one first thing in the morning and one last thing at night. They do help me sleep for a few hours at night.
    Speak to the physio and your GP you need a better pain management routine especially after seeing the physio.
    Hope you get rid of the pain soon
    Regards
    Trisha

Categories