Back Pains

I would go back to the family doctor and ask for additional testing or seek out a different doctor. Below is a link to a list of conditions that can have those symptoms. Pain relievers and Muscle relaxers are only treating the symptom not the cause. You need to find the cause. If things potentially serious are ruled out, a good chiropractor can do wonders!!

http://www.healthline.com/symptomsearch?addterm=Back%20Pa...

This is exactly how I felt when my gallbladder went. Extreme back pain for months off and on then followed by vomitting that finally sent me to the doctor. It was blocked and had been for months and I didn't know it. I have a very high pain threshold. My doctor sent me to the hospital right away and I had to have emergency surgery to have it removed because I had started to get septis. Just my experience I know other ladies will have tons of ideas but it might have nothing to do with your c/s. But having your gallbladder removed is one of the top surgeries for women especially during or after a pregnancy. Ask to have it checked.
ETA: I also tried pain relievers, muscle relaxers, hot compreses, massages etc. Nothing worked. Please have it checked.

I would also suggest having your gallbladder checked. Sounds exactly like what I was going through and they did an sonogram and found out I had gallstones. Mine was an easy surgery and I haven't had the pain since! I remember though....it was worse than labor and I just wanted to die every time I had an attack! Good luck to you!!

wow that is a long time. I had these symptoms for 3-4 months after the c-section and had to take pain meds for the extreme pain which is caused from the spinal shot. I have always had lower back pain most of my life so I am used to that pain but the spinal pain was more extreme and what you describe. I don't know if a chiropractor could help more but worth a try. If that doesn't help then ask to see a back specialist. There is definitely something wrong for you to be having that horrible pain this long.

This could be your gallbladder. It will go away and come back like that. Good luck, you should definately get some more tests.

Sounds like your gallbladder to me. My niece had the same thing happen. She is about 3 years older than you. I sent her to see a surgeon and it was her gallbladder. She had it out and is fine now. Tell your primary care md you want to see a surgeon.

good luck

K.

There are a number of possibilities. It could be you have simply developed a food sensitivity that causes some inflammation around the spinal cord which puts pressure on neurological function which create all these symptoms. It could just as easily be something as simple as a hiatal hernia. The tendons of the diaphragm attach at the back. This muscle that you use to breath sits like a big sock hat or a skirt over all the organs of the upper abdomen. It almost completely separates your chest cavity from your abdominal cavity. The only opening in the diaphragm is a hole which your esophagus runs through. Just beneath that opening is where the diaphragm meets the stomach. If the opening to the stomach, which is larger than the diaphragm, gets up into that opening in the diaphragm, you can experience cramping in diaphragm that can feel quite sharp and alarming, a feeling that you cannot breath or can only breath very shallowly, a pain that spreads across the lower rib cage, and convulsions in the stomach as well.

So, from the symptoms you are describing, a hiatal hernia would be the first thing I would ask my CHIROPRACTOR OR MUSCLE THERAPIST about. You are far more likely to get the proper therapy and advice about how to manage a hiatal hernia or inflammation around the spine from people who actually work with anatomy of the body rather than those physicians that mainly try to manage the body's functions with chemicals.

MDs often do not look for things that are this simple. They tend to look for things that can be treated chemically or surgically or with radiation. I sure would not venture into those sorts of treatments before making certain it wasn't something much simpler that could be treated far more effectively and comfortably.

By the way, if you ever get pregnant again, talk to a chiropractor about why all women should get chiropractic care during and after pregnancy. Ligaments around bones soften during pregnancy and harden again afterward. Often, they harden your body into poor posture that effects neurological functions throughout your body. A chiropractor can keep post-partum problems from occurring. All women should learn about how important this is.

I have had hiatal hernias and I have had gallbladder attacks. Your description sounds much more like a hiatal hernia to me. I learned how to dig in with my fingers and push the top of my stomach out of the diaphragm. It hurts, but it solves the problem in seconds. Getting a chiropractic adjustment or a muscle integration balance might solve the problem. Breathing exercises have been known to help as well.

Good luck. If you feel healthy otherwise, it is probably something too simple for most MDs to bother with. :)

Ugh, I'm so sorry you are going through this, I had the same issues after my 3rd was born, long labor to emergency c-section cuz he was stuck. Lots of break through backlabor.
My dr sent me to physical therapy and they taught me some stretches and exercises to do and also did some heat therapy. The PT told me that sometimes, what happens is a hormone that's released into our bodies during labor to make things stretch more, doesn't stop when it should, so things are out of wack and our backs spasm because they are trying to over compensate. You should talk to your dr again and see about getting referred to a PT, just a few weeks and I haven't had another one since, and that was back in May. I've also gone back to the gym, which has helped alot for my back strength. I hope you can get some help for this, because you shouldn't have to deal with this much pain, you have to many things to deal with being a mommy. Good luck

Has anyone checked your gall bladder? Your symptoms sound like what I had and found out out I had gall stones. I was a little older than you are at the time but I don't think age matters with gall bladder trouble. I hope you figure it out and feel better.

I hate to even mention this, but have you considered the possibility that they left something inside you during surgery? Your description sounds like horror stories I have heard about that. Please keep trying to find out what is wrong. Get xrays. You shouldn't have to live like this. Don't let them blow you off. There has to be an explanation, and it is probably related to your surgery. Good luck.

Oh my that is horrible. Maybe try a Chiropractor. They will take Xrays and put you on a schedule for treatment. I would start there sweety...

Good luck!

Please, please, go to a good chiropractor! You will be amazed. Every body part is directly or indirectly attached to the spine. Most people that go to one are so impressed by their results, that they continue to go periodically for routine adjustments, (including me.) The best part is results are very quick! Please go asap.

I agree wholeheartedly with the Gallbladder. I was 18 when I had my son, less than one month after he was born, I had the exact same thing. I thought I had food poisoning because we were at a family picnic. As the months passed it got continually worse. You need to see a family doc or a GI doc and ask them if that could be it. They will do an ultrasound on it to make the diagnosis. They may suggest it be removed which now is an outpatient surgery. Email me if you want more info.

K.

A.,
I just scanned your responses, so I may have missed a similar one. Sounds a lot like what I went through with kidney stones. Might want to check into that as well if it hasn't been done already.
Hope you get to the bottom of it.