My mri shows a mass at c5- c6 on the left side pushing on my nerves . Im in so much pain I have to?

19 Aug 2009

I wish I could answer your question. My back trouble was degenerative disc disease. L4 and L5. They say I will eventually blow out more disc if i am not careful. I had the injections they helped for maybe a week. I also had two invasive back surgeries. I am 54 yrs old and now lots of arthritis has set in. I just had my right thumb reconstructed in April and still not over that. I wish u luck and hope someone out there can help. I take methadone for chronic pain. I am trying to cut back on that too. Down to 30mg. a day. But today is my first day of that low dose. Wish me luck... Kim

20 Aug 2009

Hi harleyhoney,
I was just recently diagnosed with degenerative disc disorder at L2-3 and L5-S1 and I'm awaiting my MRI. I too, have nerve involvement in my sciatic. My pain was so bad it hurt to breath. my doc put me on Fentanyl Transdermal patch 50mcg/hour along with percocet 5's for break through pain. The patch has given me so much relief from the pain. I still have episodes where the pain is a 20 on a 1-10 scale, but thats usually after I've been on my feet to long. I'd definitely suggest this patch to your doctor. The medication is timed released and each patch lasts three days. Now, today I put a new patch on and it'd only been two days. I'm calling the doc tomorrow to have my dose increased. Each person is different, but I know that this patch gave me relief from some of the nerve involvement. Fentanyl is the strongest pain med available. Stronger than morophine, so it's worth a try in asking your doc about it. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

20 Aug 2009

The injection may actually help quite a bit. Is this mass scar tissue?? Are you keeping active as this is really important especially when you have a nerve impingement. 30 mgs a day of MS Contin is not a lot of pain killing what you need to do is see a pain specialist... Good luck... Dave

23 Aug 2009