PAIN! Help! Has anyone had this?

Hi All, this is a new one for me. I have such a bad pain that wraps around my left side, around my ribs and up my left side of my spine. It is SO painful that I went into Urgent Care today. Gasping in pain, my whole body is rigid. Slept sitting up with pillows behind me because if I lay down it is intense. They did tests for kidney, gallbladder, checked my heart, UTI, and found nothing. They didn't know what it was caused from so they gave me a muscle relaxant (Carisoprodol) and it is not helping! I have tried Tylenol (thought it was muscle...no!), hot shower, ice, lidoderm patches, Percocet. Nothing is helping! What an awful feeling when the doctor can't help with the pain!

Has anyone experienced this and WHAT IS IT?? The pain is horrendous!

Thanks, Terri in MN

Did they check you for pleurisy? I know it might sound stupid since you went, but it almost sounds exactly like my friends symptoms when she had pleurisy. I would def, follow up with your doc!!! Don't stop until you get an answer. I waited four years for mine...don't wait for yours. It sux being in pain, and I'm so sorry your going through this, it's not easy at all to be in that bad of pain. good luck hun!

Thank you, I will look that up. I just got off the phone with a nurse and was asking if I could double up on the muscle relaxant and she said no :( the med I'm on is a strong narcotic and I'm taking percocet at the same time. Guess I'll just have to tough it out for the night. You think that the doctors can help but when they tell you they can't, you get a little panicky!

Angela Elise Book said:

Did they check you for pleurisy? I know it might sound stupid since you went, but it almost sounds exactly like my friends symptoms when she had pleurisy. I would def, follow up with your doc!!! Don't stop until you get an answer. I waited four years for mine...don't wait for yours. It sux being in pain, and I'm so sorry your going through this, it's not easy at all to be in that bad of pain. good luck hun!

Terri,

Did they talk to you about shingels? It sounds like how my mom's started. It runs along the root nerve from your spine and along your ribs. She had 3-4 days of pain like a broken rib and then the rash started.Did you ever have chicken pox? I can't think of anything else. I get muscle pain and I use counter pressure like a tennis ball, heat and Arnica oil or cream.

I hope you feel better soon.

Wendy