I've had back pain a long time with lots of ortho treatment, therapy making pain worse & causing weakness, steroids are relief but can't take them for long, epi injections not helpful. I have 2 bulging discs, but pain changes & moves around & is not all bone/nerve pain, I've had it long enough to know the pain caused by back problem. The pain now is more muscle pain, hips, down & across front of thighs, into knees & sometimes down leg into ankle, legs are becoming very weak & having trouble with 4 stairs to laundry or yard, walking dog etc. I'm 67 yrs. normally active but
not athletic, I'm diabetic (1 year) & have lost 45 lbs. in a year so weigh about 150, sometimes less, ladies will understand sizes, from 18+ down to 12, so not really too heavy at 5'4". I take drugs for blood pressure,thyroid & acid
reflux, Metformin for diabetes & simvastatin,also Celebrex & Tylenol PM. Can only sleep on my back, can't
lay on either hip(sides), NOW this week my whole spine makes odd sounds when I move/walk, I can hear it & feel a kind of instability. I know, SEE A DR. WOMAN, I don't even know what kind, The 4 orthos who treated me fore 2 yrs. all had an attitude that I was just difficult, they were all in one big center & passed me from one to another the last being a surgeon who told me I was'nt a candidate for surgery, I never thought I was, I left & never went back. I've had some good times, even for months, can't explain those either, just appreciate them. I've read the info on the "statins"
which I'm finding very interesting as I've taken them for a loooong time. I'm interested in info & feedback & will end now before this becomes a book. Jalu