Major pain in right, lower back

Posted By Dan on November 25, 1998 at 20:03:44:







For the past 3-4 months I have been having an extremely difficult time sleeping for over 5 hours.  Usually by the 5th hour of sleep, there is enough pain in my lower right back to wake me up.  The most painful position is laying on my right side.  Sometimes I can find a position that relieves the pain, but rarely.  I've tried Ibuprofen, but that seems to aggrevate it even more.  The strange thing about it is that the pain goes away if I sit up or stand.  It's only when there is pressure on that side that it hurts.  I am just curious as to what this could be.  Any ideas would be appreciated.

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