I am at my wit's end and need some suggestions. In 2007 I had 4 prolapse disk surgeries. Started with the neck (Feb) and then did 3 for the same disk in the lumbar (May, July, Oct). In July this year I reinjured it and have not been able to recover from the pain. I had been taking 800mg ibuprofen 3x/day, seeing an oseopathic therapist, an acupuncturist, and trying homeopathic medicine. Last week my family physician decided to put me on a course of steroids to see if that would help with the pain. The pain has significantly lessened, but I have nerve symptoms again down my left leg: numbness, burning and tingling. I wake up with hip pain from laying down, and if I sit too long I have pain upon standing, but not while I am actually sitting. My osteopathic therapist has determined that my pain in radiating from the coccyx, not the lumbar. But I was told a person can not have a prolapse in the coccyx, nor are there major nerves in that area. So why the pain in that area and why am I going through nerve symptoms again?
Today my family physician called my neurosurgeon to get an appointment for evaluation and I was told the soonest "emergency" appointment is 6 weeks away. Any good advice? I just don't know where to turn at this point!
Thanks!