I was by a drunk driver on a motorcycle doing 100mph plus according to the police. Basically broke everything from hips down. 4 mo. in hosp. 12 surgeries 42 units of blood. ... [More]
My problem is since day one I have had the same horrific nerve pain in my now amputated leg. I electively chose to have it amputated to see if it would take the pain away. I no longer have 24/7 pain but enough to destroy my life. If I didn't have my children, I probably could not live thru it any longer. I had totally natural childbirth with my 1st two so I'm not afraid of pain...except this. It feels like I am being stabbed over and over again with an ice pick. Like it is an exposed nerve and someone is flicking it. Have tried everything under the sun: tens unit, Neurontin, antisiezure meds, accupuncture, even went to UCLA med center to see if something surgically could be done. Tried several different kinds of nerve blocks until my back was black and blue and they wouldn't do them any longer. Of course tried every pain med there is. MS Contin worked for a long time (without feeling sleepy, zombieish, or drugged up) but of course your body finally becomes immune to it.Currently on Opana and Xanax. Still having several bouts of breakthru.I DO NOT want to take meds the rest of my life. I would like permanent relief so I can live my life with my adorable children. It's hard to have a normal sleep schedule when you never know when pain will hit. There are triggers: weather, stress, overwork. Or it could be nothing at all. I will not take anything that makes me feel like a zombie (Fentnyl-stopped taking). All I want is pain relief. Is that so much to ask for..... to live life pain free. I pray, I research, I try different pain clinics, neurologists. anesthesiologists. What's left? There has to be something. I want to have hope...someone has to have the answer to this horrific, unbearable pain that destroys my life. Please, if anyone has had any success, please contact me. My pain is burning sharp, in the back of my stump towards the lower part, Like I am being stabbed again and again. Sometimes it is constant, sometimes a few seconds (15-45) apart. But always the same horrible pain. To electively have my leg amputated (it was paralyzed prior to that) took much soul searching. I am still looking for that answer.......please write