Tiredallthetime
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Hi there,
For about 4 years now, I’ve been experiencing regular bouts of pain that starts in my lower back and pelvis and radiates down to my knees. It happens fairly regularly - at least once a month over a period of 5-7 days. I had put this down to being something to do with my monthly cycle, but also because I am fairly tall and have suffered with slight joint (knees mainly) pain since I was a teenager. I’m now not so sure that I can continue to put it down to this though…
For the past year, the pain has worsened and has been accompanied by nausea and digestive discomfort. The pain has at times woken me up in the night, and pain relief hasn’t helped much. My latest bout started on Saturday and is still continuing, although the nausea has thankfully subsided slightly. I can’t sit or lie comfortably, or stand still for too long, and my pelvis feels like it is unstable, like it could give way at any time. I’m an active person normally and have tried to continue with my daily routine, but the pain in the evenings and at night is flooring me. Each morning I wake up exhausted, but hopeful that the pain will be milder than the day before but so far it’s not working out that way.
I’m worried about the pelvic pain more than anything, as I’m not sure where it is originating from exactly. It feels dull and crampy, but quite severe, not like menstrual cramps but more a continuous burning sensation but there is no obvious point of origin. It wraps around from the back of my pelvis to my hips and hip flex’s before radiating down my things to my knees. When I try to stretch, it hurts a lot and movement is quite limited. I’m very worried about speaking to a dr about this (not that I can get an appointment easily at the moment) as I am worried about being fobbed off and I’m not the most confident of people at the best of times. I just wondered if any of this sounded familiar to anyone here? Obviously Google isn’t very helpful, and I’m trying not to self diagnose but I wondered if any of this resonated at all?
Thanks so much for reading to the end, sorry for waffling.
x
For about 4 years now, I’ve been experiencing regular bouts of pain that starts in my lower back and pelvis and radiates down to my knees. It happens fairly regularly - at least once a month over a period of 5-7 days. I had put this down to being something to do with my monthly cycle, but also because I am fairly tall and have suffered with slight joint (knees mainly) pain since I was a teenager. I’m now not so sure that I can continue to put it down to this though…
For the past year, the pain has worsened and has been accompanied by nausea and digestive discomfort. The pain has at times woken me up in the night, and pain relief hasn’t helped much. My latest bout started on Saturday and is still continuing, although the nausea has thankfully subsided slightly. I can’t sit or lie comfortably, or stand still for too long, and my pelvis feels like it is unstable, like it could give way at any time. I’m an active person normally and have tried to continue with my daily routine, but the pain in the evenings and at night is flooring me. Each morning I wake up exhausted, but hopeful that the pain will be milder than the day before but so far it’s not working out that way.
I’m worried about the pelvic pain more than anything, as I’m not sure where it is originating from exactly. It feels dull and crampy, but quite severe, not like menstrual cramps but more a continuous burning sensation but there is no obvious point of origin. It wraps around from the back of my pelvis to my hips and hip flex’s before radiating down my things to my knees. When I try to stretch, it hurts a lot and movement is quite limited. I’m very worried about speaking to a dr about this (not that I can get an appointment easily at the moment) as I am worried about being fobbed off and I’m not the most confident of people at the best of times. I just wondered if any of this sounded familiar to anyone here? Obviously Google isn’t very helpful, and I’m trying not to self diagnose but I wondered if any of this resonated at all?
Thanks so much for reading to the end, sorry for waffling.
x