Back pain

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Bryando wrote: »

Been asking and been refused as even if it does show something, nothing will probably be done. This from the Physio.

the physio is talking rubbish,are you seeing a consultant for your back problems?if not ask gp to refer you and conslt. will probabaly order a scan

Bryando

I have physio 2mrw so will raise it to them. Already feeling weird thinking of taking to a stranger about it to be honest. However shall follow the advice given ).

Parva

Bryando wrote: »

I have physio 2mrw so will raise it to them. Already feeling weird thinking of taking to a stranger about it to be honest. However shall follow the advice given ).

I have good news and bad news. I was in pain for a lot of years in my lower back and right thigh and eventually the whole leg, certainly the last 18 months were agonising, so much so that I had to quit my job and went onto the 'sick' for 3 months on two occasions. The bad news is that my doctor just kept referring me for physio saying it was a muscle problem and there's no way I would ever have qualified for DLA. I could walk half a mile sure, but it was absolute agony but no, I just needed physio.

Fast forward to November 2011 where after a fortnight in Cyprus I fractured my femur the day before returning home and bone cancer was discovered. I eventually got back home and ended up in Birmingham Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (about 100 miles from home, Leeds), biopsy and the revelation that I lose my whole right leg and a big chunk of pelvis. The simplest things have become military operations now, even the supermarket.

I would worry less about getting DLA and get those pains checked out, trust me, I would give back every benefit I get and more just to get my mobility back and at 45 I guess I'm typically around 50% of the way through my life, that's a lot of years left where I need to rely on others to help me do even the simplest of tasks.

You likely won't get DLA currently but I would insist on a scan of sorts just to rule out issues like I had, my surgeon said he may have been able to save the leg had the bone not fractured and spread the cancer. And apologies for the 'C' word, you're highly unlikely to be suffering the rare form that I had but definetely get checked out and don't take no for an answer!

Folar

Seriously get checked out if you are feeling any form of numbness or pins and needles in what is known as your saddle area. This means your genitallia and bottom. There is a serious condition known as equina caudia which is where the spinal cord is being compressed, possibly by bulging disks, in the area that deals with bladder and bowel movements. It can also lead to paralysis in the legs.

I have suffered with bulging disks due to OA in my spine and was rushed to an emergency MRI due to loss of continence. Luckily my spinal cord is ok but I do have some nerve damage which means I am now doubly incontinent. Incidentally, despite this the ESA consider me fit for work! Idiots!

dori2o

Bryando wrote: »

The form asks how many meters I can walk. The pain is constant from waking to sleep. How do I answer these questions.

Torry_Quine wrote: »

You answer honestly that you can only walk x metres before having to stop due to the pain. If only a few steps then say so.

The question asks how far can you walk before experiencing severe discomfort. This does not mean you have to stop, just how far before severe discomfort becomes a factor.

I am in the same position, I am in pain 24/7, even whilst asleep I can feel the pain (people may think it's impossible, but I do feel pain).

I eventually won my appeal on the back of some very good information I found in the commissioners case hearing notes.

Here's the information I used

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/nechap15.pdf
page 31, under section R(DLA) 4/04

xvi The claimant had suffered serious multiple injuries in an accident, and his remaining injuries included a painful claw foot. He was refused higher rate mobility. An AT accepted that the claimant had a severe disablement which affected his mobility, but dismissed the appeal on the basis that the level of pain he suffered did not increase
when he walked and he therefore did not fall within the terms of reg. 12(1)(a)(ii) of the SS (DLA) Regs. 1991.

Allowing the appeal, the Commissioner held that:

Reg. 12(1)(a)(ii) requires that walking which cannot be accomplished without severe discomfort is to be disregarded; and although it is only discomfort related to the physical act of walking which is relevant to higher rate mobility component, there is no requirement that such discomfort must first arise or increase after walking has commenced. Where the claimant suffered from a physical disablement which affected the physical act of walking and which caused the claimant severe discomfort even when not walking, then any walking which the claimant was able to accomplish despite the severe discomfort was to be disregarded.

Therefore it stands to reason that if you are in severe painbefore even taking a step, and this pain continues or increases when walking, then any walking achieved despite the pain has to be disregarded. If you are unableto take a single step without being in severe pain or discomfort due to the pain, then you therefore are unable to walk.

When filling in the form, be truthful. If it is the case that you are in severe pain and discomfort from the very first step, then enter 0 meters as the answer and explain this in the additional information box.

GEMGIRL67

Folar wrote: »

Seriously get checked out if you are feeling any form of numbness or pins and needles in what is known as your saddle area. This means your genitallia and bottom. There is a serious condition known as equina caudia which is where the spinal cord is being compressed, possibly by bulging disks, in the area that deals with bladder and bowel movements. It can also lead to paralysis in the legs.

I have suffered with bulging disks due to OA in my spine and was rushed to an emergency MRI due to loss of continence. Luckily my spinal cord is ok but I do have some nerve damage which means I am now doubly incontinent. Incidentally, despite this the ESA consider me fit for work! Idiots!

Know how you feel Folar, ESA declared me fit for work even though I am in constant pain due to OA in my neck and lower back. Cant even claim JSA so living off my savings. I know have bladder problems which I am convinced is due to the chronic pain from my back. But for the last 2 years all I have been referred for is physio and they wont send me for an xray. The pain management clinic were also going by my mri scans that were done 5 and 3 years ago and said nothing can be done.