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[Lol Hare]

My apologies,I did put this elsewhere but thought it might be more suitable here.

I'm wondering if anyone can help me please,I'm C6/7 complete and for years now I have had pain around my chest,going around to my back,it's around the lower few ribs and feels like a tightening,my whole torso can hurt too,I had some Gallstones and thought that was the trouble as many people described the same type of pains before having theirs removed.I went ahead and had mine removed but the pains are still there,nearly a year on.
If I eat too big a meal it seems to hurt more,(but sometimes it's fine??)I have tried digestion and wind meds but to no avail,I've been on a daily bowel routine for the 10 years since my accident and find that I have to go daily as if I fail one day,I feel worse and get instantly backed up,I take Senna/Lactulose nightly but sometimes this pain and discomfort can last days and I eat something little at around 11 am then for evening meal at around 5 pm I just have a bowl of wholesome soup and maybe a slice of bread,sometimes I even have this 2 day running to feel right.The strange thing is that sometimes I get this discomfort for apparently no reason,I wake up to it somedays and another day I'm fine.I'm on gabapentin and baclofen but have been for ages,this problem has slowly got worse,starting around 5 years ago.I'm around 5 feet 7 and roughly 10-10 1/2 stone,(60-65kg) and have always been quite a small frame but my "Tetra tum" has grown but isn't huge,I did think that while sitting,my ribs were digging down into my stomach,as I'm sat and have no trunk strength so I get a kind of hinge effect where it's natural to fold in the middle,my back hurts along with this too and it's right about the same height as the back of my chair too

I'm sorry for the long winded description but hope someone can make some sense of all this,it's been grinding me down for so long and pretty much dominating my life now

[wheeliebear75]

I have a tightness that doesn't go away around the waist @ L2 which IS from the SCI. But I'm not sure about lower. Did you also damage any of the vertebrae in that area? In other words, I'm wondering if it is possibly your back itself is having issues lower down. Those older injuries can sometimes creep up even if they weren't as severe as THE spot that landed you in the chair. I did a lot of dislocations in my accident & I have noticed I tend to get more strains in the upper back & neck & get stiff (although that could just be from the confirmed osteoarthritis). So I'm just thinkin if you haven't already maybe getting your back checked?

I hope you're able to find a solution. Feel better.

[cer221]

Maybe its Heartburn/acid refelx.