back pain following cardio version

[Spiritburner]

Hi I’m Neil 63 living g in Barcelona for last 25 years

is it normal to have severe back pain following a cardio version from last Friday . It’s got steadily worse to the point my go needed to inject me yesterday and has me on oramorph 2mg /ml x 20 per day and diazepam 10 msg and daily injections of enantyum .

I can hardly walk or get up sit down and I’m in daily high pain levels when I do manage to move pain goes above my threshold instantly making me cry out .

only learnt today that you can get back pain from this procedure.

I have had many interventions over the last 8 years on my knees 24 in total

Thanks by the way

Neil

[BobD Volunteer]

I can well imagine it could. I end up with broken ribs after one but that was due to CPR when my heart actually stopped beating. Seriously though there is quite a violent spasm when the shock is delivered which could I suppose trap a nerve. I once had to simulate being cardioverted for a flim I was in and it took a lot of muscular effort before the director was happy it looked real. Skin burns are also not unknown.

[Spiritburner in reply to BobD]

Yes I had the skin burns also I wasn’t sedated due to an interaction with the sedation medicine and the methadone I take for pain relief . Delivering 2 shocks one stronger than the other was not funny and then to be told it didn’t work! That was not well received .

That was all last Friday and the back pain kicked in on Sunday and had got steadily worse until I saw my go who injected enantyum into my back to try and help and then gave me oramorph and diazepam to see if that helps which it does but you’re spaced out on the dose I am on.

Thanks for the reply guess I’ll have to suck it and see

[Paulbounce]

Morning Neil.

Personally, I haven't suffered from back pain after having a CV. I think it's the culprit in your case though. It gives your body a jolt, which could put your back out.

Sorry to say, there's not much you can do about it - apart from taking painkillers and sitting it out. I pulled a muscle in my back and had to take it easy for about 6 weeks.

That's the bad news - here's the good.

You'll live😂

You shouldn't do any heavy lifting for a month or so.

Paul

PS. I've been to Barcelona 3 or 4 times - Great place. I might head off again this year if a cheap flight comes my way.

[Spiritburner in reply to Paulbounce]

Thanks for the heads up pain right now is at a point I can’t deal with very well unless I use Oramorph and Diazepam. That curtails any driving and pretty much anything else I feel so spaced out!

The other issue was they couldn’t sedate me while they did the two shocks there was a problem of drug interaction with methadone I am on for pain relief for my knees. That I am sure did not help the issue.

Barcelona is very nice beautiful city and after 25!years you get to know it quite well . We live just south of it in an old fishing village. Not sure I would actually want to live in the city it’s become very different to when I first came here. Many more demonstrations and civil unrest now .

It’s still a great place for a city break and unless you’re here in February or April pretty much all year round the weather is good although August can be insanely hot so we avoid that and head for Andorra .

[Paulbounce in reply to Spiritburner]

Hi Neal.

I saw the demonstrations on the news - they looked very serious.

Regarding the Diazepam. Be careful as it can become addictive. I don't know what dose you take but 2.5mg twice a day should be enough (from reading your post I would take a guess you are on 10mg plus). However, I'm not a doctor so it's best to discuss this with a medic. He/she might suggest cutting the dose down slowly over 3 or 4 weeks.

Rgds Paul

[Buffafly]

I had pain down my arm which I believe came from the jolt on my neck. My spine is partly fused so I imagine that put a lot of stress on the bits that aren’t, sounds like I was very lucky though. It would explain why there was a sudden freeze when I mentioned my spinal fusion to my EP who up until that point had been very gung-ho. He ablated everything in sight, much more than usual for a first ablation, I guess hoping it would be my last. It’s one of the reasons I’m not agreeing to having another one.

I hope the pain reduces quickly, best wishes

[jeanjeannie50]

Have you let your cardiologist, or one of his nurses know that you have this back pain? I've had many cardioversions but never had the back pain.

I visited Barcelona in 1969 aged 18, it's a long story and one I don't talk about these days. People there were lovely. I remember driving to a beach.

Jean