Hi ((((((((((everyone))))))))))))

I've never posted here before...I guess I never had chronic pain before!

I'm not sure what the definition of chronic pain is, and i probably don't qualify, but I figured people here would understand the most. Forgive me for venting

I hurt my back running on the beach at the end of July. So, two months ago. I went to the dr at the beach and got some pain meds so I could make the 9 hour drive home the next day (I couldn't sit) but didn't see a dr at home until the beginning of September, because I kept expecting it to get better on its own. She did an x-ray and said that she thought it was sacroiliitis (sp?). An inflammation of the joint where my pelvis and my spine meet. She wanted me to do PT for a month and then if no improvement get an MRI.

For a variety of reasons (mainly long wait for appointments), my FIRST physical therapy appointment isn't until this Thursday. In the meantime, we've had MAJOR FLOODING where I live and I've had to bail out the basement a few times while H was at work - really hard physical labor.

My back hurts SO MUCH. There is no reason for me to make that up - I am a runner who can't run at ALL right now - I can't do much of anything - and I don't feel happy about it. The dr. has given me tramadol, and I called after the floods to say how much my back hurts and to see if I could get something stronger for a few days. She said that "there is no reason for it to still be hurting" and won't call anything in for me. Now I'm out of tramadol, and I called this morning for a refill and they haven't even called that in.

I feel SO frustrated and invalidated and for some reason, ASHAMED, and I really don't know how to proceed from here. The doctor wants me to have an MRI, and I'm going to, but I want to do a couple of weeks of PT first just in case that ends up helping.

I could just cry I hate that I'm not being taken seriously.