for dr. showrav's

Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.

1. Describe your main suffering?

I'm having severe lower back pain since past 3 yrs. I was in london for 2 yrs and was seeing physio there but of no help as the therapy was a temporary relief only. The pain came back when started stretching exercises. This pinching/stabbing pain in the back happened due to overstretching when I was bending sideways towards left. The pain is in the L4-L5 & L5/S1 region and is felt on lateral side of left knee. This Pain is severe in the back than legs. The MRI scan six months before shows mild disc bulge in the L4-L5 region.I also got a facet block injection on the l4-l5 left joint recently (3 weeks ago )but no relief. The pain is worse while sitting. While standing is better. Lying down straight feels best. But when I lie down sideways towards left it starts giving tearing unbearable pain.

2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?

Allergic to dust, catch cold easily, low metabolic rate.

3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?

Stress becoz of social and personal life, feel low and irritated becoz of pain not going

4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?

weakness, nausea, urge to lie down, can't concentrate, dont like talking or eating,feel lost

5. When did it all start?

3yrs before, when i was bending side ways towards left as part of an exercise : felt a jerk and shock towards lateral side of left knee at left side

6. Which time of the day you are worst?
no specific time

7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?

Sitting aggravates, feels better while lying down straight

8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?

no


9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?

hot weather, dry one



10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.

moody,arrogant,easily offended, want to do things my way, quiet,arguing,labourius,

- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?


- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
yes.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
yes

- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?

touching and pricking parts of face while thinking
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?

i like solitude. have lost parents. Limited friends, less talk

11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?


12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
sweets, chilly food , don’t like too oily ones.


13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?

less

14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?

less

15. Is there any kind of food which your body can’t stand?



16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
normal

17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
normal (once in aday)

18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?

normal very less dreams, sleep late at night (3 am) straight on my back facing the bed.

19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
nope

20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?

very reserved, to the point, academically very sound, but less practical approach in life

21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?

had taken lot of pain killers, facet block shot. Had taken dr reckwegs r-71 and r-11 for 2 months during feb and mar,2013. Currently taking trigigabantin as told by doc. Also have taken Ruta 10m 4 doses since past 4 days. feeling releif in aggravation in pain in back but with headaches and feel kind of vomiting in stomach.

22. What major diseases are running in your family?
bp,allergy to dust ,diabetes (mother side)

23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance

my height is 5'4 inches.
fair complexon,medium built ,black hair