My back pain has gotten much worse in the last week or so, even more so than the flare I thought I'd been having since my PT visit 2 weeks back. Saw the therapist today and told him, and thankfully he seemed to take it more seriously than the doctor. I have 2 more appts with him before I see the doctor again and he says that if things aren't markedly improved by then, he will talk to the doctor about "moving forward".... which I hope at least means an MRI. Five months of this up and down crap is long enough. I need some answers...and some real relief.