severe sciatia with lower back pain Posted: 01-09-08 19:03pm
I was diagnosed on the 19th December
2007,
Im on Pain killers & anti-inflametries.
The pain is very severe, even while taking
pain killers. The pain starts at my
lower back and goes all the way to my
knee, the rest of my leg has gone 15% num
and I sometimes use a walking stick.
The good news is my GP made a predictions
that this will only last a month.
However I fear the worst and think that
there may be something else besides
my disk pushing down on the sciatica
nerver, like a tumor or something.
At this stage I have had only the CAT scan
and think the MRI will reveal more
detail.
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maestra08
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Yep Posted: 01-09-08 22:06pm
Sounds like I had more severe pain as mine
was all the way down the leg and across
the top of my foot to the big toe. The
MRI showed a herniated disc and
vertebrate out of alignment. Get one!
Surgury using Titanium rods and screws
were placed 26 days ago. One vertebrate
and the bulging disk were revealed during
the MRI. I was more than ready for
surgery after suffering for 5+ weeks. The
nerve is taking a while to heal, but that
was worse than the siatica pain I had for
years. Am home recovering. I had had
anti-inflam for years for scatica.
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expatient
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Finland
Posted: 01-10-08 09:16am
Regular Sciatica/back pain can be very
painful.
I had few times so bad pains I couldn't
walk and once I was sent to hospital by
ambulance. I was lucky one doc finally saw
what was wrong with me and the cause of my
pains. But it took over 10 years of
running to see all kind of doctors.
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casuallychic
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 1
"scatica" now seven years and still no surgery Posted: 02-10-08 17:57pm
It seems to have gotten much worse over
the last two weeks, with not being able to
bend forward or put much pressure on my
right leg.I'm more worried that after so
many years that this time it won't ease up
with rest.I have three herniated disc's
but still no one will operate.Normally, I
have four bad days out of the week, but
things usually settle down with bedrest or
it shifts to the left leg,I'm concerned
that over time, yes seven years now, that
there will come a day where the pain never
leaves, and I won't be able to walk.I
hope this is not the case, But it's so
frustrating to not know from one day to
another what I'm in store for.And the fact
that the doctors don't seem to be
concerned,they just order more pain meds.I
hate being out in public and I have to
scream out loud because the pain is
ripping through ,my body.Or just laying on
the couch and moving the wrong way and it
rips through me just trying to relax.Just
getting a good nights sleep is almost
impossible now,with pain ripping through
both legs and funny tingling pains at
night.I quess I'm just venting, because
I'm so tired of being in pain 24/7
