Thanks everyone, the weakness in my leg doesn't seem anywhere near as bad
this morning.
I'm still in pain though, good job I have an iPad mini, I'm currently reading your comments while pacing
around my bedroom.
Willie l will try the exercises I know I need to do more of this kind.
I decided way back in June i wanted to be a fit 50 year old.lol
So since June I've been dieting and lost 12 lb by mid August when i did my back in.
I had already decided I wanted to get exercising more, so got a mat, a roll and some
stretch bands etc. But before I could do anything my back went.
Blue you are amazing
Ive got a friend who has pain in both hips caused by Bursities. She was up last night in
pain as well and text me Proverbs 3 & 4 which she got, especially Pro 3 v 8. I'm
going to look up this properly later.
I have that sometimes. I'm a truck driver. The Lord led me to some stretches on YouTube. Look up yoga for sciatica. Now I'm not talking about getting your Zen on. Just stick with the simple stretching. About 20-30 min a day does wonders
I do hope you know to keep NOTHING in your rear pockets when driving? Nothing.... I don't care how thin you think your wallet is.
I do hope you know to keep NOTHING in your rear pockets when driving? Nothing.... I don't care how thin you think your wallet is.
Praying for you Miri.Well I went to the docs this morning, he gave me a sick note for another week
and upped the painkillers.
I'm now on ibroprifen 400mg
paracetomol 1000mg
Codeine 60mg
all taken together every 4 hours.
On that the pain goes completely but starts to return just before the next dose is due.
it also makes me feel very spaced out and very tired.
So the last dose I tried tonight, I had the above but with 45mg of codeine, it didn't fully take
the pain away but I wasn't as drowsy.
So it's a toss up between pain free all day and in bed sleeping all day,
or still some pain but being able to function.
I think I will go for the latter, besides I still have my Aunt's needs to think
about. I can't care for her if I'm in bed all day.
Well I went to the docs this morning, he gave me a sick note for another week
and upped the painkillers.
I'm now on ibroprifen 400mg
paracetomol 1000mg
Codeine 60mg
all taken together every 4 hours.
On that the pain goes completely but starts to return just before the next dose is due.
it also makes me feel very spaced out and very tired.
So the last dose I tried tonight, I had the above but with 45mg of codeine, it didn't fully take
the pain away but I wasn't as drowsy.
So it's a toss up between pain free all day and in bed sleeping all day,
or still some pain but being able to function.
I think I will go for the latter, besides I still have my Aunt's needs to think
about. I can't care for her if I'm in bed all day.
Did he prescribe any stretch or excercing?
Yeah I've got a sheet of exercises and I've also downloaded some additional
ones from the Internet.
please heal Miri LORD
Amen
From personal experience, ibuprofen does diddly squat to relieve sciatica pain. Miri, the "electric shock" you mentioned, I never had that with mine. My whole leg felt like it had a vise around it that was being tightened and loosened and tightened again. What happens with a herniated disk is, it can bulge out so far that it touches the nerve if you move the wrong way, then yowsa!! Out of this world agony, so excruciating I can't even describe it. You say you haven't fallen, so it may NOT be a herniated disk. Like the doctor said, it's more likely that a nerve is being pinched.
That being said, there's a REASON why the nerve is being pinched, and the doctors need to find what's causing it. Pinched nerves don't unpinch themselves. Nor do they get resolved by heavy narcotics..