I'm in terrible pain from sciatica but no desire to drink
I'm in terrible pain from sciatica but no desire to drink
Please pray for me that the pain lessens as it's excruciating. But the absolute last thing I want is to drink. Drinking would just make everything worse and I'm not going to throw away my hard earned sobriety for any reason.
Asking for your prayers.
Asking for your prayers.
Ah Least, I feel for you - I have had serious bouts of sciatica in the past few years and it can be as painful and debilitating as most anything. Booze only would make things worse as you say. Have you ever heard of the McGill Big 3 or a book on back work called Foundation? It might to be feasible this moment but both were really helpful to me.
So sorry to hear that, Least. I had it when I was younger, and it is extremely painful. In my case I was sitting crooked on my wallet and when the doctor explained to me about twisting the spine, I stopped doing that and it resolved. Do you sit straight? Do you get enough exercise? Yoga has also been very helpful to me over the years for other back related issues.
I sit straight up in my chair, but sometimes I have to lean back to not put weight on my left hip. The naproxen I took this morning didn't help any so I just took some ibuprofen. The pain is going down my left leg and is awful. I called my doctor and left a message with his nurse that the naproxen wasn't helping at all. I hope he'll prescribe something else. This is horrible.
Sorry least. That’s awful!
i had that happen and 4 days later rash appeared. It was sciatic shingles. Keep in touch with your Dr. sending caring and loving prayers.
i had that happen and 4 days later rash appeared. It was sciatic shingles. Keep in touch with your Dr. sending caring and loving prayers.
Least, I've had sciatica and have found some simple exercises that really help when it's at it's worst and also in keeping it under control. Take a look on YT and search for sciatica pain exercises. Gentle stretches on the lower back area can begin to help the pain.
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I sit straight up in my chair, but sometimes I have to lean back to not put weight on my left hip. The naproxen I took this morning didn't help any so I just took some ibuprofen. The pain is going down my left leg and is awful. I called my doctor and left a message with his nurse that the naproxen wasn't helping at all. I hope he'll prescribe something else. This is horrible.
My doctor's nurse called me and said he wants to see me tomorrow at 10 so I'll get a taxi and go. I'm going to beg him for something stronger than naproxen as that's not helping at all. I don't want to take opioids but I will if they'll relieve this dreadful pain.
Oh my least…I had sciatica for about four months. I know the pain! Physical therapy for a few weeks made me good as new. There are certain exercises that help specifically with sciatica. I hope that helps you.
Prayers for your recovery 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾.
Prayers for your recovery 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾.
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