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May 4th 2011, 07:45 PM
For about 2 months (maybe even a little bit more than that), i've been experiencing severe pain in my lower back/right hip and sometimes it's almost impossible to walk on it. At the moment I can just about hobble around but it hurts so bad.
Doctors said that it could be a trapped nerve, could be something wrong with the joint. An x-ray showed nothing so they're just sticking with the diagnosis of sciatica. All they are doing is giving me painkillers (which I don't want to take long-term) and even then codeine isn't helping much at all. Have any of you had this? How did it get treated? How long did you have it for? I really can't take much more of this pain.  When your feet are made of stone And you're convinced that you're all alone Look at the stars, instead of the dark You'll find your heart shines like the sun |
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May 4th 2011, 08:26 PM
I've never had it before myself but the NHS website usually has pretty good information on this type of stuff.
I did a quick search on there and it says that most of the time sciatica goes away on its own and in order to reduce the pain pain-killers, heat and ice pads and certain types of exercise are used. Here's the NHS site - http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sciatic...roduction.aspx Take care and I hope it goes away soon.  |
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May 4th 2011, 09:10 PM
i have never had it, but my mum is a physiotherapist and treats people who have got sciatica.
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May 6th 2011, 11:57 PM
can you ask to be prescribed something stronger for the pain? also, are you on an Anti-inflammatory of some sort?
in the mean time i'd try heat packs or alternatively a hot water bottle does the same job. |
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Re: Sciatica ? -
May 7th 2011, 08:50 PM
I've been on ibuprofen + codeine but my consultant at the hospital doesn't really want me on anything else.
This sucks, I've barely been able to walk today. When your feet are made of stone And you're convinced that you're all alone Look at the stars, instead of the dark You'll find your heart shines like the sun |
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May 7th 2011, 10:44 PM
aw no, that's horrible.
 when you're sitting down try having a cushion in the small of your back to give you more support. my mum had sciatica and she was told to do this. have you had any physio? I really hope it starts getting better soon, sounds really painful. x
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May 8th 2011, 08:48 AM
Thankyou, I'll keep that in mind
 Seeing as the psych ward are barely doing anything about it, when I get discharge I'll get put back to the GP so maybe he'll refer me for physio x When your feet are made of stone And you're convinced that you're all alone Look at the stars, instead of the dark You'll find your heart shines like the sun |
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