He is with me every day now.
In fact, every step I take.
We are very close.
How close you ask?
Christ Mathews close! I get a tingling sensation running up and down my leg....
My friend's name is sciatica.
Left leg.
Now I have matched pair of shooting pain in both legs. Right leg from the low back spinal surgery and the left one now from sciatica.
Getting older is not much fun. Of course, compared to ribit, DG and Snaperoo, I guess I could be compared to a spring chicken, or maybe not....
But, I can say that at least I know what I am supposed to do to get this to heal up and go away.
It is very painful as it flares up and every step you take is excruciating. So it ain't much fun.
I am performing an unscientific study right now in medications.
Real brand name ADVIL versus generic Ibuprofen.
I tried the generic stuff for a week with NO help.
This morning I bought a bottle of the real thing and am trying it to see if there is any difference.
I did get some relief from the real stuff. Lasted a few hours. But I had to take three.
My wife wants me to try arthritis back formula in Bayer Aspirin and see if that will relieve the inflamed sciatica nerve. Right now, I'll try anything.
Anybody else have this???? Did you get rid of it and how???
I can hardly walk 50 steps on a floor before I can't hardly stand the stabbing, burning sensation running from low back, through my backside and down my leg and through the knee.
I am open for suggestions.... Never had this before until now....
Thanks for any helpful ideas. I am confident we have plenty of other kinds of ideas.....
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