Two years ago in January I bent over my bathtub to rinse it out after taking a nice relaxing, hot bath and could not stand back up. That's right. I could barely stand for the next two weeks without my right leg wanting to give out on me. Good old Sciatica.
Since then...I have occasional flare-ups...mainly when walking for long periods of time on hard surfaces like say cement or asphalt. But I have been pretty happy all winter because I have fared pretty well. Not so since yesterday morning. I was putting some delicious whipped, cream cheese on my freshly toasted cinnamon/sugar bagel. I didn't do anything but that and I felt that all familiar twinge. An electric shock in that lower right of my back. We made it through school, I took some 8 hour Tylenol and spent the rest of the afternoon flat on my back on the floor with my legs lifted on our foot stool. (Really good for lower back pain) I recovered nicely until the Tylenol wore off...back on the floor for the evening...my husband "cooked dinner" ran out to get us chicken and coleslaw from our favorite pizza establishment. Got up to go to bed a few hours later and could barely walk...I at this point began to wonder...if I was going to be ok...in the middle of the night...I was awakened by a muscle that felt like it it was stabbing me from the bottom of my right...well...cheek above the back of my thigh (I am sorry if this it too much information, but if you have had sciatica then you will know). I seriously felt like I was being stabbed from the inside out. I had to rub the area to make sure that I wasn't.
I woke up this morning...and have felt better...but it is quite touchy so I am being careful to not be in one place too long. To vary my position...sometimes the floor sometimes just walking around my house...sometimes sitting in a straight chair until I can get this muscle spasm to settle back down.
So...if I am not on here for a couple of days...you'll know that I have not flown the coop...just taking a little wellness break.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Joyce Marie
Ouch! so sorry, Joyce Marie.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are back to feeling good again soon!
Leanne
Oh Joyce...Praying that you will feel better soon.
ReplyDeletePain is so nasty and it just disrupts your whole life!
Maria
Oh dear, I am a bit familiar with that sciatica pain, only I don't have it that bad. I pray you get to feeling better soon. Take care!
ReplyDeleteBlestmom
Oh, Joyce. That happened to me before and I remembered how nasty the pain was. I hope you get better soon. Praying for you dearly.
ReplyDeleteJoyce,
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry! I will miss you while you're not blogging, but I will pray for healing.
Make sure your kindle is close by at all times, that way you can read when you can't do anything else.
Hope to talk soon.
Debbie
Joyce,
ReplyDeleteMy mom has had that happen to her, and she could barely walk...so I know that you are in a lot of pain. I will be praying for you. Thankful that your hubbie and daughter are there to help you.
Blessings to you today~
I'm sorry to hear this. Yes, I know about having sciatica pain, tho' not as severe as you describe. Hope you get to feeling better really soon!
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Oh, Joyce! :( You KNOW I understand what you're going through. It sounds like you've got a disc pressing on your nerve, all right. I have those same kinds of pain, only mine go down the back and sides of my legs, too. It's miserable.
ReplyDeleteHere's my advice. If you have a heating pad, use it. It will relax those muscles and also give you some pain relief. Also, if you can take Advil or Aleeve, it will take the swelling down and help relieve that pressure on your nerve. I take Ibuprofen (Advil) and find that it helps me more than Aleeve, but find out what works for you.
I live in my recliner when I have pain because I can get the chair tilted to where my pain is not so great. Remember - don't bend over at all!! Do you know what I have now? I have those picker-uppers like the litter lifters use and I pick things up that way. I got mine at WalMart and they weren't expensive at all. You'd be surprised at how well it will pick up things for you! Even a piece of paper! :)
I will be praying for you, my dear friend. I totally empathize with what you're going through and it's no fun. ((((BIG HUG FROM ME TO YOU))))
Take care of yourself!!
Love - Julie
Hi Joyce,
ReplyDeletewow! I am so sorry, I hope you are feeling better, it's terrible to have this. I had back problems last year. turns out I discovered I have scoliosis on my very lower back. I have the same problem when in concrete or too much walking. There is a video made by the Mayo clinic on how to treat this, your library might have it.
Blessings,
Katia
Sorry to hear this - hope you get better soon.
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Lou x