I really hate to hear this for you, Jesse, and I hope you recover without surgery. Best of luck and Godspeed.
Thank you. Sciatica is another sort of bitch with which to deal. Yoga took care of mine when nothing else worked.Damn man, that sucks. Hopefully it's something stupid and the docs can get you back to 100%. I had a sciatica issue 2 yrs ago that affected my lower back and right leg, and that was excruciating...I can't imagine suddenly having a spine issue and being unable to walk. Prayers up for a speedy recovery!
Thanks! From your lips to God’s ears.I really hate to hear this for you, Jesse, and I hope you recover without surgery. Best of luck and Godspeed.
All the best to you Jesse, truly.As some of you know, about a month and a half ago, I woke up with extreme pain at the base of my spine. It left me barely able to walk, more like shuffle, for more than a few feet, and only in excruciating pain.
Things have improved a bit. The pain, though constant, has lessened considerably, and I can walk, using a cane or walker, for a couple of hundred feet. That’s progress, but it leaves me unable to go to the post office to fulfill some promises, so my apologies to those who I had promised to gift some tobacco.
I had an MRI last Wednesday and am waiting to hear what it reveals.
In the meantime, I’m doing my daily physical therapy exercises.
I sure would like to get back to walking the 4 1/2 to 5 miles like I was doing several days a week before this happened.
Getting old is not for sissies.
As some of you know, about a month and a half ago, I woke up with extreme pain at the base of my spine. It left me barely able to walk, more like shuffle, for more than a few feet, and only in excruciating pain.
Things have improved a bit. The pain, though constant, has lessened considerably, and I can walk, using a cane or walker, for a couple of hundred feet. That’s progress, but it leaves me unable to go to the post office to fulfill some promises, so my apologies to those who I had promised to gift some tobacco.
I had an MRI last Wednesday and am waiting to hear what it reveals.
In the meantime, I’m doing my daily physical therapy exercises.
I sure would like to get back to walking the 4 1/2 to 5 miles like I was doing several days a week before this happened.
Getting old is not for sissies.
Jesse, my heart goes out to you. I have similar problems that in the past have left me debilitated for up to 3 months. Mine is pinched nerves in the spine and muscles contracting to protect it. Sounds like you are doing all the right things to recover. I would add a time release anti-inflammatory like Oxyprozen. It's non-narcotic. I also had luck with a Tens unit to break the pain cycle, I know that you already have a good bed, because I bought one just like it on your recommendation. Get walking as soon as you can, it increases blood flow.As some of you know, about a month and a half ago, I woke up with extreme pain at the base of my spine. It left me barely able to walk, more like shuffle, for more than a few feet, and only in excruciating pain.
Things have improved a bit. The pain, though constant, has lessened considerably, and I can walk, using a cane or walker, for a couple of hundred feet. That’s progress, but it leaves me unable to go to the post office to fulfill some promises, so my apologies to those who I had promised to gift some tobacco.
I had an MRI last Wednesday and am waiting to hear what it reveals.
In the meantime, I’m doing my daily physical therapy exercises.
I sure would like to get back to walking the 4 1/2 to 5 miles like I was doing several days a week before this happened.
Getting old is not for sissies.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into that.Hope you feel better soon!
Obviously, case to case is very different and you should ask your doctors about it, but what worked really well for me when I hurt my lower back was electro-acupuncture and walking backwards. Something about the mechanism of walking backwards really help.
So far they've had me on some of the more powerful meds to kill the pain, anti inflammatories did nothing, now I'm on a nerve pain medication, Gabapentin, and in the recommended dosages, it does nothing. However, the pain has lessened considerably from where it was a month ago, which I attribute partly to the physical therapy, that'sJesse, my heart goes out to you. I have similar problems that in the past have left me debilitated for up to 3 months. Mine is pinched nerves in the spine and muscles contracting to protect it. Sounds like you are doing all the right things to recover. I would add a time release anti-inflammatory like Oxyprozen. It's non-narcotic. I also had luck with a Tens unit to break the pain cycle, I know that you already have a good bed, because I bought one just like it on your recommendation. Get walking as soon as you can, it increases blood flow.
I also had luck with a Tens unit
Gabapentin
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That’s literally what we give our cat to calm him down before flights. We hide it in a small ball of double crème brie; I recommend you do the same.
Gabapentin is what my ex gives her cat when going on a trip, or to the Vet. The one time she forgot to do that, her cat literally destroyed the Vet's examination room, tipping over the shelf that held supplies, and generally remodeling the room. Needless to say, she and her cat were banned from that Vet's practice and she's had to find another Vet.Me too. Readily available on Amazon for not much money.
That’s literally what we give our cat to calm him down before flights. We hide it in a small ball of double crème brie; I recommend you do the same.