Hi, my name is angebutler1962!
angebutler1962
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I have suffered with sciatica since I was 13 and have osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia along with other conditions.
I worked in retail recently and the lack of movement and exercise caused a serious relapse especially the sciatic pain. It is there constantly in varying degrees of intensity and I am waiting on an mri scan to see what is happening and hopefully have hydrocortisone injections which have been very effective in the past. If I had the choice of winning the lottery or getting rid of this crucifying pain then the pain going would win hands down
I worked in retail recently and the lack of movement and exercise caused a serious relapse especially the sciatic pain. It is there constantly in varying degrees of intensity and I am waiting on an mri scan to see what is happening and hopefully have hydrocortisone injections which have been very effective in the past. If I had the choice of winning the lottery or getting rid of this crucifying pain then the pain going would win hands down
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Hi @angebutler1962 hi and welcome. Alot of us have to put up with back pain, so you have my sympathy. Hopefully you won't wait too long for mri and get your results1
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Hi @angebutler1962. Welcome to the community, back pain is awful I had a slipped disk 10 years ago so I can imagine the pain, it's awful. Hope you get your scan soon.1
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Hello and welcome @angebutler1962 and thanks for sharing a bit about yourself, it's great to have you join
As you can see, there's quite a few of our members in a similar situation, and you can always visit our Chronic Pain and Pain Management category to chat about living with sciatica and chronic pain more.
You are quite welcome to browse and join in whenever you're ready. The Coffee Lounge is a great place to get to know everyone and settle in gently.
Fingers crossed you'll get some clarity from your MRI results soon!1 -
Hi Ange, I had sciatica in my first pregnancy so I send sympathetic thoughts as it’s very hard.1
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