#Sciatic Pain

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

Moving 2k miles tomorrow and packing is no joke

[inkstainedfairy]

Was told I have scoliosis but that my pain otherwise could be psychogenic from repeated trauma…

MRI ordered and scheduled.

[queer-geordie-nerd]

Oh, the joys of chronic nerve pain.

Sciatica in my hip has been kicking my arse for the last few days, so much so that I had trouble putting my sock on this morning.

38 years old, going on 80.

[annewkamau]

Hi. I've started this tumblr asking for help to reach a Kofi goal. I lost my job and suffer from chronic sciatica pain and IBS which has limited my overall movements. I am asking for financial help. You can find the link in my description.

[eddieelliotmunson]

Tonight at PT (yeah, I'm finally doing physical therapy) I'm going to ask my physical therapist about mobility aids. He's seen me use my cane--my sciatic nerve pain has been totally out of control the past week and a half, and I have to use my cane when I'm not working--but I think I might ask him about rollators, since I have pain and weakness on both sides, and a lot of fatigue.

Wish me luck!

[candygriff]

having chronic pain is basically not doing your stretches and not doing your stretches every day until you die

[ontheoutside-lookingin]

Conversations w the bestie about how incredibly disabling it actually is to have adhd and sciatica and migraines/similar kinds of extreme full-body headaches and chronic pain in general like I’m so glad I’m not the only one but. free my bestie she doesn’t deserve this 😭

[masquerading-man]

Question for people with chronic/reoccurring back and leg pain:

I think i may have chronic sciatica (or something like it), but cant go to a doctor. Does anyone have any thoughts on pain-relieving/preventing solutions such as canes or back braces? Do they actually work? Or is there something else you do to help?The only info i seem to find online is surgery or pain meds :/

Thanks!!

Edit: It may be helpful to add that i believe the cause is hypermobility

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

Imaginary Playground

Draco owns the biggest toy store in Diagon Alley, and he makes all of the wooden toys himself. Business might be good, but the best part of the day is when his favorite customer brings in their father, even if that father is Potter.

Some tags: Woodworker Draco Malfoy, Draco Owns a Toy Store, Smitten Harry Potter, Harry has a Crush

Ao3

[inkstainedfairy]

PT assessment today, was told I’m extremely tense and stiff along my spine and hips which could be a potential cause. Also told (again) minor scoliosis.

Encouraged the MRIs that are already scheduled to gather more information.

[i-love-orion]

vent!!!!

Ever since I was little I both prided myself in and craved independence. I could be home alone by 6. I could make meals on the stove by 8. I could cut my own orange (at the risk of cutting myself the first time). I could bandage my own wounds with no fuss.

Now, this may be some sort of trauma response, but I love my independence.

However, I am now beginning to be physically dependent before I'm even financially independent.

Sometimes I have to call and ask for help standing up.

I've gotten stuck several times on the stairs where I just had to wait a few minutes until I could move without unbearable pain again.

I take so many medications and some of them impact my ability to balance and move my limbs.

Tasks like my laundry and putting on my shoes are 10 times more difficult.

I haven't cut my hair in at least a month because I'm so afraid it'll become another thing taken out of my hands. I've only been allowed to do it for a year. It'll be absolutely despairing if it gets taken so soon.

I'll go as long as I can take without water, food, or the bathroom because I know getting up with just hurt so much.

I've already had to change the shoes I wear and the bag I use. How long until I have to use some sort of contraction to get my socks on? How long until i have to ask anytime my shoes become untied?

What if I'm bedridden by 25 with my dreams of a PhD completely down the drain?

They are yet to figure out what is wrong with me and I have so many things wrong with me.

I have to see a sleep specialist and a rheumatologist and a neurologist and have an mri done and go to physical therapy and take this medication and that medication and oh let's try this medication to see if it works

It literally makes zero since for my nerves to be acting like this. I'm fucking 19, there's nothing wrong with my spine, I haven't had any sort of injury recently, and I haven't shown any signs of a degenerative disease.

I've done so much research and I've found nothing.

So I just have to sit with this new reality of being in constant pain and just hope it doesn't get worse.

Fucking hell.

[unfilteredrealities]

My doctor told me to take the Gabapentin only in the evening bcs when I took it yesterday in the morning I had some visuals and it felt like my eyes were going cross eyed.

Oh yeah the nightmares and dreams are 8k Ultra HD and it’s terrifying tbh due to the gabapentin.

I never had that many dreams in a night and not that clear and fine tuned and sharp Jesus.

I could even read in the dream which I usually can’t.

My doctor when she saw me with the crutch, asked me: "Are you going from bad to worse? Or what is going on?" 😂 and I was like " Ma’am my leg said windows shut down while I was stand in and I fell so I do not wanna risk that again and hurt myself more"

At least I will have now free from 1st to 6th of May bcs orthodox Easter here but I already had my Easter back of end of March beginning of April so I’m actually able to chill now for some days whoop 🙌🏻

[cripple-wizard]

God I'm in so much fucking pain it's almost midnight and I have to be up soon and I'm close to vomiting from agony. I just want to sleep man.

[self-dx-culture-is]

Self dxed sciatica is having been tired of hearing "You're too young to have sciatic pain!" years ago

On an unrelated note, does anyone have any tips to help deal with sciatic pain?

[inkstainedfairy]

Finally diagnosed with fms, sciatica and possibly comorbid mps

Investigating my spine, xrays taken, waiting on results

Started lyrica

Labs done, vit-d deficient, but otherwise normal labwork?

Pain management, physical therapy, and follow up appts all scheduled