Discouraged, injured, went back to work, now the pain.

For me one of my issues is inflammation pain driven by motion. When I am up for the new day I have a certain amount of gas tank so to speak to do work of whatever it might be before the pain levels from inflammation gets too much.

Ive done PT a decade ago which unlocked muscles frozen by trucking and gave me my mobility back and then once loose they found problems in the thoratic spine and lumbar, further tests and scans over years revealed a variety of spine issues.

To this day when I have a new day, I spend it carefully choosing what work I will do before I have to stop. There is another choice which I don't like to make and that is reserve medicine supply to extend the amount of work any given day. But the price of that is immobility for three after.

It's not a life I wish on anyone. But it is what it is and we are living it well enough in spite of it. I could not ask for any better. The worst of it is the doctors. I can easily run up 10 to 20K in a month if I wanted to go to all of them. But no. I have to carefully choose which is the most important and pressing and can be fixed then go. Otherwise it will just have to wait. Ive already exceeded 30 to 40K in the last year and about 150K in the last 10 to 15 years of medical care.

 

The nerves in the leg pass down the spine from the brain to the leg Pinch nerves in the back and the person will have leg pain. It is called sciatica. Google it. Sitting for extended periods of time can be very hard on a person with back issues.
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I had a lamenectomy for a ruptued disc when I was 28. The surgeon was the head of the neurosurgery at a large Buffalo NY hospital. He described my disc as looking like a blown out tire. He spent a lot of time fishing out the small pieces. Those were his words.
I started driving a truck when I was not yet 30. So, 18 months after surgery I was in a truck. I’ve been there ever since (35 years). The first 2 years were rough. Winter and cold damp weather were especially bothersome.
Keeping the weight off is super important. A big belly pulls directly on the back. Back specific exercises also help.
Good luck.

 

Yes, I forget how bad it hurts to sit. I had the same problem before my first surgery. It was torture to sit. I have the opposite problem now. I can sit all day (fortunately) but can't stand or walk for more than a few minutes due to degenerative disks. If you read the entire thread you will understand.

 

I dumped the Gabapentin into the toilet and did not refill the new month.

I don't like what it did to the mind. It's not worth it if I wanted that kind of fun, I'll triple the dose of the narcotics...

 

I only take hydrocodone when necessary. Usually just 800pmg ibuprofen.

 

Did not read all the reply's. Make sure your not sitting on a wallet. That is a no no for sure. Adjust that seat where it fits you. Not take what ever setting its at.
Best thing I have done, and stopped my leg pain. And I had this leg pain for 20 years. Started taking CBD oil, and within a few days it was gone. Been 15 months and still doing good. Also taken 4 drug test. And it dose not show up. Because it has not THC, that they test for.

 

I put 1/2MG udner my Tongue morning and night. Let it sit under there 2 to 3 minutes. Then swallow, do not drink anything for as long as you can. I try for 15 minutes. Some mornings its 5 minutes.
Doing this I went from taking Oxycotins 2 times per day. To nothing in 5 days. Dr had me taking those, as I had gotten where the leg pain was so bad. I could not walk 100ft.
The CBD oil does not help everyone. But almost everyone that I know it has helped.
Not sure I would vape it. But using the dropper should work. And again noting in there they can get you for. Sold over the counter in most places now days.