Syatica

Thanks for all the advice and ideas everyone. I've been at TMCs oreintation for the last two weeks and haven't been able to reply. I actually slept in the bed for the first time in a very, very long time! I'm not sure if it was the praying or the fact that TMC just flat wore my butt out each day! I'm sure the praying was a huge part. I've tried the pillow under my knees after several people told me it helped them but it just didn't give me relief, leave it to me to be the odd ball in the bunch. I did find that if I slept on my side and threw my leg over a pillow it helped some. I tried this with the wife but she threatened to kick me out of bed if I didn't get my leg off her . I'm gonna keep doing my exercises, stretching, walking and lose a few more pounds and hopefully that will help some. My wife doesn't want me to lose any more wieght but if it makes my legs not hurt I'll just put up with being skinny, 6'1" and 198 right now. Thanks again for all the advice everyone, every little bit helps.

 

Thanks Don. My family even had a hard time understanding the pain I was in for a long time. The pain never got so bad I couldn't get around but it was just enough where I couldn't get comfortable and it would keep me up all night. I would go two or three nights sometimes without sleep, thats when I got the nickname Grumpy by my kids, that hurts when your kids think your grumpy all the time. My wife knew something was wrong but I nver complained much because thats how I am, I just put up with pain and wait till it's gone but this never went away. After sleeping in a recliner for a few years! she understood how bad it was. It's gotten better now but it still bothers me at night when I really want to just fall asleep. Whats worse is when you go to all these different doctors and they can't fix it so they just pawn you off on another specialist. I've been to spinal specialist, orthopedic specialist, neurologist and pain management specialist and none really helped. I've tried all the outragous treatments to, everything from having burning needles all over my body to being put on a rack and stretched for thirty minutes at a time. I've tried all kinds of prescription meds and all kinds of herbal meds with not much luck. Exercise and a good diet seem to help the best although the pain is still there. The last few weeks have been better. I have actually been sleeping in a bed which is great! Imagine being married to a wonderful woman for the last 24 years and for the last 5 or 6 sleeping in a recliner instead of the bed with her. It really wears on your mental strength. I'm not sure if the pain is getting better or if TMC just wore me out with all the training the last two weeks, either way it has been great.

If anyone else is going through this I feel for ya! It's really is hard for others to understand this pain because it doesn't show like a broken bone but it is still very stessfull on a person physically and mentally.