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Who knew Sciatica could be like this

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GrannyGravy13 Tue 12-Aug-25 08:40:41

Wishing you a speedy recovery tanith

Along with being so painful you must be feeling frustrated that you cannot get your new home sorted 🌸

Primrose53 Tue 12-Aug-25 08:28:35

I feel your pain. I have had this many times. Worst time it lasted 5 months. Agony. Acupuncture sorted me out.

luluaugust Tue 12-Aug-25 08:25:57

tanith so sorry it sounds really nasty, hope things improve rapidly

Aldom Tue 12-Aug-25 07:59:32

Hope you're on the mend soon.
I've had a similar experience and could only crawl. The pain was excruciating. I was caring for my totally dependent husband at the time. Eventually he had to go into respite care in order for me to look after myself.
Since then I've suffered from inflammation of the tendon to the patella. Who knew knee pain could invade the whole body??
Thankfully, apart from a constant warning niggle that's alright now.
Wishing you well and pain free asap. flowers

tanith Tue 12-Aug-25 07:48:06

I recently moved house and of course helped move lighter boxes and sorting stuff, had few niggles in my back but carried on regardless as you do. I took Naproxen I already had it at home it did deal with the growing pain but suddenly my pain exploded into my groin and front of my leg, I'd never experienced pain like it and Ive had sciatica many times before but this was a whole new level of pain. Long story short taken to hospital in an ambulance while i had to clench my teeth to stop me crying out, lots of tests xrays etc finally morphine for the pain it was decided it was sciatica but in groin and front leg unusually. Who knew? Home after 30hrs with pain relief and I'm confined to upstairs for now not safe going up stairs i have a frame as leg keeps giving way. I hadn't even registered with GP so that has to be done to arrange physio. Now i can't even start unpacking but thank god for my daughter and Grandsons who are keeping me fed and cheerful. Sorry now I've written a saga feel free to ignore me.