I had sciatica last year, all along my left leg & lower back. It was so bad I thought I was going to pass out, so went to the ER once last January. Must have been a girl thing, but the pain was pretty extreme and my hubby accompanied me. A few weeks later I got an appointment with a pain management specialist. The doctor said “no surgery will be needed,” and he simply prescribed cortisone injections (two shots) in the lower spine.
Contrary to what people said above, the shots aren’t painful, and they will give you a light sedative during the shots which made them pain free!
Long story short, it’s been over a year, and I remain feeling GREAT, and live without the terrible pain. :)
Those injections are the best thing I ever got from a doctor — I highly recommend!! I understand cordisone injections should not be done too often, and that’s wht I’m glad the shots I had are still working fine after a year and a half.
If the pain returned, I’d definitely get them done again. Awesome!! 2 thumbs up :)
I feel your pain. Literally. A year ago Thanksgiving I had the same thing happen on the right side. I have an incredibly high tolerance for pain and I was sitting on the edge of the bed with tears coming down my face. Mr. GG2 took me to the emergency room. They gave me 5 days of Prednisone and and a muscle relaxer and a pain killer. I was a mess for over a week. My friend told me about the exercise and I started that and it really helped. If I don’t get enough exercise I can feel it starting up a little but nothing like that first time.