Posted by Pfinstegg on August 21, 2005, at 8:29:28
In reply to chronic pain, posted by fairywings on August 21, 2005, at 7:18:00
You don't mention a diagnosis of any kind, but what you are describing sounds like lumbar disc disease. An MRI will tell you. I just went through that this past year, and found an excellent neurosurgeon who operated and eliminated all the things which were causing pressure on my sciatic nerve: old ruptured disc fragments, and the bony overgrowths which had occurred afterwards (bone spurs, narrowed foramina and stenosis of the spinal canal. If thus is what you have, it's a complex disease; you need just the right neurosurgeon- preferably a younger one trained in newer techniques. But an MRI is definitely the place to start. I got completely pain-free after 15 years.
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