alcazar

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Damaged a disc round about the end of April, resulting in pains in my thigh, and right buttock, plus the actual site of the damage.

Those have faded since, but the pains in my lower shin are unbelievable, transferring to my front thigh too.

I have tried to work through this, taking it easy, taking note of any pains telling me to stop doing whatever, but it's not getting better, it's getting worse.

At the moment, as I type, my right shin is absolutely killing me, yet the surface of the skin is numb. I can stick a fork in it and not feel it, but the pain is everything.

And this is depsite taking Diclofenac, Paracetamol and Morphine 20mg.

How much longer do people think this will go on, 'cos I'm about getting to the end of my tether with it?

fitzscoob

My sister had this very bad, and was in awful amounts of pain. Eventually she had a discectomy (I could very well have just made that word up), where she had the part of the disc that was crushing the nerves removed to alleviate the pressure.

Anyway, that worked for a few weeks and now shes back in the same pain. There are days where all she can do is stand, cant sit still properly, or just has to lay down at home and not come in to work.

I cant really offer any advice apart from my sympathies. If I were you I'd exhaust all doctor scenarios to deal with this.

All the best.

Lee247

You have my sympathies. Other half has suffered from this, off and on, for years. Only thing that worked was cortizone jabs, which he said were the most painful things he has ever had done in his life. But, he has had relief now for a number of years, even though they said they would only last a few months.
All the best

jameswrx

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Try 20 years and counting!

Maz

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I'm afraid it's the result of cumulative damage Jeff. You will still have pains in the lower back but this shin pain is masking that. You may notice sometimes if you have a pain in one place it subsides in another. The numbness is nerve damage which is irreversible (I have it too). The only real solution is surgery or possibly epidural injections. The numbness and severity of pain is probably beyond the help of a physio but I would try it. Just keep nagging the GP until he/she referrs you to a specialist. Keep in there.


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ditchmyster

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My mrs had it, from a prolapsed disc, not nice..

Was quite amusing when she would be walking along and suddenly freeze and squeel in agony especially in public.

I do feel the need to tell you that it would also often make her cry,and she is a tuff old bird, so we would laugh about it so as not to upset our son.

But there is really nothing funny about it when you can't move and your popping pain killers like smarties.

The only solution for her was an operation which came with no guarantee of curing the problem.

We were lucky being in nottingham where there is a world leading surgeon, can't remember his name but he did a fantastic job and she is fine now.

get yourself to the doc get reffered. a good tip is pay for your mri scan as this cuts about a year off the waiting list..

Fat Boy

I've had it bad as well for virtually a year due to L4/5 issues. Nothing worked until, driven by desperation, I allowed my wife's Pilates teacher to have a go at me. Not a believer in this sort of thing generally but after a month of once a week exercises later the pain (in exactly the same place as you and like lightning strikes down the back of my thigh) had almost gone and now, 6 months on, I played about 6 hours of 5 a side footy last weekend with my kids. Now a believer.

One of my friends had something similar and the cortisone jab worked for him but to me that felt like disguising the pain rather than fixing the issue. My back is definitely stronger and I can sleep, walk, run again now so all good.

gpssti4

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My friend trapped a nerve in his back twisting on a bar stool! He's been in pain for about 2 years, but he's been going to pilates and it's made a massive difference. Try it, you've nothing to loose.

Big Pete

Popped a disc in 2003 and went through hell with the sort of pain you're describing.

Worked with my GP re slowly but surely getting fitness back (pun not intended) and strengthening my lower back.

At a stage now were I can run again without any resulting pain over the following few days.

Interestingly enough I found that 300mg asprin gave best pain relief.

I wish you well fella

dantastic

I myself have suffered with this for 20 years now so i know what your going through, and like you i have always tried to carry on and work through the pain, but to be honest all that ever does is make it worse, the only way is to rest up until the pain and the inflammation on the sciatic nerve subsides, the last time i had a bout of sciatica i was off work for 5 weeks, you mentioned numbness in your leg? i was told by my GP if i got any numbness in my leg to go straight to casualty so if i were you i would get that checked out by your GP mate.

Jaybird-UK

Lifetime of suffering Im afraid

Maz

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It can be managed.

Leslie

I suffer from it too after the accident I had with a roof and a ladder!

It is one of those things which seems to stick with you, it has been bothereing me for years and I have had to learn to live with it.

Les

bonesetter

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You're good to have around

OP -My advise would be to see an osteopath. An NHS GP referred physio will not actually do very much, whereas an Osteopath deals with discs all day long.

The leg pain you describe may very well recover completely and is not necessarily permanent