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Posted 4/23/2014 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
What's a sciatic nerve? I was reading someone's post to a friends fb status that the pain from a sciatic nerve is like a pain in your lower back that goes down into your hips and sometimes into your leg. That actually kind of sounds like the pain I get when I am sitting for too long. I'm now wondering if that's why I've been having such bad hip pain when sitting for the last year or two.

Is there a way they can see that you have a sciatic nerve, like some kind of test/procedure? Maybe an x-ray, mri, ct scan....?

What can they do for a sciatic nerve, besides medications, I'd assume for that they'd give a nerve pain med such as Lyrica, but I'm already on that & in my opinion a high stregnth but it doesn't even touch the pain. I want a permament fix too. So is there a surgery or procedure they can do for it?

Does it go away by itself? How long can in last for if gone untreated?
Posted 4/23/2014 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
Oh yeah & also how do I approach this with my PM dr? I know dr's don't like it when you go in saying "I think I might have a sciatic nerve." Maybe I could say "I've been having these symptoms, do you think it could be a sciatic nerve?"

Also what exactly is a sciatic nerve? Is it a pinched nervew or something like a pinched nerve? How does it happen?
Posted 4/23/2014 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
Oh ooops, I looked it up online & didn't realise it's actually a "sciatica???"I guess...I don't know...Now I'm confused.
Posted 4/23/2014 1:54 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Jennie, I had a sciatic nerve problem that was in the buttocks area and went down one of my legs.  It was not the result of a disk pinching it because it didn't show up on any x-ray, but it may have been caused by the inflammation from my hip bursitis.  Sitting on certain chairs made it hurt really bad.  I was already on an anti-inflammatory, and my doctor said I could have physical therapy if I wanted.  I didn't because I'd had enough of that for the bursitis.  Long story.  Anyway, I did series of stretches that I found online specifically for sciatic problems and after several days of these stretches, hot and cold pads and the anti-inflammatory, it went away.

Check this website for more information:  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sciatica/basics/definition/con-20026478

 

Posted 4/23/2014 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Ok, thank you Lanie. So it would show up on the x-ray? Would an mri show more? How would I bring this up to my PM dr? What should I say if he still keeps trying to make it all seem like it's all just fibromyalgia? I'm sure my fibro isn't helping it but I still feel like there's something else going on...
Posted 4/23/2014 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
I suggest that you only describe the pain/symptoms to your doctor and not go in and say you think you have a pinched sciatic nerve. Just describe the pain and tell him where it is. There is some way for the doctor to do a physical test when you're lying down though. I've never had problems with disks or my spine but if you have, then maybe it's related to that so I don't know how your doctor would handle this. I just know what worked for me.
Posted 4/23/2014 2:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Jennie,

Sorry you are dealing with so much. Hope you get some relief soon!

I was looking at your signature, and the last part made me really curious...."Dr.s coy on lymphoma results". Lymphoma is cancer--I assume it's critical to know if you have it or not. What did the doc tell you about the results? I don't know much about that disease, but isn't it basically like "yes, you have it" or "no, you don't"? I don't understand what's going on. Yes, I realize this is probably none of my business, but I was just concerned when I saw it!

Answer my post if you want, if not, I apologize for intruding. I just really hope you get the treatment that you deserve.


Sunny.
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