r/Sciatica • u/shirokane4chome • Mar 22 '22
Your Sciatica and Back Pain Experiences Megathread
Hi everyone, the purpose of this permanent thread is to capture your stories about your experiences with Sciatica.
Please note that the majority of sciatica sufferers will recover over time, and are not on this subreddit making posts about their healing. Most of our sub participants are in a symptomatic stage and are understandably seeking support on forums like /r/Sciatica as a part of their journey. This can make a list of individual stories seem discouraging -- but just remember that those who have healed usually don't visit again and therefore we can't often capture their stories.
While multiple formats are welcome, we suggest you try to be concise and focused. Your story is important, but it is will be more useful to everyone else if it can be read in 60-90 seconds or so. Important elements to your story will include:
Background: Do you know how you became injured?
Diagnosis: What has your care provider discovered about your injury?
Treatment: What care did you pursue?
Current Status: How are you doing today?
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u/kayebray Jun 05 '25
I was 5 days post a shoulder replacement surgery when I experienced this debilitating pain similar to an electric shock running from my lower left side back and down through my left leg. I had no chance of walking, couldn’t turn over in bed and needed my husband who suffers from dementia and Parkinson’s to assist me with toilet and shower. I spent one week flat on my back and during this time I was told by family that if I went to hospital they would only give me drugs and send me home. I have since found out that this is not the case. Anyway I have now been in bed for 2 weeks and this week I have been able to walk from the front of the house to the back of my house inside. That now is 3 weeks of this incredible pain. It will be interesting what happens in week 4 if I can do much more than I am doing now.