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azdesertrose) wrote2008-06-12 03:38 pm
azdesertrose) wrote2008-06-12 03:38 pm
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Pain, pain, go away
Okay, so I went to the ER yesterday for the excruciating pain in my left leg.
The ER doctor was very nice, and manipulated my leg around, sent me for an ultrasound to check for clots (no clots, so yay for that), and then manipulated my leg some more and diagnosed me with sciatica.
He gave me a course of steroids to reduce the swelling of the sciatic nerve, told me to ice my lower back for 20 minutes every four hours (which feels WONDERFUL!!), and gave me Percocet for pain (yay for good pain drugs!).
I had to borrow money from my parents to fill the scripts, and they also gave me gas money and money to replace my very bald two back tires, so now my car is happy, I have good drugs, and I'm in MUCH less pain. I'm more sore than in actual pain now. My stepdad also gave me 30 Darvocet that he's not going to use, to supplement the Percocet. I've been taking the Darvocet mostly, and saving the Percocet for the really bad pain, since I only got 15 Percocet.
So now I get to research sciatica and find out if there's anything I can do to make it better, because it's probably not going to go away. Joy.
ETA: Sciatica isn't actually a disease, it's a symptom. So I've probably either got a herniated disc in my lower back or a bone spur from arthritis in my lower back. It will require a spinal xray to confirm that, but I suspect the arthritis. I've already got arthritis in my hands, feet, and knees.
The ER doctor was very nice, and manipulated my leg around, sent me for an ultrasound to check for clots (no clots, so yay for that), and then manipulated my leg some more and diagnosed me with sciatica.
He gave me a course of steroids to reduce the swelling of the sciatic nerve, told me to ice my lower back for 20 minutes every four hours (which feels WONDERFUL!!), and gave me Percocet for pain (yay for good pain drugs!).
I had to borrow money from my parents to fill the scripts, and they also gave me gas money and money to replace my very bald two back tires, so now my car is happy, I have good drugs, and I'm in MUCH less pain. I'm more sore than in actual pain now. My stepdad also gave me 30 Darvocet that he's not going to use, to supplement the Percocet. I've been taking the Darvocet mostly, and saving the Percocet for the really bad pain, since I only got 15 Percocet.
So now I get to research sciatica and find out if there's anything I can do to make it better, because it's probably not going to go away. Joy.
ETA: Sciatica isn't actually a disease, it's a symptom. So I've probably either got a herniated disc in my lower back or a bone spur from arthritis in my lower back. It will require a spinal xray to confirm that, but I suspect the arthritis. I've already got arthritis in my hands, feet, and knees.