For a month and a half now, I've been going through hell with this back injury. Back in the middle of August, I pulled something while cleaning behind the toilet in my bathroom. Sounds stupid, I know, but ever since then, I have been in constant pain.
The pain started in my lower back, and over time has migrated into my right butt cheek, down my right leg, and into my foot, causing my second and third toe to go numb most of the time.
I've been to the ER because the pain was so bad. They gave me pain meds and muscle relaxers, which do help, but nothing takes the pain away completely. I went to my doctor this week and he's sending me to have x-rays done tomorrow to see what's going on. He told me it is Sciatica, and a small percentage of people with sciatica will require surgery. Since my case isn't showing signs of improving, he wants to know what's going on inside there. He refilled my prescriptions and sent me on my way.
I can't sit for more than five minutes, I can't stand for any longer, either. Sleeping at night is excruciating. I haven't had a full night's rest since it happened. I wake up in horrible pain and have to sit up until it subsides. I'm a walking, painful zombie. I don't know which is worse, the tired zombie feeling, or the drug induced zombie feeling.
So, tomorrow I go for x-rays. Hopefully something comes of it, because I don't know how much more of this I can take. I told Mike that this pain is one hundred times worse then labor/giving birth pain because at least labor pains go away after a few hours. This just continues, day after day, week after week. It's really getting old.
Still In Pain
Still Suffering With Back Pain
Well, it's not exactly back pain anymore. Now, it's more of a pain in the right butt cheek and the calf of my right leg, combined with numbness and tingling in the second and third toe of my right foot. The muscles in my butt and calf are so tight, it almost feels like that leg is shorter than the other. Even the muscle relaxers don't help entirely.
I've done some research online about my type of pain, and came up with Piriformis Syndrome. It's kind of a catch-all phrase, but it includes all the symptoms I have. I don't know how any of this information really helps me, but at least I can put a name to the pain. There isn't much to do to treat it, but if it doesn't get better soon, I'm going to have to go back to the doctor to check for any herniated disks and such.
Anyway, I was pleased to see that there is actually a medical name for a pain in the butt!
