I met the monster(sciatic nerve pain) about a year ago. I haven't
ever cryed out in pain before. I've given birth to four babies and not
once did I scream out. Not until I met the monster. I remember
being in the E.R. and when they tryed to move me, I grabbed on to
the nurse and yelled out a good one. They admitted me ( after I
apoligised to the nurse.)
Not long after this I fell and broke my pelvis. Actually my two
blind Golen Retrievers ran in to me from behind. They were just
playing, but they both weigh over one hundred lbs. Anyway that
wasn't fun.
So with the sciatic pain calmed down,the pelvis starting to mend,
I started limping. When I evaluated the situation, I realized that
One leg was actually shorter than the other. No wonder I was
limping. When my next Doctors visit came around I told him about
this. He said that the sciatic pain had nothing to do with the leg
discrepancy. I felt that it did, but its hard to argue with a Doctor
who thinks he is always right.
I then went to a Doctor for Physical Medicine & Rehabilition.
After examination, he told me that I was two inches shorter on my
right side ( or two inches longer on the left side.)The situation now
is having shoes made to correct the difference. My back is thrown
off because of the imbalance so we are going to work on that
with physical therapy. One problem is that I have a bloodclot in
that leg. The bloodclot is there because of a major surgery that
I had last January. I spent 2 wks. in the hospital and came home
very weak. A few days later I was back in the hospital with
Influenza B. It hit my respiratory system so my oxygen level
was in the 80s. You just don't feel like getting up a lot and
moving around . That is really an important factor to prevent
bloodclots and pneaumonia. Well guess what, I got pneaumonia
too.
When I had my surgery I stopped breathing twice and
went to ICU on the vent. Thats what started the rest of the
crap.
I felt that if I had any luck, it was bad luck. This leg thing
really has me bugged. I just feel like the length thing is connected
to the sciatic nerve problem















connected to the sciatic nerve problem.

Voltaren, Neurotin, Muscles relax meds, Psy meds plus Lyrica etc..... so fare none have worked.
At this moment am on 9 diff. meds to help as I've lost sleep ability as pain is so strong so just messing up your whole system if lasting too long. All ways mentioned so far haven't done a thing for me. Chronic sciatic on both side most of time and no space left for shots either so kinda stuck.... Ended up on Opium derivated meds for chronic pain but again limited in its working effect when it reaches 10. I guess each reacts differently to whatever mode or meds so got to use them all till you find the one that will do for you, can be something light, drastic or surgery.... cant tell..... got to find out and do hope you do as chronic pain is the worse way of living.

Bless you

Forgot to say to be careful as long term health problem such as 'painful ones' in time do tend to play on mental state so the reason for psy meds.... some act on the reception of pain message to the brain and help on the pain itself so not to refuse on account that they are psy meds. For me this is what has helped me most; combination of opium derivated meds plus anti inflammatory plus psy meds..... a full mean on their own but worth my sanity. Good luck to you all

Good progress with Neurontin (Gabapentin) 1800- mg. a day. No side effects. Also take 5 grams of MSM
Methyl Sulphonyl Methane 5 grams. (Sulpher)

lyrica is the best agent i have found after a 4 year search for a drug that will reduce the pain in my butt.