Hi everyone,

I've had sciatica for about 4 months. It took awhile to get diagnosed with spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, and arthritis in my spine. I had an MRI that confirmed my condition. At first PT helped ( I started in January) but about 3 weeks ago I had a setback, probably because I sat too long at an event.

Apparently I'm not a candidate for surgery because I have too many bad places all over my spine.

I had to stop PT and just started again, but I am much worse. I am in pain except when standing or walking. It's terrible to drive or even be in a car! Advil and Tylenol don't seem to do much. I went to an acupuncturist last week. Didn't help yet.

I had an epidural cortisone injection about 3 weeks ago but it apparently didn't work. I see the pain doctor again tomorrow. He prescribed gabapentin and I've taken it for 2 days so far. It puts me to sleep after 2 hours but my pain returns and I have to stand up. The pain has been up and down one side, foot up to upper thigh.

Can anyone relate to any of this?