Thankyou Jo55 and Shiney Sue

Maybe I should adjust my Profile, im from the UK and sure they treat animals better than humans, i am an animal lover and wouldnt like to see them suffer either. My own GP had to refer me to a Othopaedic Consultant and I had to pay privately for a session of physio because waiting for an appointment on the NHS would take at least 3 months. I think because i was admitted to hospital (not that they did anything) it did seem to speed things up... but not enough for me

Like you say x-ray took ages before they would give me one and even then it wont show the same as an MRI scan. I must wait 8 weeks to see if the condition worsens before they will consider an MRI scan and then I would be put on the waiting list and thats probably a 4 month wait again.

Im thinking of taking 2 x 50 tramadol (4 daily)
2 x 500 paracetamol (4 daily)
1 x 50 diclofenac (3 daily)
1 x 2mg diazepam (3 daily)

taking in the following routine

Morning 2 tramadol
2 paracetamol
1 diclofenac

Noon 2 tramadol
2 paracetamol
1 diazepam

Eve 2 tramadol
2 paracetamol
1 diclofenac

Bed 2 tramadol
2 paracetamol
1 diclofenac
2 x 2mg diazepam (to get me through the night and help me sleep)

I had a similar experience and went through all the treatments you describe to no avail when I was eventually given GABAPENTIN, it takes a while to kick in but now I am pain free. I tried to wean myself off it but the pain came back so now I have it on repeat.

It seems that narcotic and muscle relaxers are not working. For nerve pain neurontin and Lyrica are first line defense, of course an mri is needed to confirm this and thus the time dilema. Be careful with those med, you do not need an accidental overdose. It sounds almost like a bandaid fix (to keep you from complaining, asleep or to keep you in a state where you don't care) until they can get to the real treatment. That whole deal stinks.