and at this time I don't care if they are or not, what ails me isn't exactly life threatening, that is unless longing for death in the midst of a spasm is in any danger of overriding my nearly congenital Catholicism.
Like many a geezer my age I've got a flare up of my sciatica. Oddly, it didn't come from the wood stacking I did, it was just bending the wrong way to sit down. One wrong move and you trade a moment of convenience for a month or more of pain and debility.
I won't say its getting better because my experience is that's jinxing myself.
Some free advice, Sparky.
ReplyDeleteStarting last spring, I suffered from the same thing as you -- I was practically a cripple (couldn't walk more than two blocks without having to sit down in agony) to the point we almost had to cancel a European vacation. Went to a pain specialist who gave me a steroid shot and voila! It's now been six months and counting without even a twinge.
Medicare covers it, so what are you waiting for? 😎
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice, though I prefer a non-chemical solution when it's possible and a doctor hasn't prescribed one. My one and only experience of taking a steroid drug wasn't one of my happier ones. But I do appreciate the advice.