Sciatica

[cmac2012]

Proving again that it's always something. Maybe 10 days ago I lifted some moderately heavy stuff, not all that stupid, was feeling a bit of back pain and a few hours later had another flair up of what has to be sciatic nerve pain in my right buttock and thigh. About 6 months ago I had an episode for a few weeks, I thought I had maybe damaged my hip cartiledge by trying to push my Bimmer out of the way of other cars in a small parking lot after a stall.

My PCP looked me over, she said it was almost certainly some agitation of the sciatic nerve, she gave me some stretches to do, sure enough it disappeared after a few weeks.

This time is quite a bit worse. Good Lord I feel like half a cripple. It's not too bad early in the day but by evening can be really bad. Hard to find a comfy position to sleep as well. I read that sometimes it will not go away w/o surgery. If herniated cartilage is pressing on the nerve, probably needs removing. And surgery that close to the nerve has risks.

Any experience with this?