Hi all, long read so very thankful if you csn stay.
September last year I started with left leg pain (felt like a vary achy calf), this then became horrendous to bare weight on after a few weeks. About 2 months went by and living with a limp i went to my GP who diagnosed sciatica and tbh I thought they got it wrong. Was sent for physio and put on naproxen to handle the pain and recovery.
Fast forward a month and the pain had spread up my entire left leg/glute/hip and when I tell you I was climbing the walls in agony, I truly was. Another 3 months of this and walking with a hunched back, unable to stand and cook, do daily chores, live....anything. It was hell on earth. Lost my achilles reflex too and suffer with a lot of pins and needles etc.
Around the end of March I had an MRI and finally took up the offer of pregablin (i didn't have this initially as I was still breastfeeding and desperate not to stop). In the end I had no choice.
Anyway....got referred to neurosurgeon as my MRI shows disc dessication on the lower two discs and herniation at L5/S1. However.....over the last 6 weeks my pain has dropped significantly, I'm unsure if this is the meds, natural improvement, or a combination of both honestly I don't know.
Surgery is this week and I'm second guessing everything, I've never been put to sleep, I'm scared but DO NOT want to ever go through that again.
Any advice/experience welcome.