back has gone again. ARGH.

[PavlovtheCat]

have a prolapsed disc, its been 'ok' for a couple of weeks. And yesterday evening it 'went' again. I now have back pain, sciatic pain which includes sharp pain down my right leg, in my butt/hip and feels like something is going to snap when I move. I am doing that silly wriggly dance eveytime I do something as it hurts an causes me to involuntarily jitter, pins and needles in both feet.
i have two children who seem to know I cannot manage them and are playing up, including jumping on me fighting for my attention (2 and 5), fighting with each other, not doing what they are told.
DH is working at 12pm, DD has swimming lesson this afternoon when I will need to occupy DS. normally outside but its blowing a hooly and chucking it down. Although DD is on a warning that one more bad behaviour and there wil be no swimming lessons
I have to do shopping. With the two children. Nothing for lunch or dinner as not done the monthly shop yet and we have been quite lazy about it since friday.
I am about to take some diclofenac and paracetamol. cant take codiene as it adversely affects me.

(and to top if off I cant ask the friends I would normally as to help out as DS might have chicken pox, and friends husband has not ever had it).

How the fuck am I going to cope?! well, I will cope, as I have to, but I just needed to winge and get some sympathy as DH is in bed.

Oh sympathy Pavlov. I spent the better part of last week lying on the floor with my dodgy disc.

Take the painkillers - send the kids up to jump on dh and lie on the floor for a bit, see if you can stretch it out a little.

pavlov what a nightmare .
Wish I could offer more than profound sympathy .

Take the painkillers - if you google diclofenac it seems that you can take quite a high dose

^Usual Adult Dose for Pain

Diclofenac Potassium: 50 mg orally 3 times a day. In some patients an initial dose of 100 mg of diclofenac potassium, followed by 50 mg doses, will provide better relief. After the first day, the total daily dose should generally not exceed 150 mg.

Diclofenac Potassium liquid filled capsules (Zipsor[R]) are only approved by the FDA for mild to moderate acute pain. The dosage for this product is 25 mg orally 4 times a day.

Usual Adult Dose for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Diclofenac: 50 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day or 75 mg orally twice a day.

Diclofenac Extended-release: 100 mg orally once a day.

Doses greater than 225 mg/day are not recommended for rheumatoid arthritis.^
www.drugs.com/dosage/diclofenac.html

and as I'm sure you know ,take regular doses rather than waiting .
And with paracetamol .

( I'm not a pain killer junkie ,but have found dealing with a frozen shoulder that sometimes when I have to act as if normal ,I just have to dose up .)

Oh OP my sympathies are with you DH had/has this. I know how tough this is.

You really need help - is there nobody else who could help out with DC? You mustn't feel afraid to ask for help - we are only human and all need a bit of help sometimes

Thinking long term my DH has improved since trying acupuncture.

I hope you're better soon

planet waiting an MRI, had acupuncture, did not work, had steroid injection, lasted two weeks (after initial week of it being worse!). Its a pig. I almost prefer it when it is completely screwed as then I can just down tools. But the inbetween when you know you got to keep on going, thats the worst of it.

ginger oh good to know about higher doses of diclofenac, i did not know that! I have 3 x 50mg daily, but had stopped when it was ok as I had taken them for a while and worried about stomach ulcers, although they are coated ones.

Could not get DH up really, as he worked til midnight and had another shift today, has a very physical job so he needed to sleep really.

Back is feeling better actually. Amazing how quickly the diclofenac works. Managed to keep it at bay with only this so it seems it has not 'gone' as badly as i feared. Not crippled with it, but keep doing the wiggly dance! I managed to do what I needed to today, and even cleaned the kitchen. But avoided heavy lifting. I am now at that stage of worrying it might go properly, but at work tomorrow, which surprisingly is a good thing as I get to sit/move as I need to (good support at work).

thanks for your sympathies everyone

saggar its awful isn't it? at xmas, I spent much of my time either in bed or propped up at the kitchen side with wine in my hand. Not able to do anything with the kids and when I walked it was doubled over, and very very slow.