Hideous orright... speshully when somebody quips: "Ah, shagger's bach, eh!".... and that wasn't the reason.

Glad to hear it went well for you, Fuzzy, all the best in your rcovery.

Welcome back Fuzzy. Real glad it all went well. You look...um...different!

Follow instructions, Fuzzy.

Hope you're feeling even better in the coming days.

Well, the backache has gone, but... I have severe sciatic pain now. I guess that's what you get for pumping fluid into an inflamed nerve.

Been back to the Docs today. He's changed my tablets to something more suitable for this type of pain. I'm floating a little off the ground at the moment but they do seem to be having an effect.

I just wish this would all go away

Well ...... trot on down to the Pub and take a couple of Pints....pain relief and all.......and if not all better in a few hours .... repeat....again and again. Anyway hope the Hospitol got it right and put the parts back in rightside up....or down. Whatever.

I hope to hell they didn't do that mate! Btw, I have the same problem...but relatively little pain. One thing that really helped me with the sciatic pain was Indomethacin.

Frequently pain is eased until the anesthetic (local) wears off...then the pain resumes because the extruded pulpy material still presses on the nerve root.

Hope it eases off....ArileenDesign has been a rather ideal patient...hopefully a similar regimen would help you as well.

The Doc switched me to Tramadol, which appears to suit me better. I feel ok at the moment. But like all these type of meds, I never take them after 6 in the evening otherwise I can't sleep.

Of course they did It was a nerve root injection.

As for exercise, the only thing I can do is cycling. As soon as my back settles I'll be starting again