Sciatic Nerve - UGH!

The term sciatica describes the symptoms of leg pain and possibly tingling, numbness or weakness that travels from the low back through the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve in the back of the leg. The vast majority of people who experience sciatica get better with time (usually a few weeks or months) and find pain relief with non-surgical sciatica treatment.

Okay did that just say a few weeks or months? You've got to be kidding me! I have been in bed for 2 days unable to move much and I'm going crazy! I've had this problem before but it came during the same time I had to have back surgery for a different reason so the pain all got lumped together and I was already on meds so I don't remember it being like this.

Anyway, so needless to say I've had a lot of time on my hands and I was trying to pull a Pollyanna for this situation. So I'm looking at the good and finding something to be glad about while I lay here. So here is goes.

I'm glad that there are wonderful Anti-inflammatory and pain pills that help take the pain away.

I'm glad they invented ThermaCare Heat Wraps that you wrap around your body and these little discs heat up like magic to heat the area and relax the muscles. What's really cool is that they stay hot for like 9 hours - it truly is amazing.

I'm glad for cell phones. Mike's not been working much so he has been at home but he's mostly down stairs. So if I really need something I just have to call him. It's like a little bell. :)

I'm glad for my lap top. I can lay here - prop it up and catch up on my blog reading, check the weather in every state and watch video's on You Tube. These are things I normally don't have a lot of time for so it's been great to just play around.

I'm glad for DVR - I normally record shows I want to watch when the kids are asleep- Like House or Grey's Anatomy - well now I've caught up on all of those shows too.

In the mean time while I've been doing all of this stuff the laundry has been put on the back burner, the boxes I have to pack have gone unpacked and I am about to go crazy. But hey at least I found things to "be glad about" as Pollyanna would say. :)