Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog! You asked about my husband’s back. It is a bulging disk at L5, S1. He is in moderate to severe pain most of the time. The nerve is affected so the thing that hurts worse than his back is his leg from the knee to his foot. He really has a hard time sleeping and has a difficult time finding a comfortable position. Most of the time he has to sleep on his right side. He can only stand for about 10 minutes before the pain makes him have to sit. We’ve also been told the options include either shots or surgery. He’s on a couple different pain killers now which only help a little. He has an appointment with a surgeon back specialist for next week so that’s where we are now.
Tina F. said,
December 11, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog! You asked about my husband’s back. It is a bulging disk at L5, S1. He is in moderate to severe pain most of the time. The nerve is affected so the thing that hurts worse than his back is his leg from the knee to his foot. He really has a hard time sleeping and has a difficult time finding a comfortable position. Most of the time he has to sleep on his right side. He can only stand for about 10 minutes before the pain makes him have to sit. We’ve also been told the options include either shots or surgery. He’s on a couple different pain killers now which only help a little. He has an appointment with a surgeon back specialist for next week so that’s where we are now.