Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 27, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Thanks Charlie I know you're a pro in that department. > Its not my back though. That's what makes their Sciatica diagnosis a bit > iffy. So maybe they'll not be able to call it Sciatica. It came from too > much in effect toe touching as I was folding laundry. Grabbing small items > from the bottom of the laundry basket with my legs straight. Pulled a very > long leg muscle perhaps. > For now on I dump my whole laundry basket on my bed. > That way it WILL be my back going out not my leg. might be sciatica, hard to say...but first question, is it as muscle or a nerve? Possible that toe touching led to a pinched nerve in the back, then nerve pain (often without back pain) down the buttock, radiating down the leg... that folding laundry is a bitch Steve > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 21:49:10 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Mark Rabiner >> >> Mark, >> >> Glad to hear that it?s nothing more sinister than a slipped disc. Normally >> this just gets better with time, even though it?s bl**dy awful at the >> time. >> Might take a few weeks to settle; but as long as there is no other >> sinister >> cause for nerve root compression, then that?s fine. Time for a large swig >> of >> Lagavullin or whichever is your preferred nectar (should be ok with your >> meds >> ie painkillers and steroids) >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Charlie >> www.charlie-chan.co.uk >> >> On 27 May 2012, at 21:42, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> Dear Lug Friends! >>> Thanks for your kind thoughts I know a few of you I'm not that high on >>> your >>> list. I got pain meds at the emergency room last night and Tuesday an >>> Orthopedist would give me steroids as I seem to have a pinched nerve in >>> my >>> left leg.... If all goes to plan. If really do know what's going on. And >>> can >>> do a bit of foreshadowing. Pinched nerve in leg is Pain with a capital P >>> and >>> that rhymes with ME! >>> Not being able to sit down makes life a challenge you'd not expect I >>> didn't >>> risk freaking out in the back of a taxi I took a bus to the hospital >>> where >>> I was able to stand in it and then walk to the ER which I can do slowly. >>> But certainly light at the end of the tunnel as here I am sitting right >>> now! >>> For the first time in a few days. Typing standing turns out I cant really >>> do. Nor searching the internet for doctors. But its all under control. >>> >>> - - from my iRabs. >>> Mark Rabiner >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> Charlie Chan >> www.charlie-chan.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information