Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] Mark Rabiner
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 14:17:28 -0700
References: <CBE80D1A.1EC5D%mark@rabinergroup.com>

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/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> Charlie Chan
>> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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