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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

zanana1

(6,536 posts) Sat May 23, 2026, 10:36 AM Yesterday

I just finished a course of Prednisone for sciatica. [View all]

It didn't help. The problem is, my knee gives in. I use a walker, but that doesn't prevent it. I'd take a steroid injection any day, but so far that hasn't been given as an option. The last time my knee gave in, I went down and broke my leg. Four months in a rehab facility. I'm terrified of falling again. Is anybody else dealing with sciatica?

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I just finished a course of Prednisone for sciatica. [View all] zanana1 Yesterday OP

Yes, I do chelsea0011 Yesterday #1

Same.. also getting an injection in 2 weeks mountain grammy Yesterday #3

Yes, I've been having a real problem. I can hardly walk in the morning. Walleye Yesterday #2

Yes there are injections mountain grammy Yesterday #5

Wow, I know how that feels. Sometimes it hurts just to stand up in the kitchen and fix a sandwich Walleye Yesterday #7

I understand mountain grammy Yesterday #17

Yes, I have become grateful for my small kitchen. I do a lot of pivoting like a basketball player. Walleye Yesterday #21

Injections helped more than prednisone pills, but still, the "help" slightlv Yesterday #12

I'm sorry I think your condition mountain grammy Yesterday #15

Oh, man... do I resonate with the "old flabby core"! (LOL) slightlv Yesterday #18

Accupuncture is what has gotten me safely through 2 bad sciatica attacks. lark Yesterday #4

I've has 2 ablations done 3 years apart mountain grammy Yesterday #6

Damn, chronic pain is depressing as hell I can't do the things I used to do Walleye Yesterday #8

I hear you! I can't clean the house slightlv Yesterday #13

Good thing I'm a cat person, I guess. Don't need to be walked. Walleye Yesterday #20

I finally got to sweeping the foyer and the hallway... slightlv Yesterday #22

78 here! mountain grammy Yesterday #19

Physical therapy and gabapentin got rid of mine. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #9

I just had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago, if i sleep in a bed i wake up dem4decades Yesterday #10

If I don't do my stretching exercises in the morning.... QED Yesterday #11

Getting SCS surgery montanacowboy Yesterday #14

dont wait for it to b offered. ask. mopinko Yesterday #16