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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

chelsea0011

(10,246 posts)

1. Yes, I do

Reply to zanana1 (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 10:41 AM

17 hrs ago

I have spinal stenosis and am getting a new epidural spine injection next week. If I can be of any help, I can try but my sciatica is specific in nature related to my spine.

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I just finished a course of Prednisone for sciatica. [View all] zanana1 17 hrs ago OP

Yes, I do chelsea0011 17 hrs ago #1

Same.. also getting an injection in 2 weeks mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #3

Yes, I've been having a real problem. I can hardly walk in the morning. Walleye 17 hrs ago #2

Yes there are injections mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #5

Wow, I know how that feels. Sometimes it hurts just to stand up in the kitchen and fix a sandwich Walleye 16 hrs ago #7

I understand mountain grammy 14 hrs ago #17

Yes, I have become grateful for my small kitchen. I do a lot of pivoting like a basketball player. Walleye 12 hrs ago #21

Injections helped more than prednisone pills, but still, the "help" slightlv 15 hrs ago #12

I'm sorry I think your condition mountain grammy 14 hrs ago #15

Oh, man... do I resonate with the "old flabby core"! (LOL) slightlv 14 hrs ago #18

Accupuncture is what has gotten me safely through 2 bad sciatica attacks. lark 17 hrs ago #4

I've has 2 ablations done 3 years apart mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #6

Damn, chronic pain is depressing as hell I can't do the things I used to do Walleye 16 hrs ago #8

I hear you! I can't clean the house slightlv 15 hrs ago #13

Good thing I'm a cat person, I guess. Don't need to be walked. Walleye 12 hrs ago #20

I finally got to sweeping the foyer and the hallway... slightlv 11 hrs ago #22

78 here! mountain grammy 13 hrs ago #19

Physical therapy and gabapentin got rid of mine. sinkingfeeling 16 hrs ago #9

I just had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago, if i sleep in a bed i wake up dem4decades 16 hrs ago #10

If I don't do my stretching exercises in the morning.... QED 16 hrs ago #11

Getting SCS surgery montanacowboy 14 hrs ago #14

dont wait for it to b offered. ask. mopinko 14 hrs ago #16