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Cyst on L5-S1 Sciatica sufferer for about 5 years

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ligiapiano
ligiapiano

I recently was diagnosed, after an MRI, with having a cyst on L5-S1.  I had unbearable pain along my left leg/buttock.  My cyst was removed with a needle, basically popped and then the cyst disintegrated.  The procedure was done by a neuro radiologist (I'm in my fifties and in the US).  My problem is that I still have pain mainly in my buttock and back thigh.  I also have numbness in these areas all the way to my tiny toes.  The doctors say it's because they also injected me with steroids and probably have some pressure on the nerve because of it.  They encourage me to be patient.  It's been 10 days and no relief.  I have being on opioids or Tylenol with cortisone (they work really well) but I don't want to become addicted.  I bear the pain as much as I can but when I have to work, I need to take them.  It doesn't really affect my work - it actually makes me very pleasant to work with.  Should I believe the doctors?  Has anyone had a similar occurrence?  

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  • Greebo64
    Greebo64 ligiapiano

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    you can believe the Doctors if you wish & that's what they want you to do, its called "kicking the can down the road" ...however you are in the USA so you should be able to get the treatment you really want, in the UK because we have to rely on the NHS we get continually fobbed off by GP's & consultants.

    The good news is you say you have only had this for 10 days, if you are lucky it will ease in time & it maybe go away completely so don't panic yet, give it more time to settle, but try and stay of the prescribe meds.

  • jacqueline01135
    jacqueline01135 ligiapiano

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    Pain killers are all very  well, but they merely mask the cause, so you never know if you are getting better ..Not a lover ,or much of a user of prescription drugs , I have just endured and am still enduring, though thankfully nearly at the end of,about of Sciatica  I had unbelievable pain, was given a variety of pain killers ,which ,after reading the "Side effects " were left in their wrappers. I use Alternatives ,minerals and vitamins ,and Paracetamol ,I yelped a lot ,but kept moving .and now have a small area under bum ,that is hanging on I am , a physio ,,privately  who is pretty good ,he also makes me yelp.  but for the right reason, he knows where the probs are

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