There is no cure for your ailments. Yes you can do pain killers, and muscle relaxers, and get injections, but you're back will never be what is once was. Chinese has degenerative disc disease and oh, how my poor baby suffers. Right now we can not afford for him to get another MRI, which he is dire need of. His last one was three years ago! right before his laminotomy. Chinese has had every procedure possible done, physical therapy, and pain management.

His left leg goes numb quite often(sciatica) and massage does help a little because it relaxes the muscle. When you have nerve damage or irritation it can make your nerves in other parts of your body fire off incorrectly. His leg twitches and his muscles cramp really bad on some days. He also has a lot of gastrointestinal problems which are attributed to the disease.

He follows a regiment of painkillers and flexeril every evening. Some days he can not move because of the pain. At one point, he was prescribed methadone to deal with the pain. When we became a couple, he had his doctor down his dosage and now he is on percocet 30s only. My ex-husband was a horrible addict and Chinese is extremely considerate so he didn't want me worried about him.

Also, in January in the U.S., methadone 40s are no longer available or prescribed. There were too many 'negative reactions' in pain management cases. The drug(in the form of 40s) was only prescribed for use of addiction treatment. They only prescribe the tens now and you can not equate the prescriptions. Say your patient was prescribed two forties a day, you can not now prescribe them 8 10s a day. You could prescribe them 2 10s a day and equate the rest with percocet 30s.

My ex-husband had degenerative disc and now so does my current man, so I understand what you are going through. I, myself, have had sciatic pain since my eighth month of pregnancy. If you have that kind of pain then get someone to rub the area where your leg meets your hip really hard. It feels like bruise getting touched at first, but then the pain goes away. I swear by it. I refuse to take painkillers of any sort so this is the only relief that I get. Once again, we don't have the money right now to get me properly checked out either. I also have VSD- ventricular septal defect aka a small hole in my heart between the left and right ventricles. I have been having a lot of palpitations and irregular heartbeat lately, but I am too proud to receive charity. I also don't like pity so only my family knows of my heart condition. Then again, I could always move to Canada or Europe and get free med care. Damn, it's getting late. I need to get to bed. Goodnight.