I wish I could offer you a good quick-fix, Mello, but I can't.

I had several bouts with sciatica and I agree. It will really keep your attention.

Chiropractic didn't help. The series of shots into the base of the spine (which I tried twice) is scary and helped only briefly. I then bit on that "spinal decompression" b.s. (which is still more chiropractic) and I felt better about as long as it took me to get home from the the treatments. Not only did it not work, but it's expensive as hell and I'll be making payments for it for months.

Finally, my lovely wife got tired of my moaning groaning and threatened to skin me alive unless I made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon in Fort Worth who fixed a ruptured disc in her back. Her operation was a great success.

Well (to shorten this long boring speech a little), I had surgery about five weeks ago, and while I still have some persistent lower back ache I no longer get those terrible pains in my left leg and my butt and, according to my wife, I'm a LOT easier to live with.

If it turns out that your best option is the surgery send me a PM and we'll try to get together and I'll share my vast knowledge orthopedic spinal surgery with you.

I hope you're feeling better!


Jim