Thanks, le nub. I'll ask her about that. It does sound to me like some form of sciatica, but they haven't prescribed any muscle relaxants.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
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Ginger - Jul 31, 2011 4:52:09 pm PDT #26507 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2011 4:56:53 pm PDT #26508 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm thinking slipped disc or vertebra fracture. Any other theories? I'm getting all my information from my mother and sister, who are not good at getting information from doctors.
Ginger, that's the kind of pain I had when I had back surgery -- HOWEVER, that doesn't mean your mom's is significant enough to warrant surgery (I know you aren't a Chicken Little-type person, but I just didn't want you to think I was saying Holy Crap Your Mom Needs Bionic Repair!).
It sounds like something is messing with her sciatic nerve. It doesn't necessarily have to be a disc, though -- I have had screaming horrible pain that was just from my muscles -- mostly the piriformis -- being inflamed and clenchy and trapping the sciatic nerve.
erikaj - Jul 31, 2011 5:03:42 pm PDT #26509 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Dear Bro, Dude, I'm trying to understand that stiffness and pain are new to you, as is not being able to get ready in twelve minutes. HOWEVER, if you call yourself a "fucking cripple" in front of me again, I may end your life. xxoo Your big sis, who still doesn't move around as well as you do. Right now. AINFG. Dear Dr. C, Fix him, or he eats at your house. A Friend
Amy - Jul 31, 2011 5:04:34 pm PDT #26510 of 30000
Because books.
Just going on my mom's back problems, and my own sciatica when I was pregnant, anything where the pain is traveling down one leg sounds like pinched nerve to me, too. It doesn't have to be a disc, though, like Steph said.
Your poor mom. That kinds of pain is awful.
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2011 5:05:28 pm PDT #26511 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dana - Jul 31, 2011 5:05:54 pm PDT #26512 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
With my herniated disc, leg pain was also involved. That required an MRI to diagnose.
Vortex - Jul 31, 2011 5:07:06 pm PDT #26513 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Why are you attacking literacy?
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2011 5:10:33 pm PDT #26514 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It's actually Attack OF Literacy: [link] The authors are attacking that poor helpless dame. But I know you can't see all that in the Bat-crotch picture.
smonster - Jul 31, 2011 5:12:17 pm PDT #26515 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh my lord, erika, are you fucking kidding? I mean, I know you're not. But damn. That takes a special level of self-centeredness.
Ginger - Jul 31, 2011 5:17:29 pm PDT #26516 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That required an MRI to diagnose.
Now that I think about it, she had a CT scan and then an MRI last Thursday. Maybe she'll get a real diagnosis tomorrow.
I'm hoping it's something can be treated without surgery, because I doubt if that would be advisable for an 85-year-old with congestive heart failure.
It's just sad how limited her life has become. She can't see well enough to sew, which was her main passion in life, along with antiques. She doesn't get around well enough to do much antiquing. Fortunately, my sister is being a trouper about this. (Okay, my sister is not all bad.)