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I am currently being managed conservatively with pain killers I am on six different ones now,physio was too sore but I am slowly managing to do the MC Gill big three exercises daily now.Inhad nerve root injections for weeks ago that made everything worse and I am off sick from work I am a nurse,39 with a four year old child Sitting is agony the only thing that helps is walking.I have been in agony since December,I took 2.weeks off in February and prior to going off sick after the nerve injections I haven't been off I just kept going constantly at work on long shifts never sitting down.Now I am off sick I am being very careful and minimising BLT,going for walks.I have been waking up at 4am in so much pain I have to get up for the day and walk around but the GP has switched my analgesia around and yesterday I managed to sleep until 7am the first time for six weeks. Realistically does anyone think this can heal conservatively? or so I need an operation

On going sciatica since December,nothing is working I cannot sit I cannot sleep I struggle to drive.The GP has signed me off for a month at work,I am 39 I have a four year old and I am a nurse and normally very active.I had nerve injections 8 days ago which were so painful and the first few days I felt less pain but since then the pain and radicular pain has ramped up and I am in agony from around 3am until the evening and I end up getting out of bed pacing around the house.I am on four painkillers naproxen, co-codamol, high dose amitriptyline and now I have been started on pregabalin.imI cannot understand why I am not getting better and why my pain is getting worst.My physio thinks the big disc bulge I have which is compressing the nerve roots will heal over time by itself but I think we are past all the conservative management and I think I need surgery.I am in so much pain this morning I think I might have to go to a&e.Has anyone else been in a similar situation? I cannot imagine how I will have to wait up to 18 weeks for an operation 😭