hi,
'Down Under', sitting onbedge of bed, base of spine sore last few days, last night it is excruciating. So bad it was agony sotti g on couch and even worse standing. NEVER had this before! I do have arthritis just about everywhere, get sciatica, usually right but sometimes both last few months. Lower back been bad for decades, old injury thoracic, both shoulders rotator cuff, right still bad, happened in my sleep. Use pain killers as a last resort, so they still work if I need them (just codiene and paracetamol combo pill), valium rarely for anxiety events, or try to get muscles to relax, but not often, just one 5mg pill. But I've had to sit forward on couch all night, now sitting on side of bed scared to lie down in case the coccyx area pain gets worse. So bad I feel exhausted and can't stand it. Don't know what has happened? Somehow caught a disc? If I lean forward now (sitting up straight at moment) it really spikes, so... just don't know, local hospital are mostly idiots ( learnt caring for my dear mum, who finally passed Oct '21, gruelling process for her and me, Alzheimer disease, dreadful, on my ownbyrying to console her about the hallucinations etc, we shared since 2002, mum was 99 years, 9 months 9 days when she passed. Anyway, sorry for rambling on... I looked at a lot of post headings and I feel like a pathetic whinger in comparisonbto what many others are cooing with. I hope you all find relief and peace. As for me, this is the worst place for my spine to act up... sittingbup is hard, lounging back impossible as it is agonising. Don't know what to do? Pills not working, it's like I've been stabbed at base of spine... so, going to try to lie down on my side...see what happens... cheers and thanks if you lasted this long.