Injections, procedures and cushions that work

[Yourfriend2024]

Hello. Looking for some help. In quite a bit of pain 24/7. I am a 43 year old male. Never married, single, no kids, live alone, work from home on the computer. 5"9 185 pounds, not overweight. 2 years ago was having lower back problems, got bad after I got covid, because I was in bed alot more and sitting and laying down more. 


Now that being said, because I am not working in an office, not having a family and being single I literally sit or lay down all day and night basically.  Working at a computer, or driving in my vehicle or laying down watching movies. Should have been going the gym and moving around more, but I don't go out much. So I got an mri 2 years ago, they say my L5 disc was compressed from lack of mobility, also i had alot of pain in my pelvis and groin area, doctor even thought i might have had colon or prostate issues, so that checked out fine. We now think Likely it was an undiagnosed PN. I did physical therapy and started moving around more and for 1.5 years it basically went away. I have been back to my old habits for 5 months, pain and symptoms came back with a vengeance. Had another mri last week Now my S1 nerve has a protusion. My doctor sent me to a colon surgeon and got a colonoscopy because I have pain in that region, constipation and burning, and all the PN symptoms fit like a glove. So due to lack of mobility I have L5-s1 issues, and very likely PN. Got a steroid injection for the l5 it did nothing. The s1 nerve protrusion just was diagnosed 4 days ago so my physical therapist will me made aware of that tomorrow at my next physical therapy appointment. 


The PN is basically a deduced conclusion by my primary care physician, a colon surgeon, the gastrointestinal doctor and my friends dad who is a retired urologist. So I got the lower back issues and the PN.  I have read alot of this forum. What do you recommend for a start? What my plan is anyway and in the interim. I am deciding to get a job out of the house to move around more. Changing diet and doing PT and joined the ymca to swim and work out. But the pain is so severe when I sit or lay on my back. I have never needed pain meds for anything in my life but i do now. The Oxycodone helps the back pain for now, but does nothing for the PN. The pain is so bad with the PN. Standing helps tremendously.  But sitting and laying down hurts so bad. I know there are lots of nerve injections, i cant seem to find any people that say it worked for them or worked for long. Alot of nerve imaging tests that can almost definitely diagnose this? Obviously my doctors will come up with a plan, but this is all happening in real time and it seems alot of you have personal experiences. What is your advice on first treatments/ proper diagnosis, and pain medications? I cant deal with this and work and pay my bills. Very nervous that this isn't going to be resolved.  Also what kind of pillows for laying in bed on your back would you recommend to keep that coccyx and that area without pressure which in turn hurts like he'll? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading. 




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[Emybritany]

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