BIG NEWS-------Some LESS Sciatica PAIN!!

        OK people, this is BIG news!!
My sciatica pain is a little less today! I hope it is not a fluke and is all due to the cold laser treatments that I have been getting. I am still in a lot of pain but it is a little less. On a scale of 1 to 10, my pain level is about an 8 -9. But today I would say it is a 7-7.5.  And when you suffer with Sciatica, any little bit of relief is a HUGE deal!!!  I would love to get to a 6!! Today is a good day for me, pain- wise! I had a  laser treatment yesterday but I still had the same amount of pain, I still had the same amount of pain this morning but as the day wore on, i felt a change!!!! I am excited to get another treatment tomorrow!  Tomorrow will number 8 I think. I had two treatments at my girlfriend's house by the doctor who works for the laser company and I think I have had 6 or 7 from the PT office that I go to.
        I met my girlfriend Deb for lunch today.  She is so nice, sadly, she is also a bereaved mom. It was so much fun to chat and relax.  When you are a bereaved mom, you have to watch what subjects you talk about to others.  Bereaved moms can talk about any subjects with each other. The other day  Priscilla and I were talking about how our daughters died and what is was like for  us.  I was with Amy when she died and it is a terrible memory, she wasn't with Krissy when she died and that is a bad memory for her. When you lose a child, it is all bad.
       After lunch, I picked up my sister and we went and scoped out Macy's for the Black Friday sales. Unfortunately most of the stuff we wanted wasn't even put out on the floor yet!! But we had fun shopping anyway!   And I walked around with a little less pain.
     
    No photo description available.  This is the very FIRST Time that I have seen a published link of Parkinson's and Sciatica!! I started having Parkinson's symptoms at the same time that I developed Sciatica.  I have asked my  PD specialist neurologist and family doc and pain management doc and they have all said that Parkinson's and Sciatica are NOT related and that is is just a coincidence that I have both. I already have 10 of these issues!  I will have to research more and see if Sciatica is listed 

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