@Dr. Gonzo @Cannabis
Sorry for the late reply, but yeah I've been to the doctors on Thursday. I've always been able to do pretty much anything (apart from running) while having the sciatica. I mean, it would hurt but it didn't stop me from living my life. That was until let's say 6 weeks ago, it seemed as though all of a sudden it was really hard to walk short distances without getting really bad pain and pins and needles in my leg and it was a struggly to get out of bed.
Initially I stupidly put it down to "maybe sleeping in a weird position" so I gave it a week or so to fix itself, while I continued to do my stretches everyday in hopes that they would speed it up. Didn't work, in fact over the last 3 weeks it has deteriorated so quickly. With work being very busy & stressful at the moment, I just struggled along not being able to make the doctors appointments, but I took last Thursday off work and I went to see them. I felt so ashamed getting the bus up to the clinic, it's one stop away from the one I got on and about 2000 ish yards, but I just couldn't walk that far. Anyways, I spoke to the doctor about the loss of full mobility, the constant pain, pins and needles and how I have a full time job being affected. He said that it's a concerning situation, gave me stronger painkiller (not working) and said he would arrange an mri scan to be done to see once and for all what's going on in my back & leg.
So Friday I wake up in terrible pain, unable to get out of bed so I have to call in sick at work. Saturday, my mum gives me some of her painkillers and I manage to hobble into work. But then yesterday and today I've had to call in sick again. My manager hasn't took it well, and to be honest I'm raging with her. It's as if she things I'm just laughing my head off at them, while drinking a cuppa with my feet up. When in fact I'm struggling to put weight on my leg, and I'm near enough bed ridden with the fucking thing. Honestly never know pain like it, it's absolutely unreal sometimes and I'm not embarassed to say I've shed a tear or two out of pure frustration. It just ruining my life, hopefully I get this scan real soon and start to have some answers.