As some of you know, since the end of June I have been struggling with the pinched nerve in my hip known as sciatica. I received a CPAP machine at the end of June to help control my severe sleep apnea. While the CPAP machine does fix the apnea, because I sleep in one position instead of constantly moving throughout the night, it has greatly aggravated the pinched nerve. It has progressively gotten worse over the last two months. It causes me constant pain, maddening tingling and numbness and weakness. It has caused me to fall at least 3 times.

Today, I'm going to my doctor for the third time about this problem. In the past, she has told me that there is nothing she can do about it. That it is most likely related to my weight (which is something else I'm in the process of getting under control) and that I will just have to endure it until after I have my gastric bypass surgery in December of this year. The sciatica, however, has gotten to the point that it's affecting my daily quality of life. I cannot walk, it hurts to the touch and not even 4 ibuprofen do anything more than just take a little of the edge off. I'm going to her again today to see if she can give me some kind of anti-inflammatory medication or at the very least a stronger pain killer for when I need to walk or get out.

If you're the praying sort, pray for me. If not, send me some good thoughts and good luck. I am going to need it and it would be very much appreciated as the situation has gotten to the point that it's causing me to stay almost bedridden for days at a time because it hurts so badly to walk and move around. Thanks in advance.

--UPDATE---

She gave me an anti-inflammatory drug called Naprosyn and is sending me today to have x-rays done and gave me a prescription to have physical therapy done depending on what the x-rays reveal.

--UPDATE--

Had X-rays done. I won't hear the results until sometime tomorrow but they advised me to walk with a cane until I can be properly treated to keep me from falling.