Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
Pleased with your news Omeg as that’s great. It will make you feel younger. I get what you’re saying about aches and pains - apart from other issues I now have real pains in my lower back causing shooting pains in my leg which seems to be sciatica. Doctors seem to throw anything at you but not touching diazepam which they prescribed along with other things. Warmer climates do help - my excuse anyway!

Hope we get a win but Xmas and lots of red wine coming up 😭
Sorry to hear about your back pain Al and can certainly sympathise with you. I've suffered on and off with sciatica for years. Unfortunately, once you've got a "bad back" you never seem to get rid of it and, rather frustratingly, it never comes on because you've done something stupid like trying to lift something heavy or not followed best manual handling/ lifting practices but rather when you've tries to do something simple and just twisted the wrong way😞

For a few years, I've done some basic tai chi style stretching exercises that have certainly helped as I very rarely get it now as badly as I used to. Even so, I always start to feel twinges come late November when the temperature suddenly drops and I find myself reaching for the ibuprofen gel in the morning! It happens too often for it to be co-incidence so your reason to escape to warmer climes may well be true and not merely an excuse simply for sun and a few relaxing glasses of red 😀

Anyhow, hope you begin to feel better soon!