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Yesterday morning I woke up in a lot of pain. My waist hurt, my bottom hurt and all the way down my right leg hurt. Moving hurt. Not moving was sort of OK (although coughing wasn't) until I moved and then it *really* hurt. At first I thought it was something to do with the flu jab. Instead, the symptoms are a direct match for sciatica.
This turns out to be the only illness I've come across where the way to deal with the symptoms is to move around constantly. I was on my feet for much of the day. My usual past time of gaming wasn't really an option. And I did a lot of stand-up reading.
I was dreading sleeping, but the advice about propping myself with a cushion helped. And today it's all easier. I'm not sure about work next week, but I'll take that a day at a time.
This turns out to be the only illness I've come across where the way to deal with the symptoms is to move around constantly. I was on my feet for much of the day. My usual past time of gaming wasn't really an option. And I did a lot of stand-up reading.
I was dreading sleeping, but the advice about propping myself with a cushion helped. And today it's all easier. I'm not sure about work next week, but I'll take that a day at a time.
