Wow! This blog is a breath of fresh air! I've been out of commission with sciatica for several weeks. I took a fall hiking and had a pinched nerve on one side. Started doing core strength building and then fell on the otherside. I'm going nuts. All docs want to do is give me narcotics and I don't like medications. I'm a very active person and this stuff has really impacted not only my physical well being, but my emotional sanity! Standing is S-L-O-W-L-Y getting better. Sitting is still difficult and the nights are the worst - but I belong to a gym with great low slung bikes so I'm heading there now! Thanks for the insight. Everything else I have read is so depressing. Plus, in June I'm suppose to be hiking in Alaska. May have to lower my expectations, but at least I maybe feeling somewhat better by then.

Thank-you,
Carla Wills-Brandon