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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

zanana1

(6,540 posts) Sat May 23, 2026, 10:36 AM Saturday

I just finished a course of Prednisone for sciatica. [View all]

It didn't help. The problem is, my knee gives in. I use a walker, but that doesn't prevent it. I'd take a steroid injection any day, but so far that hasn't been given as an option. The last time my knee gave in, I went down and broke my leg. Four months in a rehab facility. I'm terrified of falling again. Is anybody else dealing with sciatica?

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I just finished a course of Prednisone for sciatica. [View all] zanana1 Saturday OP

Yes, I do chelsea0011 Saturday #1

Same.. also getting an injection in 2 weeks mountain grammy Saturday #3

Yes, I've been having a real problem. I can hardly walk in the morning. Walleye Saturday #2

Yes there are injections mountain grammy Saturday #5

Wow, I know how that feels. Sometimes it hurts just to stand up in the kitchen and fix a sandwich Walleye Saturday #7

I understand mountain grammy Saturday #17

Yes, I have become grateful for my small kitchen. I do a lot of pivoting like a basketball player. Walleye Saturday #21

Injections helped more than prednisone pills, but still, the "help" slightlv Saturday #12

I'm sorry I think your condition mountain grammy Saturday #15

Oh, man... do I resonate with the "old flabby core"! (LOL) slightlv Saturday #18

Have you seen ortho doctor chelsea0011 Sunday #23

Accupuncture is what has gotten me safely through 2 bad sciatica attacks. lark Saturday #4

I've has 2 ablations done 3 years apart mountain grammy Saturday #6

Damn, chronic pain is depressing as hell I can't do the things I used to do Walleye Saturday #8

I hear you! I can't clean the house slightlv Saturday #13

Good thing I'm a cat person, I guess. Don't need to be walked. Walleye Saturday #20

I finally got to sweeping the foyer and the hallway... slightlv Saturday #22

78 here! mountain grammy Saturday #19

Physical therapy and gabapentin got rid of mine. sinkingfeeling Saturday #9

I just had a knee replacement 5 weeks ago, if i sleep in a bed i wake up dem4decades Saturday #10

If I don't do my stretching exercises in the morning.... QED Saturday #11

Getting SCS surgery montanacowboy Saturday #14

dont wait for it to b offered. ask. mopinko Saturday #16