Yes my husband had it too. We went throught every thing and landed up haven surgery, but before he did he was on vicidon for the pain it seemed to help a little becasue its a nerve it didn't take all the pain away. His got do bad that he could not even walk or drive a car at the end. He went throught the surgery and every thing is better he still gets pain he will always but its much better. Don't let them fool you to think that all the pain will go away, but it will stop 90% of it and he will do much better. See my husban works in a factory that does not help at all. Make sure that he relearns to pick things up with his legs and not his back. Number one thing that starts it all is lifting with you back and not your legs. I hope that this helps.

Thankyou so much for replying ramsassy, it is so good to be able to get some feedback. Yes my husband's injury was originally caused by heavy lifting at work, and he is now at the stage where some days he can barely walk or drive the car, to make it worse we have a manual car. He has tried every medication the doctor could possibly prescribe, the doc even offered him narcotics at one stage, but he decided against that, as he didn't want the complications later of the addiction side of it. We are waiting to see a specialist who may be able to refer him to get a micro discectomy, we have heard it is much better than bone fusion. Which operation did your husband have ? If they could operate and take away even 50% of the pain, he would be very greatful for that, so if an op will take away 90%, i'm sure he would be in heaven. I think after the pain and suffering he has been going through the last 3 years, he will probably be too scared to lift anything ever again.

Thankyou once again for your reply.

Suzy