Bulging disc and sciatica

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Thank you so much for your responses! Jess -- I can't imagine going through a broken back! (And being told not to bike! Fortunately the doc says biking will be fine for me once the leg pain's gone.) I know I'm lucky in the scheme of things.

And thank you, Knot! I just checked, and the PT who read my MRI (and thinks PT could fix the leg pain) is listed on the McKenzie web site -- unfortunately, she lives 100 miles away, and the one I've been referred to is a DPT but isn't McKenzie-certified. I don't know if my insurance would cover visits to a non-referred PT close by. At the very least, I'll see what my PT recommends and try to check with the other one to see if it sounds reasonable.

Malkin, I'm so glad to hear you're doing well now.

2. when my ex- took a look at my images, he said, " OH MY GOD.."

Hah! Yep. I had started to wonder if I was imagining things, and then the MRI came back. I felt vindicated, which helped...a bit.

I had just turned 40 and felt like the warranty had just run out.

And this really resonates with me. I'm really curious -- were you able to ride in the interim? What's killing me right now is that I can't swim, play tennis, bike, or run -- even *walking* up or down slight inclines hurts -- and the lack of exercise has me pretty depressed. It's hard to hear my boyfriend mention his latest casual 80-miler knowing that it's more mileage than I've gotten in six months.

(And also because I'm lusting after a new road bike. You know.)