In the beginning I only had pain in my calves. The pain was cramping and it would often leave me with only one comfortable position. I would lay on the couch with my legs up over the back of it to try and get some relief from the pain. One leg at a time up over the back not both at the same time. The pain would alternate from the left to the right legs for years. This started when I was in my early 30’s and progressed until my 40’s. The reason why is as follows:
I didn’t know what doctor to see for my leg pain so I made an appointment with my primary care physician first. Unfortunately, this wasn’t much help for me because I was not scheduled with the M.D.that day but the physician’s assistant. When this person examined me she listened to my symptoms, did a few in-office tests, i,e, reflexes, listened to my heart, took my blood pressure and watched me walk.
All of this led to my failed back lumbar surgery which was supposed to help my sciatica but ended up causing me to have chronic back pain.
