Diagnosed with LSS

LSS - Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

What
When your spinal bone degenerate changes causing narrowing of the central spinal canal area, where the nerve roots exit the spinal canal.

Symptoms
Persistent low back pain, numbness or weakness in the buttocks and legs, and symptoms that improve with resting. But the pain most often will come back.

When did I know
When I cannot tahan lagi the persistent pain and spared a day to run all the tests in the hospital, including the frigging expensive MRI.

What I see
Wow...very clearly that the back bones are pressing on the nerve!!

What can I do now
Since lumbar surgery to correct LSS is still considered very risky, the doctor put me on "constant" rest mode, prescribed B12 tablet for my nerve repair and endless dose of painkillers.

For how long
Apparently....forever!!!

At least it explains why I am forever in pain, it is just the degree of pain varies from time to time. Sometimes I pop the panadol...sometimes I'd go for stronger pain killers like a jab to relief the pain. Sometimes...the pain is bearable.

But at least I have an explanation.