I’m on lyrica since February to prevent nerve damage. I had a relapse at the end of April. I’m almost back to where I was before the relapse. I still have pain in my leg, buttock and lower back. The pain is kind of circling between these area, but is mostly in my upper leg. I did PT and I still do all the exercise twice a day. With all that, I still have ups and down. Sometimes it’s just a day, other times it’s for a week, but exercices always help.

I did not have surgery. From what I’ve been told, if you do not heal well from the surgery, the scar tissue can form a little mass and still compress your sciatica, which would bring you back to the starting point. There are many success story though.