Sciatica-induced phantom pain

Oh my!

I thought I had been spared phantom pain, but it looks like my luck has run out.

I've been having lower back pain for the past 3 months. nothing terrible, but constant and annoying enough that I finally booked a doctor's appointment for next week.

And today things took a turn for the worse: I was doing the groceries when electricity started shooting down my right leg all of the sudden. Clearly sciatica has just kicked in. And my missing limbs came back to life with a vengeance too. First time in 5 1/5 years!

Now I'm lying in bed. The pain in my leg had subsided, but the phantom pain hasn't 😢

It's quite unbearable. If anybody has good advice, I'm all ears.

My mom had sciatica for 9 months before she finally got back surgery 30 years ago. I remember she went through 9 months of hell - and she had all her limbs. If I'm looking at the same ordeal with phantom pains tacked on, I don't know if I'll be able to go through it... This truly scares me.