I got the picture

For several years, more than I can really remember, I've had this pain in my lower back and I called it sciatica. I told the dr. I have sciatica, what do you recommend? Take Tylenol regularly she said, or you might try Alleve. It does more for inflammation.
So for at least 4 years that I can call to mind, I have basically been sitting down most of the time because standing is so painful it just isn't something I like to do. So when I cook, I throw food in the pan and sit, stir it and sit, wash a dish or two and sit. Going to Walmart could send me into a pain frenzy that would last for several hours and sometimes even into the next day if I spent more than 10 or 15 minutes there. Sometimes I stood in line that long.
I even bought a little stool that doubles as a cane. If I have to sit, it just unfolds and I can sit. I've used this on several shopping trips to help me keep going.
I know I'm no fun to go anywhere with, because almost everything requires walking to some extent. I had to quit playing bunco because the constant getting up and down would kill me before the night was over so I just gave it up. Also it was impossible for me to have my turn because I couldn't be on my feet long enough to do the preparations.
So last week I went to the dr. and she asked me how everything was. But my regular dr. wasn't available so they gave me someone else. I told her about my pain and mentioned how difficult life was becoming with what I now consider a handicap.
She immediately went into action, ordered me a handicap hanger for my car, sent me up to xray that very day and the next day I had an appointment for an MRI. It seemed like all of a sudden someone heard me.
So I went to the MRI and this week she called me with the results. She had reviewed the picture and the MRI showed a cyst in my right hip. What??? You mean.. there really is something in there causing this pain? Its really not just all in my head? The cyst is pushing on a nerve .. imagine that. And because of its presence it is forcing "things" (what else is in there) over to the left side pinching the nerve on that side too.
So now I am going to be scheduled to see a neurosurgeon and maybe have surgery to remove the cyst. Wouldn't that be something to wake up and have that nagging pinched nerve hurting me. I suspect I'd still be stiff just cause I'm old, but I bet I could wash dishes again!