Thread: Folfox or Xeloda. Folfox or Xeloda My oncologist has recommended Folfox-4, twice a month for 6 months. I know someone with the same diagnosis as me who is taking Xeloda, which according to her has fewer side effects and is easier to tolerate.
Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body. Sciatica most commonly occurs when a herniated disk, bone spur on the spine or narrowing of the spine (spinal stenosis) compresses part of the nerve. This causes inflammation, pain and often some numbness in the affected leg.
Right Side Sciatica. Right side sciatica has a fifty/fifty chance of being the location of any particular case of unilateral sciatic nerve pain. Unilateral symptoms describe expressions in the lower back, buttocks, leg or foot on only one side of the anatomy. This is the diametric opposite of bilateral sciatica which occurs in both legs and/or feet. There are no universal reasons why a patient may have symptoms only on the right, since the spinal anatomy is identical on both sides.