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A few years ago I began suffering with an annoying back ache, the sort that you think will clear up in a few days.
As I was working away at the time, I put it down to the excessive amount of driving I was doing, an uncomfortable mattress or any number of other possible everyday issues.

Discussing it with colleagues - all of which seemed to have an opinion! - the general consensus was that it sounded like sciatica.

Being some distance from home meant that I couldn’t visit my own GP without taking time off, and I didn’t feel it was worth finding a local one – after all, it’s only a bit of backache, right?

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