How do you all do this!?

I have had sciatica non stop for 1 whole year, I have a slipped or herniated disk and lumbar stenosis together in the same spot ultimately pinching on my nerve with no relief. The MRI said other things as well but unsure how unimportant they really are comparatively.

By the evening I'm in agony and can only lay down, my calf is painful all day, it legit feels like I just walked away from a car accident, my quality of life had gone straight down as I used to be a very active person. I cry at least once a day, summer is here and I feel I'm missing out on everything. How do you all cope emotionally with this physical onslaught?

I try to stay positive, see the things I can still do and be apart of but it feels so isolating.

Things I'm doing: -Swimming 3x week -Chiro 2x week -I was doing physio for 8 months but it got too expensive -Pilates 2 times a month to help balance my other side -I hang from a chin up bar and do stretches a few times a day -meds..gabapentin, more advil than is recommended for a full year and percecets, I have to watch what I take due to mental health and being on other meds -injections every other week -caudal epidural, it did nothing -waiting on a lumbar epidural

-I have to wait a full year for a consult from a neurosurgeon because I live in Canada and I read on here that waiting can cause more damage?

Is there anything else I could be doing? What would it cost to be seen in the States? What other activities help you all through such intense pain?

Edit for more info:

I am grateful for all your comments, well wishes, and feeling as though we aren't alone is super helpful, so thank you.

Chiro doesn't do adjustments, some sort of red light therapy, massage, and a machine called the Reformer that looks like a TENS machine with take-home exercises. He is telling me to take it easy and I thought I was.

I bought a new adjusting ergonomic desk and chair about 8 months ago for work, a lumbar support, and posture corrector, I just bought a massage gun for my calf.

Pilates is private and costs as much at PT, so I thought I'd switch it up and try that for a bit

I have posted my mri into this post, but unsure sure how to add it into my OP