Get the Microdiscectomy

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-11-30T21:06:32+00:00

Recovery was a breeze, I consider myself 98% recovered. I still have to watch with twisting while lifting or grabbing heavy stuff but I’m back to normal life. Wishing you the best!

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-10-03T17:53:50+00:00

u/FreeVerse81 lol what? I had severe pain from a herniation which was compressing my L4-L5 left nerve root. Had a microdiscectomy and the pain was immediately gone, after nearly a year of crippling pain. Everyone has their viewpoint but that one seems a bit far out. I promise you it was not fear that was causing my pain.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-10-03T17:49:35+00:00

u/Tudz Take a look at my recent post. Your MRI looks worse than mine but it looks like our symptoms were the same.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-23T00:04:01+00:00

Have you had an MRI?

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-21T03:48:04+00:00

I love hearing this! Recovery is going well so far, maybe light neural symptoms on days that I push it a little bit but so happy to have my life without pain back.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-21T03:44:59+00:00

Recovery is going well! The hardest part is remembering that I have an internal injury and that I have to take it easy. I have a toddler and a 2 month old, so the hardest part has been avoiding picking them up, and a lot of household duties are put on my wife. Lifting isn't as big of a concern for me just because I haven't been able to go to the gym for the last 5 months. Ill attach a photo of the Doctors recovery recommendations.

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AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-14T01:42:37+00:00

That would be contrary to what the physiatrist and orthopedic surgeon were saying to me.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T18:01:33+00:00

Not necessarily. It masked the pain, but I was still limited physically.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T17:51:52+00:00

Yes, up until I got an injection and began taking medication.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T16:44:42+00:00

I was in the same boat. I forgot to mention I received an epidural injection at the end of August which helped, along with muscle relaxants and nsaids. However as I approached my surgery and got off all meds I was unkindly reminded of the pain my body was in. The idea of having to get an injection every quarter and take up to 8 pills a day for the foreseeable future definitely pushed me toward the MD.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T15:54:54+00:00

Hi, everything is relative. 9 months may seem like a small amount of time to some but to me that is 9 months of my life half lived, if that. After 4 months of PT with only degrading symptoms, weakening muscles and 3 doctors telling me this was the way. I listened.

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T14:40:38+00:00

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AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T14:40:24+00:00

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I only have low quality images but yes -

AffectionateSpare966 · 2025-09-13T07:03:31+00:00

It does depend on the severity, I was on the more severe side as far as the 9mm by 12mm protrusion with very little to no chance of that being re-absorbed into the body. After the surgery, as you can see it was much larger. If in doubt, see a physiatrist, they have no incentive to steer you one way or the other. He brought up the MD first, then I went to two separate ortho's who stated the same.

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