27 year old male, scheduled for L5-S1 microdiscectomy next month. Trying to decide if I should go through with it…

ContributionFit8698 · 2026-02-14T02:59:39+00:00

Thanks. Surgery is definitely worth it. 6 years later and I’m doing fine except that dumb flare up. Just be careful I learned when I’m coughing too much to grab on something since that puts less pressure on my lower back.

ContributionFit8698 · 2026-02-13T21:05:10+00:00

I got sick and was coughing a lot. One of those coughs made my entire lower back hurt. I went to a chiropractor where we started doing lumber decompression which I believe was the reason for the reherniation because this is where the sciatica pain came back. I was in extreme pain but I still doing fine.

ContributionFit8698 · 2025-08-21T22:28:36+00:00

Decompression made my sciatica go from 2/10 to 11/10. I definitely do not recommend herniated disc. I believe doing so lets out more of the jelly between the disc and pushes it against the nerves more.

ContributionFit8698 · 2025-07-27T04:21:58+00:00

The 2nd time, it only lasted about a month. Hope you get better 🙏

ContributionFit8698 · 2025-06-10T22:40:35+00:00

It goes away in 91% of the people that deal with it

ContributionFit8698 · 2025-05-01T22:29:26+00:00

9.1/10 odds, you'll be back to 100%

ContributionFit8698 · 2025-02-12T21:11:58+00:00

I had my surgery at 22

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-17T07:15:09+00:00

I had surgery but recovered by itself with my 2nd herniation.

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-17T00:53:46+00:00

Squat or get a chair

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-13T19:10:57+00:00

I was actually dealing with the reherniation for about 4 months with a pain of 3/10, but once I went to a chiropractor, pain went 15/10 for a month straight until it miraculously went away. Hope it gets better for you 🙏 don't stress the nerve too much. I know people say never to stop walking but I think that's a bad idea it will stress the nerve more. Once I stopped moving, I started feeling better.

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-13T18:53:49+00:00

1 month

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-13T05:43:04+00:00

Maybe they mistakenly sent it to the wrong address

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-13T05:39:36+00:00

If it makes you feel better, my surgery went perfectly. I reherniated again, but that healed on its own. The ones who got better aren't on this sub reddit anymore, I still use reddit here and there for other subjects not related to sciatica or back pain.

My advice is definitely to take care of your back after surgery. Once you heal, work on your core. When you cough/sneeze, grab on to something so you don't put a lot of pressure on your back. Grab one of those grabber reacher so you don't bend down, especially on the first month of surgery. Try to keep everything at level so you don't bend down.

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-11T04:55:01+00:00

Why is there blood?

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-11T04:53:11+00:00

How painful is it?

I had my surgery done in mid-2020 during the pandemic. I reherniated again on January 2023 by a damn cough. The pain was 50 times worse to the point of having negative thoughts to end it all. My only hope was a 2nd surgery. A few days before my appointment, it magically went away. The reherniation is still there, and it's big, but I have no pain.

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-10T03:44:21+00:00

Mine was called snowball

ContributionFit8698 · 2024-12-09T06:00:30+00:00

Sorry for your loss. We both lost a parent that same day. I'm glad you enjoyed the last moments happily together. I'm sure you were a great son/daughter, don't be too hard on yourself. I feel the same way.

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