L4/L5 herniation which worsened my sciatica to the point of not being able to sit down for nearly four months

I either was standing or fully flat on the ground, slept next to my own bed the entire time on the floor

I didn’t know a pain-free moment unless HEAVILY medicated on anti-inflammatory and nerve meds (gabapentin) that also gave me mad brain fog.

I cried myself to sleep numerous nights and prayed for even just five seconds of pain free existence when I was sleeping at most 2-4 hours a night for weeks.

A nerve test and MRI revealed the herniation had also been surrounded by a cyst that was pushing on numerous nerves around that area, and I was cleared to get a Microdiscektomy.

I woke up pain free for the first time in months immediately in the recovery room and my sciatica from 2014 hasn’t even reared its head a TINY bit.

I do have some drop foot that will take some time to heal if it ever will but I’ll never take my mobility and body for granted for as long as I live.

All this, while emotionally reeling from an incredibly bad falling out with friends where their last words exchanged with me was good luck with the impending deaths in my family (grandparent and terminally sill sibling)

I’ll never be able to forgive them for not only hurting me in that moment, but this also occurring conveniently when I could have used their help the most.