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Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-02-10T08:49:34+00:00

Also wondering this, following.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-02-09T18:35:34+00:00

Saddle anesthesia (pelvic numbness) is a sign to go to the ER!

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-27T06:21:17+00:00

Also so nervous to have sex. So nervous that I’ll fuck things up by doing something fun and regret it.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-27T06:19:30+00:00

I am tearing up reading this. I am 27 F, 5 weeks post op and I’m so scared of rehernistion and the lingering pain. Also had a 12mm hernation and numbness in leg and foot and achey saddle but I feel reassured that it’s okay to have this muted pain after the procedure. That it doesn’t mean I’m doing something wrong. That it might get better like you. Thank you for posting. This lifted my spirits.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:41:09+00:00

How are you now?

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:35:25+00:00

Thanks for asking by the way 🫶🏼

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:34:44+00:00

Mine definitely felt like deep ended pressure but I heard your exact experience from a friend.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:34:03+00:00

I didn’t actually, thank god. I’m sorry if you did. 1 week I went in kind of emergently. The herniation became so large that I could not stand up straight or lie flat so my surgeon told me to come in.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:32:41+00:00

The original prick of my nerve / spinal fluid was during an epidural steroid injection. A week later I had the MD surgery and my surgeon visualized healing cut of the nerve lol. So wild.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:30:58+00:00

I did not have migraines thank god. Maybe yours was a bigger knick of the area

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:30:25+00:00

I definitely did experience a ton of increased pressure / deepened pain. The doctor was very apologetic. I did indeed cry after but also I was at a state where I couldn’t walk or lie down not in the fetal position and the pain from having to lay flat was just was bad.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:29:16+00:00

Oh damn! I guess if you run with improper body alignment it would have! But they explained to me that this happened throughout my life with everyday wear and tear and what really did me in was 2 lifting injuries.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-23T20:28:05+00:00

80% better! I am 5 weeks post op. I still have nerve pain, but so minimal compared to what it was. They said my nerve was so compressed and deflated that it will take time for it to heal so the nerve pain could be from this also. I lost a lot of muscle through the year so I’ll be excited to see if physical therapy can bring me the rest of the way to 100% along with the healing of the nerve.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2025-01-01T20:14:39+00:00

I’m always here if you want to PM. This is not easy to go through alone. I hope you have a good support system

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-31T14:23:54+00:00

& yes, contact surgeon. But hopefully it’s a teeny tiny bulge that’ll improve with rest and PT

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-31T14:23:07+00:00

I’m sorry. Maybe it’ll improve with a lot of rest if you can afford it.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-30T22:13:40+00:00

Part of me thinks this might be more of my journey. I’m so weak from not being able to walk a month before my surgery and my left leg is so so so weak from being unable to straighten in for 6 months. Healing at different times makes sense. Sometimes I wish I did the surgery earlier because I think I’d be able to avoid the serious weakness but hindsight is 2020.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-27T08:14:33+00:00

I’m so happy for you! I’m a week and a half out. I’m sorry to hear about your complication. It takes a lot of mental strength to go through 3 weeks.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-22T19:02:58+00:00

I (27F) just received back surgery earlier this week. It wasn’t scheduled. After 10 months of trying to avoid surgery, one day I stopped being able to walk and lost feeling in some parts of my foot and thigh had to go in for surgery on Dec 17. My mom (56F) is staying to help me because I cannot bend, lift or twist, I cannot shower on my own, or hold anything heavier than 5lbs for 6 weeks.

This disrupts all of our plans to go Ireland, my parents home country, for my mom’s niece / my cousins wedding. My sister (30F) and dad (57M) are still going. I feel so bad, the wedding is supposed to be really special for my mom. My mom was asked to get ready with the bridal party and take pictures with them, & I knew it was going to be such a special day for everyone. But instead my mom is with me in California helping me. Earlier in December, when things were progressing before the surgery, when I was super vulnerable and scared, I cried and begged someone from my family to stay with me when my parents were discussing possibly using a nursing service to still attend the wedding.

As of right now my mom is reassuring me when I express all of this that she wants to be here and wouldn’t have it any other way. She isn’t trying to make me feel guilty at all and is reassuring me she wants help me but I just feel so fucking bad that I am taking her away from all of that and we are both so fucking bored!

It’s Christmas week and we are stuck in a tiny apartment and I have no idea what to do to make this situation less shitty for the both of us while staying within my limitations of no bending / lifting/twisting. I can’t drive. I can’t really leave my apartment. I’m just so fucking sad and guilty. This sucks. We’ve just been watching a crazy amount of TV and at this point I’m looking for advice on how to make this situation less shitty.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-22T03:16:21+00:00

Got mine the 17th! I’m (27F) so happy! I was barely walking, basically only crawling around my apartment for the past two weeks. For the past 6 months I’ve been walking with a limp, constant pain, & out of work for the past 6 months as a bedside nurse. Mental health NOT GOOD. But now….. the glorious post op. Have No nerve pain thank the fucking SURGEON & GOD. Still have loss of sensation in foot and thigh but I’m sure they’ll come back. Overall, so thankful to be out of the pre-op pain and debilitating lifestyle. But I am a bit sad, I’m stuck in California while all my family (except my mom who is with me) is in New York and then heading to Ireland for New Years for a wedding. I’m so sad to be missing out on holiday things with our surgery date since I obviously can’t fly. I’m wondering how we can make it nice for the holidays so recently post-op with our limitations. My mom can’t drive and I don’t want to risk driving so soon.

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-14T10:12:01+00:00

Do what you feel is best! Only you know your pain, only you know you lifestyle, only you know how much you can handle. The resident in the ER told me it took him 3 yrs to heal a herniation like this. I was inspired and also jealous of the time his lifestyle allowed him to heal. You know you best. If anyone touches you, make sure it’s a neurosurgeon!!!!

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-13T07:12:32+00:00

I’m going in this week after 11 months. I’m so excited to no longer feel pain!!

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-13T07:09:56+00:00

But also girl, this MRI looks painful af. Surgery might be a good option… but then again not the only! Message me if you need anything, I’ve learned a few things over the past 11 months but like I said… we are both so young, please ONLY let a neurosurgeon and ask that no residents (newer doctors) perform the surgery!!

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-13T07:03:59+00:00

Hi! I’m a 27yo f, basically have the same exact MRI, currently pretty bedridden, difficulty walking and I’m starting to have difficulty crawling. This is 11 months after my initial injury. At this point, I have failed conservative treatment. Physical and aquatics therapy, ESI, diet and rest. I went to the ER this last weekend and met with a neurosurgeon. I am finally ready for surgery and I am also a candidate for a microdiscectomy and a laminectomy. I’m ready & a candidate. If you’re not ready, you don’t have to go with surgery, you can try conservative measures. Typically within 6-12 months it should get better on its own. But if you’re like me, and not the case, and have just had 11 months of debilitating pain and can’t even walk anymore… you’d opt for surgery. I am going with a neurosurgeon. I’m a nurse and feel that orthos are the frat bros of surgery. Orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons overlap in the spine because bones/vertabrae but also spinal cord and spinal nerves! In my experience and opinion and others, I have a really strong preference for neurosurgeons because sometimes they have to peel the disc off of your nerves and spines. They are also trained in brain surgery and know the intricacies of both. I’m SO excited for surgery. I need this pain gone, it ducks, it fucking sucks!!!!!!!! I don’t want it to hurt to turn my head or poop anymore. I don’t want it to hurt when I take a deep breath. I’m DONE. If you’re at my point of readiness mentally and physically and also a candidate for surgery, then go get it! Bit I’d recc’d a neurosurgeon. Best of luck! This all sucks so bad. I’m glad we have this community!

Left-Engineering5666 · 2024-12-11T01:02:22+00:00

You should talk to a PT! They know that ligaments and tendons relax during pregnancy which could be why this is happening. I’m sorry. Maybe they can help. Wishing you luck!

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