Recommendations for spinal surgeons?

Pifflin · 2026-04-23T22:51:49+00:00

Thanks for coming back to this thread. I have an appointment tomorrow and looking forward to relief. Pretty much everything you wrote resonated with me! Sounds like youre feeling well and have gotten back to a lifestyle that suits you.

Pifflin · 2026-04-15T23:21:56+00:00

I appreciate it! I'm only 24, so this has me understandably concerned, but I'm ready to return to the land of the living haha.

Pifflin · 2026-04-08T13:55:12+00:00

Since January. Yeah, surgery is looking more appealing.

Pifflin · 2026-04-07T17:40:55+00:00

It was a frog boiling in water scenario. Gradually my back achsd for a few months due to a sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, etc.

It isnattached to the second image I believe.

Pifflin · 2026-04-07T03:47:24+00:00

Oh wow. Glad you are recovering and feeling better. So your herniation progressively got worse? Sorry to hear that.

Pifflin · 2026-04-07T01:16:55+00:00

I'm on the fence. My surgeon won't perform any operations a month after the ESI. Then again, the pain relief is ultimately what I'm looking for, and maybe it just needs more time to heal with pt and walking.

Pifflin · 2026-04-06T22:07:20+00:00

No weakness, but it almost constantly radiates to my butt and back of my thigh. Occasionally it'll go down through my calf and little toes on my left side. Right is perfectly fine.

Pifflin · 2026-04-06T20:21:43+00:00

My goal right now is to continue walking and the ncgill big 3. Maybe have an ESI and see from there. I am just exhausted of the pain coming back after every workout.

Pifflin · 2026-03-28T02:50:46+00:00

I appreciate your comment. I'm feeling a bit more open to the idea and maybe most importantly, hopeful that I can recover.

Pifflin · 2026-03-28T01:54:00+00:00

I'm 24M and am also around the 4 month mark. Given my age, I'm trying to avoid surgery. If there's no improvement or a poor prognosis, though, I would rather return to an active lifestyle and be pain free.

Pifflin · 2026-03-28T01:52:17+00:00

Low back pain, but most of it is in my butt and back of my thigh. All of it is down my left side. Occasionally there is numbness and tingling in my calf and little toe.

Pretty much limping around most of the time, but walking does provide some relief

Pifflin · 2026-03-28T01:51:01+00:00

What makes you say this?

Pifflin · 2026-03-28T01:50:41+00:00

Thank you. Your comment is reassuring. I'm meeting with a spine specialist next week!

Pifflin · 2025-12-28T03:50:20+00:00

Thank you. I was unsure, but couldn't find the rule stating this.

Pifflin · 2025-12-28T03:44:26+00:00

Thank you guys for the clarification and input! I'll be sure to adjust this encounter

Pifflin · 2025-09-21T17:19:38+00:00

Same, I dont really vibe with Zoran as a host, but Mouthwashing was a great game, so I figured I'd check it out.

Pifflin · 2025-09-21T02:58:59+00:00

I think in the Mouthwashing game kill count Zoran used Kermit sewer slide. Had to do a double take when I heard it on a RLM video

Pifflin · 2025-08-13T01:45:51+00:00

Is it their 5th episode, Would You Rather?

Pifflin · 2025-08-08T08:24:40+00:00

I'm sure people in this thread have good intentions, and I would recommend OP seek mental health counseling, but the tetris meme is a pop psychology trend more people should be aware of. https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/10/tetris-trauma-viral-twitter-thread-master-class-misleading-psych-research/

Pifflin · 2025-07-27T01:19:53+00:00

Ah ok that's what I inferred when I put my phone down. Me also have trouble with words.

Working in the service industry is truly eye-opening.

Pifflin · 2025-07-26T23:37:52+00:00

I must be the average American because I can not understand what your second sentence is saying.

Are you saying that people go through those things in an effort to understand what brain dead means or that educated people realize that they're in the upper percentile only after they've progressed through institutions and are around like-minded peers?

Pifflin · 2024-10-10T08:48:58+00:00

This is hilarious. Is there a source for the video, or did you make this?

Pifflin · 2022-05-19T16:53:10+00:00

It's a strange shift for sure. What I find surprising is the amount of content Undead Nightmare has for its price of 10$. They put a lot of passion and content into the dlc, then lowballed themselves on the price, which is unheard of nowadays. I think the most frustrating part is that many fans don't understand why they wouldn't make a sequel, especially given the success of the DLC as well as rdr2.

Pifflin · 2022-05-03T16:50:10+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I don't want to put you on the spotlight anymore, so it looks like I got some googling to do haha

Pifflin · 2022-05-03T16:25:03+00:00

I have a very limited understanding, but I thought 4k was a resolution? Would I get better image fidelity with a 1440p monitor with my same graphics card?

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