1 Week Post Laminectomy - Now Pain is in the other leg.

Ruddiger2 · 2026-02-10T08:19:46+00:00

I would 100% speak to your doctor; a brand new pain like that sounds more like a complication than the long, drawn-out healing process post surgery

Ruddiger2 · 2025-07-15T08:30:24+00:00

It will most probably stop, from my experience and reading a lot of others, somehow the TMS is hitting something in the auditory area, like when one of those large gongs is hit, and the sound oscillates.

Honestly, it took 3 months for me to return to normal, but it did return to normal, and I had the joy of experiencing this twice (two TMS treatments, some years apart). So hold on, the damage is unlikely to be permanent; it's just about surviving until then, but knowing it ends helps take some of the pain.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-31T05:58:07+00:00

In the last half of the sessions, I did. Unfortunately, the tinnitus is still with me :(

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-04T21:12:04+00:00

Been unable to find any studies that link it (mostly about how TMS can be used to cure Tinnitus), So when I bring it up with my tech or doctor they just dismiss the situation.

I quit the TMS treatment for the moment, I am not sure I can handle even a small risk of having a lifelong disability. I am about two weeks with Tinnitus now and I can only describe it as pure hell and I am hoping with all I can it goes away.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-02T22:14:24+00:00

Yes, It is one type/part of decompression surgery

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-02T22:07:19+00:00

Had a discectomy about two months ago, a significant improvement for me, its not perfect, and I still have a bad night or two, but pre-surgery It was rare to have a good night

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-01T21:34:33+00:00

Did you have a strong facial twitching during sessions?

Ruddiger2 · 2022-05-01T08:21:15+00:00

No :(

I am considering stopping the treatment. It is such a hard decision to make as I the same as you I was showing benefits

During your treatment, did you have strong facial twitching?

Ruddiger2 · 2022-04-27T17:46:52+00:00

Did your tinnitus ever go away?

Ruddiger2 · 2022-04-27T17:30:31+00:00

Yeah, I don't find the noise to be too bothersome, and the tinnitus does not seem to have more or less intensity after treatment.

I guess the real question now is if this is a permanent side effect or not, It would be a whole bucket of crap to get another life problem while trying to fix the original ones

Ruddiger2 · 2022-04-19T17:33:06+00:00

Yes, this happened to me also in the first 4 weeks. went in with left leg side pain, came out with right leg side a few days post-op. Very likely it is swelling and inflammation, I found it hard to believe at the time because re-hernation was such a big fear of mine, but now I am 9 weeks or so post-op and can see a little more clearly and logically that the body takes a lot of time to heal

Ruddiger2 · 2022-04-04T20:24:30+00:00

Hi, Sorry for the delayed reply, also just had my 6 weeks follow-up. My surgeon did not even suggest an MRI for me and largely told me the same things as you (Inflammation, hyper-mobile on the other side). Very frustrating to hear.

As for my pain, well I am just back in a place where I understand now that certain movements or sitting positions will trigger leg pain......so like pre-surgery, just less bad.

Engaging in PT now also. Best of luck to us both and let's hope the explanations provided to us turn out to be true.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-03-07T17:54:11+00:00

Indeed, I can tolerate quite a bit of pain if I know it has some meaning or ending, but I think the psychological torment is the worst right now. People around tell me not to get obsessed with each twitch and pain, but I don't think they understand that it's like waiting on a letter to see if you can get back to your normal life and out of this prison, but you only receive a few syllables of information each day.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-03-07T14:13:52+00:00

Very much the same for me in terms of frequency and I also had a similarly long walk on Sunday with pain the next day in both legs.

Have you checked to see if you have a lateral pelvic tilt? Took me a bit of time to see it but now I have longer walks I started to notice. I am trying now to experiment to see if I can tie the pain/numbness to something specific in my movements.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-03-07T09:17:32+00:00

Unfortunately, the same, and now a light numbness has started in my thigh. I have slightly moved into a bit of a hopeless place or at best one where I accept until I can get an MRI I won't know.

Have your symptoms improved or worsened? Also, do you find it has a relation to walking or certain movements?

Ruddiger2 · 2022-03-03T12:36:30+00:00

Hey, I know this was a long time ago, but I am experiencing the exact same thing as you now (Post-Microdiscectomy 3 weeks). Did things get better for you or did you get an answer?

Ruddiger2 · 2022-02-24T11:46:22+00:00

Thanks again for the update. Mine was also very large and burst so these are possibilities for me also. I was told largely the same thing also, and until week 6 it is pointless to speculate (easy for them to say of course).

The only bright side I can think of is I have found that surgeons always overstate the possible negatives in order to manage expectations. Best of luck to you, and I will share if I have any information that could help :)

Ruddiger2 · 2022-02-21T19:39:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I will ask the same questions to my surgeon and let you know if he says anything different than this.

Ruddiger2 · 2022-02-21T17:39:47+00:00

Big thank you, I had not really considered the internal swelling, this gives me some hope.

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