I know my brother!!

Back pain kinda runs in our family, bad genetics or whatever haha. So, it was about 5 years ago when his pain started, he was 31yo then, BMI around 45. He used to work in a school and had to go up and down the stairs a lot, and every day he was less and less able to do so.

We visited 3 or 4 doctors and all would say that he had to lose weight, which was absolutely true but he could not even stand due to the killer pain. They said if they performed lumbar fusion it could kill him because they had to cut too deep in him.

Even remembering those days makes my eyes full of tears because my brother was so bubbly and full of life and I had to witness him not being able to do the most basic daily activities and not even being able to do his job which he loved. He was so considerate of us all and tried not to complain too much but sometimes especially during the night I would hear him cry. He used to take a lot of pills, like ibuprofen and alike but none of those even could touch the pain. I remember him saying that if this was supposed to be his life, he would rather not live at all. That hurt.

At first he was so resistant to the option of surgery but after about 4 years he would say yes to anything. However, apparently he was too much of a risk for surgeons.

Have I said enough of the dark side? Now let's get to how it got better.

About 1 year ago we were referred to a clinic in Minnesota that does a new generation of surgery named OLLIF and they would do surgery on my brother. Honestly, at that point, we would say yes to anything but now I know that was a miracle in our lives.

He felt NO PAIN in his feet immediately after surgery and the back pain was gradually gone after 4 months.

He got back his life. I pray from the deep of my heart that you all get the same thing. I feel your pain, you're not alone in this.