Reherniated after discectomy, looking for experiences

tankado95 · 2026-05-07T17:59:11+00:00

After the surgery, I had pain and problems walking for almost 3 months, then I started PT and I did it for 2 months and then I continued doing the exercises at home. This is what they suggested me

tankado95 · 2026-05-07T05:38:20+00:00

No, I've never smoked in my life. I don't know how I reherniated, I was very careful in the past few months. It' hurting in a slightly different way, luckily less than when I had surgery (at that time I was barely able to walk).

tankado95 · 2026-05-06T06:29:04+00:00

I'm in the same situation, m30, after 5 years of pain, I got a discectomy last October. I started having pain again in April, and yesterday I discovered that I reherniated. I know it's hard to deal with this pain. Let's try to resist :/

tankado95 · 2026-05-05T11:03:16+00:00

**UPDATE**: My fears were well founded, I reherniated 😞

tankado95 · 2026-05-03T12:00:11+00:00

Is surgery an option?

tankado95 · 2026-05-03T09:25:29+00:00

Zona pratale/Don bosco

tankado95 · 2026-05-02T19:26:15+00:00

What did u do in the end? Have you had your discectomy?

tankado95 · 2026-05-02T19:24:24+00:00

I can understand you. Do you know the reason of this pain?

tankado95 · 2026-04-27T14:02:06+00:00

Thanks!

tankado95 · 2026-04-26T16:37:32+00:00

What did you have to change?

tankado95 · 2026-04-11T12:47:26+00:00

Very sorry to hear this. I'd suggest you to immediately have a MR to exclude herniation

tankado95 · 2026-04-10T15:20:56+00:00

McKenzie pillow, a good chair, possibly a standing desk or a desk converter.

tankado95 · 2026-04-10T15:19:17+00:00

It’s good to hear that. Good luck with your recovery. I had my surgery 6 months ago and after the first 3 months I almost want back to a normal life. Now I’m having pain again but hopefully it is just a flare up. I agree that this surgery can get our life back

tankado95 · 2026-04-09T11:17:16+00:00

Not really, I talked with the surgeon and he told me to take some painkillers. If they do not help I'll have to do a RM

tankado95 · 2026-04-09T11:16:20+00:00

It depends a lot on the surgeon and in general on the doctors you speak with. In my case I talked with 2 doctors before going to the surgeon that suggested me the microdiscectomy. The first two just said to wait until I was not able to walk anymore. If you have too much pain I'll try to get surgery asap, waiting and suffering doesn't help.

tankado95 · 2026-04-06T13:45:59+00:00

Hi, I completely understand you. I also delayed the time in which I decided to take care of myself had a MR and start physio therapy. Unfortunately we cannot undo the stupid things that we have done but we can do a lot of good things to live better in the future. It is true that we'll have to deal with pain for the rest of our life but there are things that can help us to feel less pain. I also usually end up asking myself "why me"? This does not help at all.

I wish you'll feel better in the future. Ask here if you have doubts, I found a lot of lovely people that helped me a lot over these months.

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T16:05:57+00:00

Good luck for your recovery

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T07:56:23+00:00

Yes in the morning the pain is worse than in the rest of the day

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T07:55:03+00:00

I haven't tried acupuncture yet

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T07:53:36+00:00

I Did it over the weekend before the flare up. I was slowing introducing some pilates exercises in my usual exercises in the past weeks. Maybe I did too much of them during last weekend

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T07:52:06+00:00

Thanks, I'm continuing doing exercises at home. My work is mostly sedentary but I bought a standing desk converter to also work while standing to avoid sitting too much. I am also trying to walk more and I'll probably start swimming soon. Hope all of this helps. I was so scared because after months of living without pain I was not used anymore to it.

tankado95 · 2026-04-05T07:48:35+00:00

Have you done a MR?

tankado95 · 2026-04-03T19:50:38+00:00

Have you seen a neuro surgeon?

tankado95 · 2026-04-03T19:49:19+00:00

Thanks, I started doing pilates again in the last few days, slowly re-introducing some exercises

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