Dave, just had L4 &L5 disectomy done right before Thanksgiving. That was to alleviate leg pain, sciatica. The disectomy won't relieve back pain, at least not in my case, just the leg pain. It worked just as advertised, leg pains are no more, back pains are still with me. I'm going to start some PT soon to see ifI can do something about the back pain.
The surgery was a piece of cake, into the OR at 8:30 am, walked out of the hospital at 7:30 that night. The worst part was the kick in the head from the anesthesia, about two days after the surgery, but even that was just lots of fatigue, not bad. 2" scar. The hardest part was trying to follow the orders of limited weight bearing: none, then 10 pounds, then 15 pounds, then 20 pounds… I'm up to 25 now. Yes, it's a PIA to be out of action for a while due to surgery, but I was more and more out of action anyway...
One other piece of advice from dealing with this for many years - when you're experiencing leg pain, even intermittently, take your anti-inflammatories regularly. For me it was Aleve that worked best when you're having leg pains from nerve issues in the back. Don't just take them when you are in pain, take them regularly, every day, whether you're feeling good that day or not. They are working to reduce the swelling even when the swelling isn't so bad that it's causing pain at the moment. Again - a hard learned lesson for me - take them regularly, every day. That advice would be the same for anyone with a chronic inflammation problem - treat it all the time, not just when it hurts, and you'll find it hurts a LOT less often.
This post was edited by NEBeef at 03:57:26 01/13/15 2 times.
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