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Reinjury herniated disc L5-S1

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crystal_69140
crystal_69140

Hello!

I had a microdisectomy on November 20, 2015 to fix a herniated disc at L5 S1. I recently had to start going back to ortho for recurrent pain in my back and my left leg. Instead of walking to make it feel better I actually have the opposite. The longer I walk the more pressure and pain builds in my lower back until I physically cannot stand anymore. I'm heartbroken. I am a young 33 year old, single parent of a 10 year old boy. Going to the zoo, nope. Playing in the park, nope. Even grocery shopping is out of the question. Doc had me do physical therapy for 4 weeks, but even the therapist said it wasn't working. Had another MRI done and doc said the same disc had herniated again but not as bad as the last time. Went and had an epidural spinal injection last Wednesday and today is the first day the searing nerve pain down my leg has abated back to its usual randomness. But alas that has gotten no better.

I feel like I must be doing something wrong. Why would this happen again. Doc said he only was going to do one shot because of that didn't at least help, it was a waste to do more. I call back on Wednesday to report in my pain levels. For those who have had a relapse, is surgery the next likely step? I feel like I have no one to talk to about this. I'm sure my family and friends are tired of my complaints. I'm just so lost. Any words of advice?

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  • Jay73
    Jay73 crystal_69140

    Posted

    So sorry to hear of your continuing pain on this. While traditional physio is not working, you could try looking at the Egoscue method, there's lot of stuff on YouTube and it's not painful like other physio may be. Maybe worth a try.

    I know the frustration of people not understanding and often we keep things in which also is not good.

    I hope the docs give you some treatment route to assist, I'm also a L5/S1 victim.

    Are you based in the U.K. or US ?

    • crystal_69140
      crystal_69140 Jay73

      Posted

      I will have to look into egoscue. Never heard of that before. I'm based in the US. And you? I call the doctor tomorrow to see what he wants to do so hopefully I will have a little bit more answers.

    • Jay73
      Jay73 crystal_69140

      Posted

      Heh Crystal, I'm based in th UK in London - hope the doctor session went well. My 10 days off work start from today - so tomorrow I start on focusing on physio. I know it's going to be a bit of a chore, but through trial and error will try to build a routine that I think is manageable.

      Stay well

      Jay

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