What is the Recovery After a Lumbar Microdiscectomy? - Dr. David Estin
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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Question: What is the Recovery After a Lumbar Microdiscectomy?
Dr. Estin specializes in the treatment of brain tumors and spinal disorders. Dr. Estin practices out of our West Long Branch office.
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I had surgery today ..absolutely NO PAIN except for the incision site which is childs play compared to sciatica
How are you doing now?
@thegoldenegg8313 I am doing GREAT...I get a little stiff and sore if I sit at my desk too long without getting up to stretch and walk around but other than that I am back to work full time, started pilates and walking...I have NO regrets
@@vanessajenkins4888 awesome! I just had mine 2 days ago and nerve pain is gone, just incision site soreness. Dr said he wants me to do some physical therapy to help regain nerve function. 10 years of fluctuating sciatica pain is by far the worst I've ever experienced. I wish you the best.
@@vanessajenkins4888 hey, at which disks exactly was your surgery?
@@iuliacojocari8637 #5
I am three weeks post surgery. I have stayed pretty much inactive lying in bed and getting up for bathroom trips. My foot paralysis now gone. My increased leg pain is gone. My pre op pain and sciatica from 20 years ago is still present. With proper meds I can live with that I endorse the microdisctomy. I am very pleased with outcome. Please consider this surgery and keep your expectations hopeful for significant pain reduction.
I had surgery for l4-l5 and l5-s1 on both the levels 2 months ago , for the first month i got pain in legs as well as numbness , but now things are improving drastically, i have started to feel very normal. I am 28 years old btw.
Also things u cam try to have complete successful surgery as per my experience -
1. Have a balanced diet , absolutely no junk food .
2. Physiotherapy exercises everyday.
3. Walking evrryday
4. Swimming couple of days of week after 6 weeks of surgery
How are you
@@sunty1 I am feeling fantastic now , it's my 5 month now , I am working full time job since last one month , there is no issue at all , it's just that after sitting for 30-40 minutes continuously, I get up and walk for 2-5 mins as advised by my doc, if I sit continuously for 2-3 hours there is a slight pain in the area where surgery for informed , so it's advisable to walk every now and then after prolonged sitting. The leg pain is completely gone , if you are facing any problem just go for the surgery, don't worry about anything
@@RahulSingh-uj9ek Hello, your comments helps a lot.. im 11 days after my surgery and still feeling the numbness and sensitive feeling in both my legs.. doctor said it was normal and expected but still i get this bad thoughts about the surgery didnt work.
thanks.
@@robertoalejandro637 yes don't worry it's very normal , in couple of months you won't even remember that you had a surgery, everything will be normal just like before. ❤️
@@RahulSingh-uj9ek I also did l4 l5 microdiscectomy and discectomy l5 s1 microdiscectomy 1 month completed but still feel pain in my right lower back and right leg also got fistula after surgery
Had a l4l3 discectomy a few weeks ago. Pain has not changed from before the operation. My main problem was that it took me over 2 months to convince the medical profession that I was was in pain. They wanted me to go to physical therapy even before they would give me a MRI. I spent 2 months living in a recliner in my family room. The muscles in my body wasted away. Now i not only have the pain, I have weakness all over. Still living in my recliner. 80 years old and ready for the grave.
Wow, don't give up my I have a lower disk bulge and a pinch nerve and also a pinch nerve in my neck and at times I just want to give up, but I'm struggling to find a way and I'm only 48 and I know how you feel because I'm tired of the pain to we just want relief some how
I have L5S1 disc herniation and L4L5 disc protrusion. Difference is I'm only 21 years old... I've been like this for 2 years now. I wish this didn't happen this early.
@@capmajo334I’m 23 and just had my 2nd surgery to repair my L5S1 both times. I feel your pain, but it’s worth it at the end!
So sorry to here this how are you doing now?
I am 66 and go in 2/14/24 I really thought I was going to live with this pain the rest of my life. I sure hope it takes away alot of the pain. It is helpful to read all the comments.
All the videos of people having this surgery posting on UA-cam, are young, does it work for someone 72 years old? I hurt a disc years ago, and it is getting worse, finally thinking about getting something done.
did you do something? First thing is correct diagnosis of what really is the problem, you shouldnt save on MRI or other detailed diagnostics. My late mom tripped and broke her kneecap, and only after a few months we figured out her real problem was broken (damaged/crushed) vertebrae, and osteoporosis. She got vertebroplastics surgery and got efficient osteoporosis treatment (denozumab) . At this occasion I learned shocking numbers of elderly ladies do not even know they have osteoporosis and damaged spine.
I'm going on 2 years out from my L5 S1 microdiscectomy. Most of the time I am living with pain. Often, I have a feeling like there is a needle stuck in my back. Sometimes, one wrong move will make my back hurt so bad I'll be useless for a few days or even a full week and I will moan in pain just trying to get out of bed. My strength is unreliable. Once an avid weightlifter, now I'm afraid to do anything because even one slightly wrong move handling a day to day object in hand can trigger the week long debilitating pain.
Sometimes I wonder if surgery was worth it. They pain I had before was much worse pain but it would come and go. I'd have it for a couple weeks, then I'd be totally normal for a few weeks, sometimes months. Now, I seem to always have some degree of pain.
Been considering going in to see what else could be done, but I don't want to end up worse yet.
That sounds terrible bro. Praying for u. U tried talking to a pt or anything?
Same here. 2-3 years in and im getting pains again. Praying i dont need anything else done.
Well what went wrong then??
I’m about to get surgery in a few weeks. How are you all doing? I’m somewhat scared. What was your original pathology before the surgery
Update for all that asked. For a brief time, things were okay, I felt good, was getting strong again. Now I get frequent almost total numbness of the leg that formerly hurt so bad. It's like my entire leg just disappears from under me. Happened while walking down stairs once. You can imagine how that turned out. Me, knocked out on the bottom of the stairs. Primary doctor wants me to go to the MRI again and head for another surgery. I don't know. I guess this is life now.
Had L5-S1 surgery it’s been 5 months and my legs get fatigued so fast still and I still feel slight pain going down my leg and my legs fall asleep while I’m sitting
So it didn’t work then?
Ive had l5s1 microdiscectomy 2months back.. the pain i had before the surgery is gone. But the leg numbness is so bad that i can sit, stand or walk for more then 3minutes
Same with me leg numbness and pain in my left leg. The doctor said will go away by time I hope you doing ok now?
Hey guys how are you doing by now?
Hi guys, how is the recovery going…
Are you guys have waist pain?
Same to you bro / sis 😢 i had a almost 8 months but my foot still numbness and tingling..
I had the surgery 8 weeks ago and I’m still having nerve pain in the leg. What’s going on?
I'm worried about getting the surgery because I'm a firefighter and I'm worried after the surgery if I'll be able to work. How are you feeling now? I hope your doing well.
@@Ace-vh7rk I’m definitely better than I was before but I’m not 100%. You definitely won’t be working for 6-8 weeks so keep that in mind.
I'm having a surgery in a couple hours. My main concern is nerve pain in my leg. Doctor said it would go away inmediately. If it doesn't idk what I'm going to do with my life. I'm just 21
@@capmajo334 I’m only 30. It I first started having problems with nerve pain two years ago at 28. Don’t get me wrong, it’s way better than it was before but it’s not 100%. Just be sure to take it easy and spend most of your first week in bed so you don’t re-injure
@@capmajo334 i’m only 19 and i have my surgery in a few hours and i’m terrified, how are you doing??
Describe what normal activity is
Exactly lmao I just got the surgery 4day ago
@@legitmtz956 I got mine a week ago and this is a great question. My normal activities can range dramatically. I'm certain our bodies should tell us.
@@legitmtz956 how are you doing now? I just had it 8 weeks ago
Fr I had mine and right when I could start doing stuff again I was rucking and running with plate carrier. Probably have to get another back surgery tho or leave my current job
@@thomasandrewson4449 why? Did the pain come back?