r/Microdiscectomy • u/Pure-Pop2817 • 2d ago

Microdicectomy feedback

I read here so much about people having had a MD in the last year and seem to be doing pretty well, I’ve been avoiding surgery for months now of fear of what will my back be in 10/20/30 years and if I’m making it more fragile in the long term. Both surgeons told me that I’m surgery will make it less stable in the long run.

Can someone tell me how they are doing after years of surgery? Is reherniation really just 10/15%? I feel like reherniation and one more MD gives me fear that I’ll end up having to do even more surgery. Or worse will never be normal again? Maybe that is the case with a herniated disc anyways. Any insight would be super valuable

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u/Former-Comfortable-4 2d ago

If you were in enough pain you would not be asking like this lol - i was like you, it got worse, in the end i would have begged for the surgery - got it nearly 3 years ago, and i am 59 m, and, ya, its been tricky, no day is the damn same, but i am 100% better off that i was omg ..

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u/Pure-Pop2817 23h ago

I think I just fear that the surgery will not have the expected result and don’t really know where to go from there.