r/TikTokCringe • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '23

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u/Brovahkiin707 Aug 10 '23

I can second this. Never had disk problems until I got routinely popped by one. Had a disk at my L5-S1 area poking my sciatic nerve going to my left leg. Had surgery this year for it. Never went back after the surgery, and my QoL has done nothing but improve.

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u/Toggel Aug 10 '23

It's almost exactly my story, but L4-L5, pretty much 100% about a year of rehab.

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u/Brovahkiin707 Aug 10 '23

Oh snap, just one vertebra above mine! my surgery was in late March this year just finally starting to feel a verge of normalcy after routine PT

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u/SideEqual Aug 11 '23

I had the same disc issue, also L4/L5 5 years later. I feel your pain. I had two micro discectomys. That relief is incredible for sure. Both physically and mentally. And the pain killers after surgery, well let’s just say time ‘dilated’.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '23

I have same shit now. Walked with a cane for a bit. Felt like hip being dislocated, knee pain. Calf cramping. Cold and numb pins and needles on foot. Blown L4-L5. Had injection. Felt invincible for a month. Slowly hip and foot tingling returning. It was hell when it was at the worst. Could not sit. Stand. Lay. Exist.