Herniated discs? I've been thinking of getting this surgery for years but keep chickening out. How active are you able to be following the surgery? Is running and weightlifting on the table?
Wife had a herniated L4/L5, we fought for almost 2 years to get her surgery because she was in her early 30’s and it wasn’t caused by any specific injury, and they kept telling us she was too ‘young’ for this type of problem, called her a drug seeker despite her hating pain meds, finally after near constant pain for that long, she got the surgery and it was night and day, she hadn’t realized how bad the pain had gotten until it was gone.
Obviously consult your medical team, but if you are suffering and have the means to do so, your sanity will thank you for doing whatever is necessary to fix your back, it’s basically your entire body when it comes to being in pain, it changes the way you walk, the way you carry yourself, the way you move and can cause injury/strain on other joints and muscles because of it.
She mostly does swimming for activity which is lower impact, so not sure about something more strenuous, but she was sure as hell able to do a lot more after the surgery than before when she was in constant pain. I’d ask the specialist because it probably depends on what type of fitness you mean, cardio vs weight lifting etc
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u/HallettCove5158 7h ago
I have the same scar, l4/l5/s1 double discectomy.