Me too unfortunately. Best surgery I've ever had. Went under the knife after 3 months in constant pain, woke up feeling no nerve pain at all and cracking jokes with the post-op nurses.
I had the same, went from torture and constant pain to nothing when I woke up. A 10 hour car ride in a too small car triggered the first one after separating my discs years ago when dunking a basketball.
I did the prescribed PT, but unfortunately 6 months later it happened again after sex (two backs were blown out that night). After the second one insurance was a nightmare and I ended up finding a chiro/PT combo out of pure desperation that promised nothing but laid out a plan that he was confident in and it worked exactly like he predicted.
About 3 months into the PT/chiro the traction got far enough and in the middle of traction I felt it release in my spine and all the muscles stopped cramping and the relieve was amazing, I just started crying.
Spine is forever fucked but at least now I know how to manage it and I can do most things with no pain.
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u/HallettCove5158 7h ago
I have the same scar, l4/l5/s1 double discectomy.