Thank you so much for this video! I'm having a Microdiscectomy in about 3 weeks. Can't imagine worse pain. It's been 24/7 pain for over 2 months now. Can't sit, can hardly sleep, my life has very upside down and miserable. Your videos have been very encouraging and helpful to not feel hopeless and depressed. It's hard because i'm 42 and everyone just looks at me like it's my fault and I should have been more active and not be so lazy. I feel very alone sadly so thank you!! My wife and I had a trip to Italy planned in a month. She's going to go with her sister instead.... sadly, cause i've never been. Anyway, would you reccomend that I have someone like my sister or mother stay with me? This is about 10 weeks after surgery. Thanks again.
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I watched a few of your videos preparing for my surgery today doing a laminectomy, discectomy and facetectomy on my left side for my L5 S1. Was in a ton of pain at first and I remembered some tips from your video that helped. It’s not even 12 hours since my surgery and I am feeling great, no more nerve pain, only the surgery pain. Thank you for providing info to the world, you really do help.
Getting dressed. I take my clothes to the bed. Sit on the bed and get dressed. I’ve had two herniated disks repaired, hip replacement and shattered femur. I never stand on one leg and dance around the room trying to get dressed. Falling is NOT permitted. Forget the macho macho nonsense. It’s your body and ego won’t keep you from falling.
Hi , i just had mysurgefy 1 werk before, its 8th day today i start a getting a pulsating vibration on my dorsal foot (the downside of the foot) idk how to explain and pain in Achilles heel is it common does it go away with time..?
@@bhavidivekar5511 Most likely this is normal. You will experience weird nerve sensations, spasms in your back or leg, fatigue, pain flares, etc over the next several weeks. Nerve healing and inflammation can trigger lots of different symptoms. All normal and will go away eventually.
Hi CK! Now 7 weeks post OP herniated disc and spinalcanal stenosis! Still have pain from Ischias nerve and sacral ligament- but have decided not to take any more pain killers. But now walking 4-5 km a day- started Physio therapy and fitness training for 1 1/2 hrs. Thank you for your support during this time!🙌🏾🙏🏽👏👏👏🌟 When does the pain stop from Ischias nerve/sacroiliac joint?
I wish i had an exact answer for that question. It is so very different from person to person. Some say weeks, some months and some even a full year. I hope it is on the shorter end for you.
Wondering if I need another piece of furniture to sit on. I just have my desk chair and bed. Maybe I should get a recliner. I used to sit on the floor, but I don't think I have that mobility anymore.
If you do need to get onto the floor, make sure you have a chair or something else to use to climb up. You should not be trying to just stand up like you used to.
I had a herniated disc OP 8 weeks ago! I still have a lot of pain-from po down my right leg- how can I tell if I may have a reherniated disc? Since going to physio and fitness training it seems to have gotten worse!
You may have found out by now that your continued nerve pain could be due to scarring around that nerve that was created by your body over an extended time between herniation and having it repaired. My first back surgery had me sharing a room (in a Navy hospital) with a Coast Guard Captain helicopter pilot that, strangely enough, had been my Dad’s roommate after my Dad’s back surgery five years before. The Captain was being evaluated yet put off having the surgery. That meant he had over five years of his body trying to protect itself by creating that scarring around the nerve. That scarring will slowly dissolve once it is no longer needed, but it takes time. If you have had your bad back issue for a significant period of time, it will take you longer to feel relief than someone who has surgery relatively soon after an injury.
Another kitchen tip that I’ve used over 40 years since both my back surgeries relate to the position of your refrigerator and working counter tips. When I’m working at the sink or one counter, my back is to the refrigerator. Since I can no longer just use one leg to rotate around thus twisting the back, I simply back up from the counter to the refrigerator. It’s only 3-4 steps and keeps me from the twisting or taking a few steps to turn around. It may look odd or silly, but it gets me to the refrigerator.
The back is strange. Following discectomy, you’re just as strong as you ever were. But you no longer have the disc protection you used to. That means a bone slip could cut nerves paralyzing you. So, you do things differently. One is moving stuff. No longer do you just lift up heavy furniture. Now you leverage a silicon pad under a furniture foot then the other feet. Now you just slide it easily around. I can still move heavy items. Just not as quickly as I used to.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm having a Microdiscectomy in about 3 weeks. Can't imagine worse pain. It's been 24/7 pain for over 2 months now. Can't sit, can hardly sleep, my life has very upside down and miserable. Your videos have been very encouraging and helpful to not feel hopeless and depressed. It's hard because i'm 42 and everyone just looks at me like it's my fault and I should have been more active and not be so lazy. I feel very alone sadly so thank you!! My wife and I had a trip to Italy planned in a month. She's going to go with her sister instead.... sadly, cause i've never been. Anyway, would you reccomend that I have someone like my sister or mother stay with me? This is about 10 weeks after surgery. Thanks again.
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I watched a few of your videos preparing for my surgery today doing a laminectomy, discectomy and facetectomy on my left side for my L5 S1. Was in a ton of pain at first and I remembered some tips from your video that helped. It’s not even 12 hours since my surgery and I am feeling great, no more nerve pain, only the surgery pain. Thank you for providing info to the world, you really do help.
I’m so glad they were helpful to you! Best of luck in your recovery.
Thanks you for letting me know I feel better now
Brushing your teeth. Use one hand/arm for the toothbrush and place the other hand on the sink and lean on that straight arm. No stress on the back.
Thank you so much, I'm having this surgery on Wednesday, July 10 and your videos have helped with my nerves. I'll let you know how it goes☺️
I'm having mine 2 weeks from today on July 23rd. I'll be praying for you
@@leslieholliday62 please do!
@@ChristineGRoberts How did your procedure go?
Thank you.
Getting dressed. I take my clothes to the bed. Sit on the bed and get dressed. I’ve had two herniated disks repaired, hip replacement and shattered femur. I never stand on one leg and dance around the room trying to get dressed. Falling is NOT permitted. Forget the macho macho nonsense. It’s your body and ego won’t keep you from falling.
Hi , i just had mysurgefy 1 werk before, its 8th day today i start a getting a pulsating vibration on my dorsal foot (the downside of the foot) idk how to explain and pain in Achilles heel is it common does it go away with time..?
@@bhavidivekar5511 Most likely this is normal. You will experience weird nerve sensations, spasms in your back or leg, fatigue, pain flares, etc over the next several weeks. Nerve healing and inflammation can trigger lots of different symptoms. All normal and will go away eventually.
Hi CK! Now 7 weeks post OP herniated disc and spinalcanal stenosis!
Still have pain from Ischias nerve and sacral ligament- but have decided not to take any more pain killers.
But now walking 4-5 km a day- started Physio therapy and fitness training for 1 1/2 hrs.
Thank you for your support during this time!🙌🏾🙏🏽👏👏👏🌟
When does the pain stop from Ischias nerve/sacroiliac joint?
I wish i had an exact answer for that question. It is so very different from person to person. Some say weeks, some months and some even a full year. I hope it is on the shorter end for you.
how are you doing now?
No more pain- feel amazing- I did regular physio and after then did 2 hours 3 x week training in fitness centre- rehabilitation
It has been 4 1/2 months
@@judyrafat I am so glad to hear that!!
Wondering if I need another piece of furniture to sit on. I just have my desk chair and bed. Maybe I should get a recliner. I used to sit on the floor, but I don't think I have that mobility anymore.
Recliners are a good option, especially the kind that automatically stand you up. But then they are a little more expensive.
If you do need to get onto the floor, make sure you have a chair or something else to use to climb up. You should not be trying to just stand up like you used to.
Yes me my husband will be at work im nervous, do you go home after surgery ornyou have to stay over night
You go home
I had a herniated disc OP 8 weeks ago! I still have a lot of pain-from po down my right leg- how can I tell if I may have a reherniated disc? Since going to physio and fitness training it seems to have gotten worse!
I’m afraid the only way to really tell is another MRI. I hope that isn’t the case.
You may have found out by now that your continued nerve pain could be due to scarring around that nerve that was created by your body over an extended time between herniation and having it repaired. My first back surgery had me sharing a room (in a Navy hospital) with a Coast Guard Captain helicopter pilot that, strangely enough, had been my Dad’s roommate after my Dad’s back surgery five years before. The Captain was being evaluated yet put off having the surgery. That meant he had over five years of his body trying to protect itself by creating that scarring around the nerve. That scarring will slowly dissolve once it is no longer needed, but it takes time. If you have had your bad back issue for a significant period of time, it will take you longer to feel relief than someone who has surgery relatively soon after an injury.
Excellent tips. Many of your tips are things folks never think of until they need to know them right after surgery.
Another kitchen tip that I’ve used over 40 years since both my back surgeries relate to the position of your refrigerator and working counter tips. When I’m working at the sink or one counter, my back is to the refrigerator. Since I can no longer just use one leg to rotate around thus twisting the back, I simply back up from the counter to the refrigerator. It’s only 3-4 steps and keeps me from the twisting or taking a few steps to turn around. It may look odd or silly, but it gets me to the refrigerator.
The back is strange. Following discectomy, you’re just as strong as you ever were. But you no longer have the disc protection you used to. That means a bone slip could cut nerves paralyzing you. So, you do things differently. One is moving stuff. No longer do you just lift up heavy furniture. Now you leverage a silicon pad under a furniture foot then the other feet. Now you just slide it easily around. I can still move heavy items. Just not as quickly as I used to.
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