Microdiscectomy: Possible Re-Herniation After Surgery
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I am nine days post op. Last nights pain returned to my left leg in one of the same spots that my pain was prior to surgery. I have to wait until Monday to see the surgeon, it is Friday today. I chatted with him on the phone today and there’s a very large possibility that I have re-herniated my L5S1 disc. I would love any advice from anyone who has been through this before!
In February 2023, I underwent an L5-S1 surgery. Prior to the surgery, I had a conversation with my doctor about how the remaining wound on the disc would be managed post blade incision. The doctor assured me it would heal within 14 days. I had read that natural tears on discs often heal on their own due to their small size, but surgical wounds might be larger, raising the possibility of re-herniation.
I took great care not to lift any heavy weights and refrained from work for a total of 60 days after the surgery. However, even after 4 months, I started experiencing shooting pain in my leg, ankle, buttock, and my back posture had also altered. Unfortunately, the surgery also introduced a new issue - numbness in my feet. This entire experience has led me to the realization that I may have made a wrong decision by opting for surgery. It feels disheartening to have spent money on this procedure and consumed so many medicines, only to find out through a recent MRI that there's a new herniation on the same disc.
Due to these circumstances, I've decided not to return to the same doctor. I've lost faith in the scientific evidence behind this procedure, as it seems the doctor never disclosed key aspects, such as what a laminectomy involves, the duration of medication use, the formation of scar tissue, or the potential loss of muscle strength in the insertion area over time. The doctor's assurance made the surgery seem straightforward and uncomplicated, but it appears there might have been past cases of unsuccessful outcomes that were kept hidden from me.
Since returning to India from abroad, I've turned to natural Ayurvedic treatments for relief. This includes methods like hot oil therapy, hot baths, hot water treatments, and the use of natural herbs. I'm experiencing some improvement, but I must admit that I'm still grappling with lingering fear and mental strain.
This entire surgical experience has put me in a difficult situation. I want to emphasize to anyone considering lumbar surgery to thoroughly ponder the potential for failure and the subsequent steps that might be needed. Please don't rush into a decision without considering all the aspects and potential outcomes. Your body's well-being is too important to treat as a mere learning experience, as I've unfortunately learned firsthand."
I'm reading all comments and I'm terrified that I can't find any positive outcome after surgery. Seems like people have to go back for another surgery because they having re-herniation. I'm just about going under surgery in two days since I'm having such a constant pain I see no other option but go under the knife.
I had microdisectomy in 2015 3 weeks after surgery I had that feeling again sharp pain and legs gave out.I told my surgeon and he ignored what I said.Now 3 years later Im getting a spinal fusion.Im going to make a video of my journey.I tried for disabilty and was denied was forced to go back to work
cano malo I’m so sorry to hear that. Good luck in your healing!
Thanks, hope you are doing well
Hello! I am 4 weeks out on my second L5 S1 micro. My first was in 2005 and the second was September 15, 2018. I have started feeling the pain again already. If it has re-herniated, I will be up for a fusion. Please share where you are now.
Paul Revere hello! I am almost 5 months out and no pain! Very lucky an have started started training on the elliptical for running at my local rev center. I’m also lifting and doing my job again as I used to! Lots of stretching every single day to keep things loose inside the back muscles, but otherwise just re-strengthening! Good luck to you!
James Dean we will never know... the pain ended up going away as normal so we did not do any imaging. However, I’m one year out now and I did reherniate again 3 months ago...and the MRI shows it... pain, tingling, just not as severe
James Dean it’s optional. I’m not having another surgery because my pain is level 3 at most and not consistent at all. I can run, bike, snowboard, etc. so I’m just working on getting my core strong. 90% of people with herniated discs don’t end up needing surgery. Our bodies do a good job healing- but some people really need it to move past the pain. Good luck!
Hi Megan.. Glad to hear you are doing well. Just underwent the same procedure 10 days ago and I still have pain down the leg.. It is intermittent but also consistent depending what time of the day it is. I'm feeling right now as you did in this video and am wondering if I reherniated or not. My question is how long after this video did the pain start to decrease and then completely go away? 1 week, 2, 3,? Thanks for letting me know.
@@megant3530 I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Did u have pain in your back when sitting b4 surgery and what about after surgery? Are you having any complications after surgery?
I am 3 months out from L5-S1 micro discectomy, was feeling pretty good but pain is started to enter my hamstring again and I’m very depressed about it.
Hey all! So grateful for the comments! It’s been 9 months total now and I’m recovering well. Back on my snowboard but still not strong enough to do yoga or carry the weight of a hiking backpack. More PT to come...best of luck to all of you on your healing journey- know that pain is temporary and you can get through it!
Hello! I'm going through the same. Been only one week into PT and I'm already frustrated because the progress is too slow. What did you do to recover? PT Only? For how long? Thank you for this video :')
Did you reherniate it or was it just part of your healing process...I am two weeks out discectomy and decompression l4-l5 and although I can walk and stand I have immense pain in hip thigh shin and big toe...leg is on fire. Perhaps I am jumping the gun on my expectations...doctor said have to wait at least 3 months to see if additional issues via MRI.
@@cearly1696 how are you now bro
Ali Abid I'm better...I had a lot of nerve pain after surgery that after a month of little sleep finally started to subside. I still have some back pain and loss of feeling in my toe a little bit much better.
@@cearly1696 i wish u great luck for your full recovery. Actually i had open laminectomy descectomy 3 months back. After surgery i was recovering well but after 6 weeks of surgery i felt severe back pain when i woke up then pain started in my leg also severe pain. My dr suggested me MRI and it disclosed that ive reherniated again. Im on medicines now better than before but still having pain in my back. Im trying conservative treatments to avoid second surgery. Im sharing with u my post surgery MRI
Omg I'm going though this now 😭😭😭. Had my first surgery 3/29/17 was just told today I re herniated l5 s1 😒😑😩😩
How are you now? Did it resolve by itself? I m in a similar situation. I had lost surgery in June 2020 and doc told today that there is a re herniation, I m so depressed
Depending on how long the nerve was compressed will determine how long it takes to come back to life. I had concerns myself after the surgery, but as time passed, it got better.
I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Did u get surgery? Are you having any complications after surgery?
I'm 22yrs old and 5months out of surgery. I think I may have re- herniated. I even got a second MRI but I'm too scared to look at it you seem young as well. Everyone tells me I'm too young to have this which doesn't help out at all. I hope I'm not the only one
Heeey Tony.. I'm fayhaa 26yrs old. I'm here to tell u that ur not the only one having this.. my first time experiencing back pain was when I was 17 .. and I was misdiagnosed at that time .. I was diagnosed as having disc herniation when I was 20 .. and two weeks ago I had my surgery (microdicectomy) .. I'm doing fine now apart of having few pain sometimes @tony esquivel
Hey fayhaa ,
Can you walk now ??
I am also suffering from L5 - S1 herniation and l4-L5 bulge. I have no pain in my back but feel the pain in leg when I walk :') I am 21 years old so I am very scared to do the operation.
Thank you for sharing your story! My husband just had the same procedure and 3.5 weeks out reherniated. He’s been in terrible pain. Don’t go back to see surgeon until next week. Wondering if he’s in fur 2nd surgery too. This is hell.
Hi. I had disc reherniation l4 l5 1 month post laminectomy descectomy. I was recovering well after surgery but got severe back pain at certain movements. Mri should i reherniated again. Currently trying conservative treatments to avoid surgery again. How are you now ?
Ali Abid I am 18 months out, I actually recovered just fine after this video. However I re-herniated 8 months post op while snowboarding again! I am now living on my reherniated disc and my symptoms are so minimal it’s not worth surgery. You can watch some of my other videos that detail how much pain I was in at that time, but now the worst I get is a numb foot every once in a while and level 2 pain if I sit too long. Not worth another surgery.
I suffered from severe unrelenting back pain, sciatica pain and severe weakness in my left leg for a little over a year. My symptoms were progressively getting worse by the day.
3 months ago I had a microdiscectomy L5S1. The weakness in my left leg was gone right immediately after surgery. My pain was approx 40% better and I was feeling great! Approximately 1.5 months after my surgery the severe unrelenting pain came back. Including the pain shooting down my legs and the weakness in my left leg. I iced my back and rested for a week straight hoping the pain would go away. Icing and resting always helped relieve the severe pain if I over did it after my surgery. This time it didn’t help relieve the pain. It was back with a vengeance and it was worse than before the surgery. I feared I had reherniated.
1.5 months after my surgery I had an MRI which confirmed I reherniated my disk. I was devastated. Thankfully 6 weeks ago I had a second microdiscectomy. My neurosurgeon recommenced I also have an interspinous fusion L5S1 using a titanium spacer to help absorb impact and take less pressure off of my disk so that I wouldn’t reherniate again. Unfortunately not much of my disk was left after I reherniated so he injected stem cells from my bone marrow into the area where my disk is. In 3 months the stem cells will fuse my bones creating a fusion at L5-S1. At 6 weeks post op I am still in a great deal of pain. Some days are better than others. Sciatica pain comes and goes. I feel much better now than I did before having this surgery. I am very careful not to bend, lean or twist and wear a back brace to prevent from reherniating.
I pray that all of you who are suffering from back pain or recovering from back surgery are able to live a pain free life again. Recovering from this back surgery has got to be the most painful, challenging surgery I’ve ever had to recover from. I’m still a long way from living an enjoyable pain free life again. What’s getting me through this difficult recovery is by staying positive. I count my blessings. I focus on all of the positive things in my life and I am grateful for all that I have. If I could give any advice to help people get through suffering from back pain and/or recovering from back surgery, it would be to stay positive and count your blessings both big and small.
Being healthy is one of the few blessings we don't realize until we are not. I pray for you to have the mental strength to go through this and be able to recover 💯%.
How are you now. I had the same case u had. Reherniated my disc again after surgery
How'd it go? I have a L5S1 disc herniation. I dont really have leg pain just constant lower back pain that makes my back feel blown out and muscle spasms. I was thinking of getting a micro but feel like I need to save up a lot of money not knowing how much insurance will cover. I estimate a year of work. Also I don't even know if a surgeon would approve of a surgery. Anyway, best of luck. Hope all is well.
Sorry for the delayed reply! I just added a new video update for 8 months out! Check into the surgery- you never know what it will cost until you ask! It’s the first step to getting yourself the help you need. Good luck ❤️
Im 4 weeks post op, and went on a trip to Michigan for my son’s bday (We live in Miami) everything went well until the next day the pain started and it got worst during the weekend, really bad to the point were I had to go to the ER.... now Im waiting on my MRI. Im super depressed, I havent been able to carry my son, havent been to work in like 2 months. It sucks, I saw this video and Im like so it is common!!!
How are you feeling now? I'm 4 weeks postop and having some pain. Just wanted some insight from someone who has gone through this and is a few years out! Thanks :)
@@jessicabaumbach965 I have re herniation again!!! L4-L5-S1
@@TheLevel1trauma OMG no!!!! I'm so sorry you keep going through this.
How did it end up going?I'm 2 weeks post surgery and have been pretty mobile for the last couple of days and I've started to get the tingling back in my left foot but I can't be sure,I feel how upset you must be
Chris Heeney my tingling went away after about 6 weeks. Once I started PT. I’m 10 weeks out now and my low back gets pretty sore if I’m in the car for too long, or sitting too long. PT exercises help me to stretch and relieve the sore muscles. Happy healing to you!
@@megant3530 did you end up having surgery again? I'm 11 days post op and just searched for something in a closet and now I feel pain in my back and leg again. I'm freaking out. I'm also decreasing gabapentin so maybe that's why? Ugh I dont know
After suffering 3 years of progressively worsening pain, I had a microdiscectomy 5 weeks ago to remove a large herniation from my L5-S1. The opp went well, and i felt like a new man for the first 4 weeks post opp. No pain at all. I was talking it easy, but i could walk, sit, and even started driving 3 weeks post opp, just for short distances and on the recomendation of my surgeon and physiotherapist. At 4 weeks post opp, i started to get small feelings at my S5-L1 area, not painful at first just an indication something was happening down there, and now at 5 weeks, several times per day i am getting a sharp pain around my L5-S1 area when i go to sit or lie down. I'm devestated, and very worried i have reherniated the disc. My physio comes by today, i'm hoping they can give me some advice, as i am not due to see my surgeon for another 4 weeks. My biggest concern is my job, for the past 6 months i have been mostly immobile and working from home as a result of this issue, and i am just back to work now after taking 5 weeks off for the surgery and recovery. My employers were ok with this, thinking post surgery i will get back to business as usual. If i have reherniated, i have no idea how this my effect my employment. I'm very worried all around..... best of luck to you and everyone else suffering from disc herniations!
Braveheart101 have u reherniated the same L5-S1 OR ANY OTHER DISC,please reply me
Have you reherniatted again
Hi Megan, i am 6 weeks out and re-herniated, an MRI with gladolanum showed a fragmen from a disc in a wrong place. After the surgeon and the neuro-radiologist both had a look on thr MRI they agreed in removing the fragment bu surgery. I’m not happy. Its just pain in my thighbone and knee that is preventing me to walk in a good way. Greetings, Martin
Martin Mooij I’m sorry you have experienced this. Are you opting for the surgery again? My pain did end up going away after about a week, but now that I’m in PT I’m feeling more intense tingling in my foot so I’m not sure what to think just yet. I hope it all works out well for you!
Megan Thompson I did the resurgery and am no on 4 weeks postop 2nd surgery but all together now 10 weeks postop. 2 surgeries!
Thats almost insane to experience, it depressed me then, but now waiting for the 6 weeks mark to go to PT.
I feel stiff, do walks, small walks. Thats the best for the disc to heal according to my surgeon, who did more than 5000 of these procedures.
I still feel numbness in my right leg, needles and pins in thighbone and a stiff back that I didnt have prior to surgeries.
The numbness and legpain is subsiding, so is the backpain. It takes a lot of time to heal, thereisnt a quick fix for the healing time. Every patient heals at his one time. Comparing, as we all do is useless, because we are all different people. I am 65, that’s older as you are probably😉
so thats an argument for quicker or slower healing! Hope your doing well! Give yourself time to heal and put your impatience aside! I am sure you will get better. Greetings, Martin from the Netherlands
Martin Mooij so glad to hear your second time is healing. My pain and tingling have completely gone and I am now 9 weeks post op. Wishing you a smooth recovery from here on out!
Same thing happened to me 3 weeks out. Going in tomorrow to remove the re-herniation. Did you end up getting a follow up surgery? What were the results?
Same thing I’m going through I had mine on 4/13/22 9 days later I’m n worse pain than before the first surgery
Hi Megan
Hope you doing well. I just found your movie. I had my lower back discectomy surgery 16 days ago and 2 days I started to fill painful stiffness in my calf muscle and tingling in my foot. I am trying to be careful how I move, not to bend over. Did you end up having second surgery or your pain went away? Did you take any steroids right after surgery or later when you started to feel pain again. I talked to my surgeon and he said not to worry, that this is normal but you know how it is, this is something new to me, I look at Doctor google and professor RUclips to find out as much us I can from people that have same problem.
Thank you 🙏
Kris
How are you doing now?
@@MrItsYonkers my back is much better but still have that sciatic nerve pain in my left leg. Nothing big but discomfort. Doctor told me it will take up to 1 yr to heal but I see progress with my leg strength
@@kriswolf9848 I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Were u having back pain b4 surgery? Are you having any complications after surgery?( *back pain?)
@@MrItsYonkers I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Did u get surgery? Are you having any complications after surgery?
I have herniated my l4/l5 again after 5 days. The pain was different but i have done the surgery again and now in recovery.
aemscor glad to hear it worked out. Rest easy!0
aemscor do you know what caused the reherniation? How was it to put yourself back into surgery so soon after having the first one? I am in panic mode and have not even had my first one more so for the general anesthesia.
Perla Garcia don’t worry the surgery should be a common thing for a good neurosurgeon. I don’t know how i manage to herniate my disc again in very short time but I think i was lucky to go that quick(better than leave it for long time so the anatomy will not be messed up for surgeon). Good luck
I never had a second surgery. You can watch all of my videos to see the outcome. I ended up being okay after some steroids here. How we 8 months out I did reherniate on my snowboard in a big way. I am now 18 months post op with a reherniated disc and no second surgery. Minimal pain and an occasional numb foot don’t bother me enough to undergo the process of healing after spine surgery a second time. I’m on my snowboard in full force this season and getting stronger each weekend.
Your situation sounds exactly like mine and I do have a reherniation. I waited 5 months after my surgery to get another MRI and it did show it was out again.
ngoshawk1 I’m sorry to hear that. My initial reherniation ended up not hurting me at all in the long run and I recovered normally despite the snafu. I didn’t need another surgery.
@@megant3530 Hey Megan!! I think I have a similar problem to yours right now!! Did. you get an MRI to confirm that it was a reherniation? I'm thinking that if I confirm my disc has reherniated I might take some time to try and let it heal before I opt for another surgery...Thanks for the video!!
@@sammispatz6999 yes I had an MRI to confirm, but ended up waiting it out and not needed another surgery.
I know for a fact I just Reherniation my back last week after surgery 5 months ago
I’m 4 months post op and I think I’ve just done the same thing yesterday. What happened with yours? Did you find out if you did reherniation?
Don’t feel bad I am 15 days out on my 10days our I have reerniated my back An I have worse pain but the same pain back in the same area an it’s in my groin severely in my groin in my back like a belt an all the way down the back of my right leg I have allready did my second mri an I’m waiting to see the doc on Tuesday an of it has happened he is going to do a spinal fusion with plates an screws bc I can’t walk in assisted I have my walker with me at all times it’s horrible I was feeling great for nine days An did to much one day An thanksgiving day bam if all came rushing back like a bad memory I’m suffering waiting to see the doctor on Tuesday I can only pray this stops soon
Kara Hilario thank you for your encouragement. I hope all is well with you!
Dusty Dj how are you doing? Did you end up having a fusion?
Same thing just happened to me after 5 weeks of l5 S1 surgery . Don't know what do do
Sorry I don’t come on much anymore! I’m 2.5 years out if surgery and pretty much fully recovered. I’m snowboarding, hiking, and everything. So I would say, even though it’s really scary when this happens, have faith that you will get better someday! It’s so hard to keep that faith and trust, but don’t beat yourself up about it. Reherniations happen, and if you listen to your doctors and follow the directions you’ll get better! Good luck ☺️
@@megant3530 So did you end up having a 2nd surgery? And if so, was it another MD or a fusion?
Any pain still?
R u talking about reherniating same disc or other disc after surgery
shiva shankar at this time I was talking about reherniation the same disc. It turned out to be okay a few weeks after this video was shot.
@@megant3530 thanks for your reply, i will pray for god u will lead a happy pain free life
Hi Mega, hope you are felling better, I did the same thing, with same symptoms and didn't happened, Im 4 weeks out 4 days. Take care
Did you had the Re-hernation or it was a scare?
Tiempo Real thank for sharing! I’m hoping it’s just some scar tissue or that it’s a small enough hernia toon that PT corrects it. The surgeon is quite certain it’s a smaller piece that has reherniated so we are starting PT for 2-3 weeks and if the symptoms stay we get an MRI since that will be the only way to tell. How long did the pain take to go away with you?
Hi, my name is Jeico, actually, since the day I bend down like 5 days or so, then everything was fine again, I really hope you feel better, I know is the worst pain ever.
Jeico, that is good to hear! I’m still having a lot of tingling in my foot, but the pain in my buttock is getting less and less. Maybe I will have the same luck as you!
Im sure you will
Hey, how are you feeling now? I may have re herniated my disc after surgery. Would be awesome to hear from you.
My Pillow Guy I did reherniate it, but my body adjusted. The pain went away after a few days. I would just call the surgeon. Mine was great and helped me understand what was happening. Now I’m 14 weeks out and back to regular life! Happy healing
Megan Thompson no additional surgery?
Paul Revere no additional surgery. Very lucky and thankful.
I just had surgery for my L5 pressing on S1 on September 21st just found out last week I re herniated the same disc. They don’t want to operate again because my pain did go away after steroid and I start physical therapy next week, did your disc move out of the way? Or it’s still fully herniated but the pain went away? Because I nervous and terrified to feel that pain again, but since I’m so early in the healing they think there’s a better chance the disc could move off the nerve. I still have numbness but it’s not as bad and the pain is fully gone. Just was wondering what all you did to help yours.
Danielle the pain just went away, I guess I’m lucky! Most people who herniate their discs don’t end up needing surgery to begin with, so on some re-herniations it’s the same thing. At least that’s what my surgeon told me. Good luck!
Megan Thompson my pain has gone away, I still have slight numbing but physical therapy is helping take it away. Thank you so much !