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Had a microdiscectomy and rhizolysis in 07, L5-s1
Best thing I did, spent 2 years in fucking agony trying every treatment I could nothing really worked except a good ice pack and cortisone injection but that wears off fast.
I could hardly walk when I went in to get it and was on a cocktail of painkillers daily.
Had the op, woke up, went for a piss.. pain free! 2 hours later I was in parking lot smoking a ciggy, went home next day, never needed any pain killers after that, you need to be careful for a few weeks till it all heals, but being pain free was all that mattered to me.
Its hard learning to walk right again, like you stand on a stone when walking and all your muscles tense up.. waiting for the pain ping from your back, takes your body a while to realise.. there is no more pain.
I've been fine since, like I've had other back issues but not l5s1.. that was fixed.
Sequestered another disc a couple of years ago.. now that fucking hurts ;)
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