L5-S1 herniation and vertebrae moved?
I’ve had back pain on and off for years. I was severely overweight and lost a 105lbs in the last 15 months. I’m still working on my weight loss journey and have 60 pounds to go.
I realized I wasn’t recovering after any sort of activity in the past few months. I just assumed for the longest time that my back hurt because I was overweight and with rest it felt better.
I went to my doctor and convinced him I wanted an MRI. My husband had has two lower lumbar discectomy and herniated disc and the symptoms were just too similar to ignore.
I started getting burning and pain down my leg. And have issues with my bladder. (When I needed to go, it was NOW or I’m peeing my pants)
Well I got the MRI and have a “severely herniated and ruptured disc with pars defects and spondylolisthesis”
I’m going in today for a steroid epidural.
My PCP who specializes in sports medicine told me it’s one of the worst he’s seen and will require surgery and probably fusion. The pain management specialist told me that PT and the epidural will fix my issues and I shouldn’t even talk to a neurosurgeon because it’s not that bad.
What’s everyone else’s experience / opinion? I’d rather not have surgery but this is impacting my daily life. I recently got into golf which I cannot play at all. I’m an avid league bowler and haven’t been able to bowl in weeks due to pain. I’m constantly trying to find comfortable ways to just be and walking but anything for too long is just awful.