u/gratefuldad1989

I’ll try and keep this long Drawn out life story as simple as I can

OCD for as long as I can remember . Scared of family injuries and deaths . Rituals that would come and go and sometimes take up large chunks of my day, although I was able to hid it from the public for most of my life , except the muscle twitching

Would sprain things as a kid and pull my neck but never thought anything of it ( I was a very active 90’s kid who would play and fall and get dirty and hurt)

I remember bouts of back pain as young as 14 on the golf course and the feeling of “blowing my back out “

Age 20- traumatic injury while deadlifting . Immediate pop and 10/10 pain in lower back and hips

Never saw a doctor for it for over 15 years and the pain would range from 10/10 to 2/10 . Finally saw a doctor and of course mri would show 4 herniations of the lower back and 3 in the neck . So I had it , a “structural issue” causing my pain.

Neck pain. Mid back pain. Hip pain. Planter fasciitis over the years. Two almost identical wrist injuries within 1 month of each other with identical pain

After 17 yrs of chronic pain and just not being able to tolerate it along with life’s stressors, I decided on l4/l5 microdissectomy
- recovery has been tough. Not the wake up and feel amazing recovery so many people talked about . It actually brought on worse sciatica as my nerve root has become inflamed

Which led me to PRT. I am only two days into learning about it and I am very interested .

I am open to taking any and all advice !

Christian

So yes, coming up in 4 months l4/l5 MD and laminectomy. When I press on my spine from where the incision is , below it or a few levels above it , they are still sore to the touch, as if bruised . Did anyone else experience this post surgery?

It has NOT been an easy road for me . 4 months of sciatica and overall not feeling great. Some days I’ve definitely said wow maybe the surgery did work but 95% of my days I’m second guessing my surgery . I was injured for 17 years prior to my surgery , which I know can play a role in healing

Prior to surgery my back pain was excruiting for almost 2 decades . Post surgery , back pain slightly diminished with an increase in left leg sciatica ( it was on the left side ).

Post op mri at 6 weeks shows inflammation abutting my nerve .

I need some words of encouragement from people who were in similiar situations who eventually turned a corner . I am getting a TFESI next week to hopefully bring down some inflammation.

It felt my nerve was maybe kind of getting a bit better and a pt session last week was probably the culprit .