I have herniated disk, tried all the non surgical options nothing worked. My neurosurgeon recommended surgery. Can anyone tell me what to expect after the procedure???
2007-08-20 03:04:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Depending on how successful your surgery is, you can expect to have pain, but think of the pain as healing pain. You should be able to resume your life style within months of your surgery. I'm not exactly what your back problem is, therefore, what I'm writing is just the basics.
I've had 2 lower back surgeries, one was a lamenectomy, the other was a fusion from L4-L5.
It took a year for me to heal following my second surgery.
Did it help? No
I'm now living on pain meds.
Be sure to research all your options, even if means going to other neurosurgeons.
I wish you the best of luck.
If you could, please keep me updated via email.
2007-08-20 03:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by deiracefan_219 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surgery is never easy. You have every right to feel concerned. As you said you have tried everything and nothing is working. If you have a good surgeon Try not to worry. go with the surgery. It's going to take time to recover afterwards and you should talk to your surgeon about the post surgery recovery And what to expect. The doctor will answer your questions.
2007-08-20 10:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋