Back Surgery in your 30s?

oregon101
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:25:53 +0000

I am grateful for this question as I am waiting to see a surgeon for back issues. I finally, after weeks of waiting, had an MRI done. For nearly a year I have suffered with “sciatica”. PT made it worse. MRI shows L5-S1 has a disc extension and there is a narrowing of the spinal canal at L4-5. So now I wait to see a surgeon and then, hopefully, get scheduled for surgery. Living with this pain is awful. It comes and goes without cause which makes planning activities difficult.

Parent23, I am especially worried about the narcotics I have been taking. I appreciate your description of your withdrawal. I have been confused about this as I never feel high with the Vicodin I take but now I understand that my body will still want it. I will be more vigilant now as to weaning before surgery.

OP, until she has an MRI there is not enough information to know what course she should take. PT can definitely make things worse. Good luck to her.