Back Surgery in your 30s?

ChaosParent23
Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:58:36 +0000

That wasn’t to satisfy insurance however. The PT was b/c they thought it was my hamstring. I’m also sure the PT is what caused my back to get so bad. My leg hurt before PT, but by the time I’d gone thru PT I couldn’t walk, drive, sit, or stand. The injection was to see if I could get some pain relief while I was waiting for surgery (nope!!). I only did one injection and it didn’t do anything at all. I had some minor relief from the massive amounts of lidocaine, but that wore off after a few hours.

No doubt this is very emotionally and mentally difficult to deal with. I’m not athletically active, but as a SAHM I do just about everything to run this family. I spent my eldest son’s first Thanksgiving and Xmas home from college on the couch in pain. By the end, I couldn’t even stand long enough to fully shower all at once.

But recovery is pretty quick!! About a week post-op I was able to get groceries (though I walked slowly!). That felt like such a victory! 2 weeks post op I was driving again. Now almost 6 weeks later I pretty much feel like myself again.