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Originally Posted by Big Damo
I buldged the discs in my back between L4/L5 vertibrae and between L5/S1 at work last year so I've got constant lower back pain now, its annoying but these days I just CBF anymore, I'd rather have someone else do the work and me enjoy it lol.
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been there done that.. and feel your pain.. i was 30 when my problems started
ok after years of mechanics and being a shotfirer (powder monkey for others) i did my L4/L5 and S1 at work ..repetitive bending etc and it put me on my back for months
did lots of physio etc to get back up and running but i alway had pain in my left butt and down into my left leg/foot
it always got better but the slightest thing wrong and you would feel it for days and this was a constant thing for years (and im only 37 atm
)
but it got really bad about 2 years ago (was bad for about 5 years since i hurt myself to when i got it fixed) nothing like getting out of a chair and taking 2 steps then cant move from the pain for a few seconds before everything relaxes before you can walk again and driving a manual car etc
so i went and got a MRI done after doc said they can give injections into area but i thought thats not really fixing it... paid for MRI out of my own pocket and cost about $400 but from there i went straight and got a back specialist doc referral from my doc.
cos i have private health they booked me in for next week
they cut a 2 inch slit in my back and took out a bit of bone on my spine so they could access area and then scrapped the disc away that was pushing on my nerves and spinal core
i was only in hospital for 2 nights and up and walking the next day after
op.
when i woke up from
op it was instant relieve ..no pain
i had about 6 weeks off work and had to only get out of bed a certain way, no bending, lifting etc in that time
its been approx 1.8 years since surgery and i can say its the best dam thing i ever did .. i still have to watch what i do (lift etc) but least now i can run, surf, play sport, sit in a car or plane etc have a life etc without the pain
i still get a little bit of niggly aches every now and then but nothing to stop me like before ...just wish i didnt put up with it for the 5 years like i did
but with private health i was approx about $800-900 out of pocket for everything including MRI and its the best money i ever spent