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lower back operation

  • 28-01-2009 6:55pm
    #1
    happyhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭


    has anybody had a operation on to remove part of a disc in there lower back, either l4/5 or l5/s1. i had mine done on the 8th of december and am finding the process of returning to normality very very slow?? i'm sill getting spasms in my lower back and i am still weak. has anybody else ever experienced this etc or could offer any advice??


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  • #2
    Baraboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 254 ✭✭Baraboo


    I had this done about 18 years ago, and am not typical as I got a very bad post op infection, but I do remember it taking a few years before I was as recovered as it was going to get. I am still not 100%.

    The Sciatic nerve had been badly pinched for too long and was still giving me symptoms - This did improve but very slowly. The scar tissue from the infection is a factor here as it tends to not like cold weather.

    Get a good physio. Do the exercises they suggest.


  • #3
    happyhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭happyhappy


    thanks baraboo, got a physio a few weeks ago and hopping off the exercises! it's a very slow process though!!


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