Sciatic pain after microdiscectomy

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2. Yes, I have

My lower back injury was at L5-S1, too. I did very well after it. I still had a tingling sensation right around the ball of the ball and socket of my left hip.
I was up and shuffling around the hospital right away.

I had my neck fused the next year.

After about 6 months at work both my legs started 'buzzing'. All the long hours standing on concrete floors was ruining my body. I was taken off work. Had another back surgery and never really recovered. I had a dural tear happen to me when I stood at the bed side.
The symptoms to my left leg sound about like what you went through. I couldn't straighten it out. I had to keep it curled. I had migraine like head ache from the spinal fluid leak. 3 days I could move without puking. The PCA or the pain patch didn't touch it. I probably needed a blood patch but I hurt too much to make decisions. When he said they could go back in I could not stand the idea. So I suffered.

I had to fail at another job before I was legally declared disabled. It took a couple of years of fighting to be approved.


I'm quite a mess. I can surely empathize with your pain. I don't know that nerve pain responds that we'll to narcotics. I have a really short list of meds that I'm not allergic to or that make my stomach roll until I get sick. I hope you continue to heal.