My experience after laminectomy surgery

🔔I wanted to share my experience (from painful to painless) with you all.🔔

It all started from a deadlifting exercise. I started to feel sharp, needle-like pain originating from my piriformis muscle. At that time, I couldn't figure out where the pain was coming from and why. Gradually, the pain went all the way down to my left toes, and I felt numbness/tingling in that leg. I couldn't walk, stand, or lay down to sleep. The pain was unbearable. Life was miserable. I went to see my doctor, and he prescribed prednisone and muscle relaxers. They didn't work at all. I was feeling hopeless.

After a week, I was scheduled for X-rays and an MRI. The doctor found out I had a massive herniated disc with right neural foraminal compromise at L5-S1. I was scheduled for surgery for Right L5-S1 hemilaminectomy, medial facetectomy, foraminotomy, and diskectomy at the renowned Neuro Spine Surgery Clinic in Dothan, Alabama.

Today, I am 18 days post my successful surgery. Absolutely no pain at all. The numbness and tingling are completely gone. My lower back is kind of stiff, but it's getting better every single day. I am in my early 30s, and I am seeing progress every single day.

I have started walking for 15 minutes/a mile pace every day. If you feel there is no light at the end of the tunnel, believe me, there is. Just get in touch with a very good neurosurgeon who knows what they are doing. I have seen plenty of you guys posting every day and being confused about whether you want to have surgery or not! You should definitely go for the surgery.