My lower back, left hip and entire leg have been increasingly painful for most of the year. An X-ray this Spring indicated that there was a lot of arthritis, so anti-inflammatory meds and PT were prescribed, but PT only made things worse. With the help of my PT therapist I finally convinced my doctor that I needed an MRI, so I had the MRI two months ago
I endured two months of ever increasing pain and being out of work before I could meet with my neurosurgeon today. The bottom disc just above my tailbone is herniated in a big way, you can see it bulging way beyond the other discs pictured. The bulge is large enough to push on my central nerve and that's what is causing all of the problems.
What lies ahead for me. I have to deal with the pain for another month because she doesn't have an opening until mid December. 45 minutes of outpatient surgery will be followed by a full month of doing as little possible... I hope to resume limited work sometime February.
I endured two months of ever increasing pain and being out of work before I could meet with my neurosurgeon today. The bottom disc just above my tailbone is herniated in a big way, you can see it bulging way beyond the other discs pictured. The bulge is large enough to push on my central nerve and that's what is causing all of the problems.
What lies ahead for me. I have to deal with the pain for another month because she doesn't have an opening until mid December. 45 minutes of outpatient surgery will be followed by a full month of doing as little possible... I hope to resume limited work sometime February.
