Surgery
 

Just left my orthopedic doctor...surgery Monday afternoon. He showed me the MRI and its very obvious. I'm having a left L5 discectomy...escentually they are taking off the piece of vertebrae that is resting against the large nerve that runs down my left leg. It sucks but I'm tired of hurting all the time.

Ouch! At least they can fix it! What kind of down time are you looking at?

Good thing they can fix it, good luck man

Two weeks off then six weeks light duty.

Damn dude.. But at least there will be no more pain

That's not too bad. No more pain will be worth it though.

L4/L5 surgery in 2004....

You don't want my opinion...I was BUTCHERED twice by Army doctors in El Paso....

Do everything your physical therapist says, it helps a LOT.
Good luck, hope all works better for you than me.

That's what I'm worried about are all the horror stories. My doctor apparently has a good success rate, so we'll see.

yeah take it easy after the surgery buddy. you need anything let me know

At least it's not one of your nuts...
J/K good luck with your surgery, take it easy and don't try to be superman too soon.