Herniated disc L5-S1

@chases0102 How did you get on with this?

I'd recommend the surgery. I went to the consultant too late thanks to a sh1t physio who never picked up on it. And by that time it was a case that the nerve had been impinged so long he described it as a heavy piece of furniture sitting on a carpet for years, was unlikely to spring back up, so was no longer an option. After that, the years of sciatica resulted in fibromyalgia, or that's why they think was the cause anyway, as it then moved into my other leg and eventually became a whole body chronic pain issue.

Do the surgery.

I got “lucky”. I can put up with pain most wouldn’t but since last Christmas I developed sciatica in both legs along with the persistent back pain and by May I could hardly walk. My GP called in favours and I had surgery in the Mater Private (stenosis and bulging discs). Surgeon wanted to do it the next day but I wanted time to think it over and booked it for 2 weeks later. Though it’s early days (7 to be precise), 5 hours after the op, no sciatica and I stopped pain meds except paracetamol 2 days ago. I know not to be stupid and bend, lift etc, but I and another patient cried with relief before we left the hospital. Hopefully it can only get better from hereon.