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Has anyone here had back surgery?

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TSKCoug

TSKCoug

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My wife will be going under the knife Monday morning. She has a herniated disc in the lumbar region of the back, the disc is I believe the second or third from the base of the spine. We have been told by the doctors that this type of surgery is 90% successful. Even so we are both a bit nervous. So have any of you had this surgery? How did it go?
 
My wife had back surgery. Between L4 and L5. Doctor did a superb job. Wife was up and walking next day. I had her bicycling 2 months later. Went skiing in the winter.
Your, her results may vary, as they say.
Be patient. Be supportive.
If you have some specific questions, feel free to pm.
Good luck.
 
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TSKCoug said:
My wife will be going under the knife Monday morning. She has a herniated disc in the lumbar region of the back, the disc is I believe the second or third from the base of the spine. We have been told by the doctors that this type of surgery is 90% successful. Even so we are both a bit nervous. So have any of you had this surgery? How did it go?
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A friend had a disc removed and is like new. You will be in our prayers. Good luck.
 
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Hi Coug... IMO there's no cookie cutter answer or procedure... depends on how they'll repair the disc... whether it's fusion or what...

My wife was the tennis singles champ in a number of NE Ohio cities .. and ruptured hers in a tourny... she had to have the fusion.. which went well... but her rehab was long and must say, painful... your help will be very needed... she's never played competitively since... shame.. she was awesome...

But I also assume medical techniques are always improving... so it may be much better... even in the last 12 years...
 
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my mom has had back surgery, and it went pretty well and the recovery is coming along on schedule.

Just make sure that after the surgery you have her stay strict to the guidelines that her doctor has given her, because the recovery and people around her like you keeping her from doing things that could slow down or harm the whole recovery process.

Best of luck to your wife and yourself.
 
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My dad had the same kind of surgery a few years back and it went great. The 90% success rate seems kind of low to me. Granted, I don't know exactly what is wrong in your wife's back but I would think this kind of surgery occurs very frequently. It really is amazing the kinds of things they can do under surgery. At any rate, I'm sure it will go well, good luck.
 
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Thank you all for your comments and information. I think I am more worried about this than my wife is. Fortunately her mother has flown up from Florida to help us out during her recovery. It will be a challenge to keep my wife from doing too much too soon.
 
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I have had two seperate surgeries after a parachuting accident. The first was a removal of the damaged disc from the impact. The second was the removal of the disc immediately above it do to rehabbing too aggresively. The most important thing to remember is to take it slow and do it right when rehabbing. I golf regularly and play most other sports with minimal pain, but sitting or standing for any prolonged time is very uncomfortable and hard to accomplish without 600mgs of ibuprofin or alleve. The key is to keep stretched out, especially your hamstrings and calf muscles, they seem to set the tone on my pain anyways. The hardest part of all is the internal risk-reward bargaining you have to go through every time your kids want you to do something physical with them. Figuring out if the fun is worth the pain over the next two or three days is an easy decision to make in the face of an expectant three year old son but is a hard decision to live with afterwards. Anyways, best of luck to you and your wife, don't forget the power of prayer.
 
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NOTREDAMECHIEF said:
One of my twins was born with a 'kyphosis' and had to endure a 12 hour reconstructive back surgery at the age of 2. After a year of body casts and such he was/is just fine. Amazing what they can do thse days.

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Wow. Great story, NDC. I'm glad everything turned out ok. Fatherhood has its trials and tribulations, and something like that can age you in a hurry.

God bless you and your little ones.
 
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