I had a discectomy which has a surgeon go in and remove the part of the disk that's bulging into a nerve. In my case it was the disk between the L4 / L5 vertebra. I had that bulge for about 20 years. Sometimes my life would be pain free and at other times the pain would lay me up for up to 6 weeks at a time. It was brutal! Before my last bout with this issue, I had gone pain free for 5 years and then in November of 2022 I developed a cough and in the process of coughing one evening I tore the muscle away from my rib cage on my left side (which feels very much like a broken rib). Well, this issue (as I was trying to protect my side pain while coughing) ended up awakening that bulging disk...like I said, this was in November of 2022. I went through the entire year of 2023 in severe pain. At one point I called an ambulance to come take me to the hospital. I literally had to crawl to the gurney because I didn't want anyone to touch me the pain was so ripe!
Well, I decided to try the shots to the spine treatment and that worked to mask the pain for several weeks in my case, but eventually even that stopped working and I began to investigate the discectomy route.
In November of 2023, I had the discectomy and my pain immediately was gone. Of course I had major pain from the surgery, but after healing for many weeks, I could definitely tell that disc bulge was gone and the surgery in my case was 100% effective. However...
They had to remove bone in order to get to the bulging disc. This has had the effect of making my lower spine a bit unstable. I can feel movement back there and at times I can feel pain in the movement. This concerns me and of course I hope that as I continue my rehabilitation the musculature around the surgery area strengthen and redevelop and return the stabilization of my low back. The bone removed will never grow back apparently. This is something, that had I known, I would have probably reconsidered having surgery. I was never told that the bone wouldn't grow back. I found this out by reading a great book called "Back Mechanics" after the surgery had taken place.
In any case, I agree with this man. Surgery is a last resort and I wish I had known more about diet and it's relation to virtually all degenerative issues in the human body. Had I understood this, I may have chosen to bypass the surgery and tried more to help my body heal itself through proper nutrition.
I had a discectomy which has a surgeon go in and remove the part of the disk that's bulging into a nerve. In my case it was the disk between the L4 / L5 vertebra. I had that bulge for about 20 years. Sometimes my life would be pain free and at other times the pain would lay me up for up to 6 weeks at a time. It was brutal! Before my last bout with this issue, I had gone pain free for 5 years and then in November of 2022 I developed a cough and in the process of coughing one evening I tore the muscle away from my rib cage on my left side (which feels very much like a broken rib). Well, this issue (as I was trying to protect my side pain while coughing) ended up awakening that bulging disk...like I said, this was in November of 2022. I went through the entire year of 2023 in severe pain. At one point I called an ambulance to come take me to the hospital. I literally had to crawl to the gurney because I didn't want anyone to touch me the pain was so ripe!
Well, I decided to try the shots to the spine treatment and that worked to mask the pain for several weeks in my case, but eventually even that stopped working and I began to investigate the discectomy route.
In November of 2023, I had the discectomy and my pain immediately was gone. Of course I had major pain from the surgery, but after healing for many weeks, I could definitely tell that disc bulge was gone and the surgery in my case was 100% effective. However...
They had to remove bone in order to get to the bulging disc. This has had the effect of making my lower spine a bit unstable. I can feel movement back there and at times I can feel pain in the movement. This concerns me and of course I hope that as I continue my rehabilitation the musculature around the surgery area strengthen and redevelop and return the stabilization of my low back. The bone removed will never grow back apparently. This is something, that had I known, I would have probably reconsidered having surgery. I was never told that the bone wouldn't grow back. I found this out by reading a great book called "Back Mechanics" after the surgery had taken place.
In any case, I agree with this man. Surgery is a last resort and I wish I had known more about diet and it's relation to virtually all degenerative issues in the human body. Had I understood this, I may have chosen to bypass the surgery and tried more to help my body heal itself through proper nutrition.