Ultimate Prep Guid for Microdiscectomy/What to Buy for a microdiscectomy
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Here is your guide on what to buy and how to prepare for your microdiscectomy surgery. This video includes dos and don'ts for a microdiscectomy and the top three product recommendations from microdiscectomy forums.
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Recommended items for preparing for surgery.
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00:00 Intro
1:16 Disclaimer
1:55 Video Plan
2:39 What to expect after surgery
5:18 Top three products
6:00 Prepare the bathroom
10:37 Prepare bedroom
14:44 Don't forget to prepare for these
17:15 Prepare Kitchen
19:19 Prepare to leave house
20:20 Resources
Please note I am not a physician. Anything mentioned on this podcast does not replace the recommendations of your surgeon. I may earn a small commission from certain product links.
I just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I watched a few of your videos preparing for my surgery today doing a laminectomy, discectomy and facetectomy on my left side for my L5 S1. Was in a ton of pain at first and I remembered some tips from your video that helped. It’s not even 12 hours since my surgery and I am feeling great, no more nerve pain, only the surgery pain. Thank you for providing info to the world, you really do help.
I’m so glad they were helpful to you! Best of luck in your recovery.
Brushing your teeth. Use one hand/arm for the toothbrush and place the other hand on the sink and lean on that straight arm. No stress on the back.
Thank you.
Hi CK! Now 7 weeks post OP herniated disc and spinalcanal stenosis!
Still have pain from Ischias nerve and sacral ligament- but have decided not to take any more pain killers.
But now walking 4-5 km a day- started Physio therapy and fitness training for 1 1/2 hrs.
Thank you for your support during this time!🙌🏾🙏🏽👏👏👏🌟
When does the pain stop from Ischias nerve/sacroiliac joint?
I wish i had an exact answer for that question. It is so very different from person to person. Some say weeks, some months and some even a full year. I hope it is on the shorter end for you.
how are you doing now?
No more pain- feel amazing- I did regular physio and after then did 2 hours 3 x week training in fitness centre- rehabilitation
It has been 4 1/2 months
@@judyrafat I am so glad to hear that!!
Wondering if I need another piece of furniture to sit on. I just have my desk chair and bed. Maybe I should get a recliner. I used to sit on the floor, but I don't think I have that mobility anymore.
Recliners are a good option, especially the kind that automatically stand you up. But then they are a little more expensive.
If you do need to get onto the floor, make sure you have a chair or something else to use to climb up. You should not be trying to just stand up like you used to.
Hey 👋
I had a herniated disc OP 8 weeks ago! I still have a lot of pain-from po down my right leg- how can I tell if I may have a reherniated disc? Since going to physio and fitness training it seems to have gotten worse!
I’m afraid the only way to really tell is another MRI. I hope that isn’t the case.
You may have found out by now that your continued nerve pain could be due to scarring around that nerve that was created by your body over an extended time between herniation and having it repaired. My first back surgery had me sharing a room (in a Navy hospital) with a Coast Guard Captain helicopter pilot that, strangely enough, had been my Dad’s roommate after my Dad’s back surgery five years before. The Captain was being evaluated yet put off having the surgery. That meant he had over five years of his body trying to protect itself by creating that scarring around the nerve. That scarring will slowly dissolve once it is no longer needed, but it takes time. If you have had your bad back issue for a significant period of time, it will take you longer to feel relief than someone who has surgery relatively soon after an injury.
Excellent tips. Many of your tips are things folks never think of until they need to know them right after surgery.
Another kitchen tip that I’ve used over 40 years since both my back surgeries relate to the position of your refrigerator and working counter tips. When I’m working at the sink or one counter, my back is to the refrigerator. Since I can no longer just use one leg to rotate around thus twisting the back, I simply back up from the counter to the refrigerator. It’s only 3-4 steps and keeps me from the twisting or taking a few steps to turn around. It may look odd or silly, but it gets me to the refrigerator.
The back is strange. Following discectomy, you’re just as strong as you ever were. But you no longer have the disc protection you used to. That means a bone slip could cut nerves paralyzing you. So, you do things differently. One is moving stuff. No longer do you just lift up heavy furniture. Now you leverage a silicon pad under a furniture foot then the other feet. Now you just slide it easily around. I can still move heavy items. Just not as quickly as I used to.
Getting dressed. I take my clothes to the bed. Sit on the bed and get dressed. I’ve had two herniated disks repaired, hip replacement and shattered femur. I never stand on one leg and dance around the room trying to get dressed. Falling is NOT permitted. Forget the macho macho nonsense. It’s your body and ego won’t keep you from falling.