Lumbar Laminectomy stories please.

Did you hurt it in a big truck accident? LSU needs more NIL money.

Stepped on a crack AND BROKE YO OWN GOD DAMNED BACK

I had it done Dec 21 on my L4. They rolled me back at 9 am and I was in the car at noon. The first week I just took it easy. Watched a lot of bowl games. The sciatic pain was off and on. They gave my a steroid for a week and I started walking a lot. Got up to 3 miles quickly. I walk every day. I wish I had done it long ago. I feel 15 years younger. I’m not 100% cured but feel 95% cured. Just don’t try and do too much too soon.

I know nothing about it, but I had a micro discectomy in 2007. Woke up with sciatic pain gone. The only time I've had issues since is when I've put on too much weight. As long as I stay in my normal bmi range I'm good. Hoping you wake up with relief. If you do, get your weight in check if it isn't already.

A third get better
A third stay the same
A third get worse

L4 and L5 laminectomy last February.
Recovery was horrible.
Zero back pain or issues since then.

What a-hole downvoted that? WTF? I am sorry you are going to have to go through this shite. You are in my prayers

Had it about a year ago. Actually had minimal to no pain post surgery. Didn’t even need the pain meds. Was walking down the street and back the same day. Basically can’t do any type of lifting for 6 months

Didn’t cure my back pain but did help with the nerve pain in the legs. Went back to the doc recently, said my shite is still kinda fricked. Said I could do another procedure to fuse the discs but there still no guarantee it’ll work. Decided to just PT the hell out of it and clean up the diet, which has helped the most.