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[DIRTYSECRET]

If invasive means knife I’ll deal with the pain.

[Magic Fingers]

The second round of lidocaine/steroid injections greatly reduced my back pain and it has stayed that way for the past 4 years. Fingers crossed.

[Christopher]

I ruptured my L4-L5 disc playing hockey about 10 years ago. I had a good chiropractor who could usually get me tuned up quickly when it became an issue.

About 7 years ago I angered it at work one day. It was bad enough I had to go on short-term disability. Chiropractor wasn't able to get it back in, so after a few months of constant pain, living in bed for 23+ hours a day, and eating ibuprofen like jelly beans, my chiropractor finally recommended a surgeon.

Best decision ever. The day after my microdiscectomy, I got up and walked over a mile and a half around my neighborhood. Never even bothered with the Norco they prescribed me after surgery.

A month after surgery I rode my motorcycle 3 hours to a racetrack, did a track weekend, and rode back home.

Also started playing hockey again. Now almost 8 years since surgery, at 47 years old, commuting almost daily on a sportbike, and playing hockey 3 times a week, I'm living proof that not all back surgeries are horrible experiences.