Microdiscectomy?

[ooglie26]

My H had one about 4 years ago for a herniated disc (W/C claim).  The Neurosurgeon that did his surgery said the results could go either way (50/50).

It worked, but the recovery was rough on him.  Make sure your H follows all the post-op instructions, and don't try to do too much too soon.  It will mean a lot of extra work for you, unfortunately.

The surgery was a success for the back pain my H had, but he developed quite a bit of scar tissue around the surgery site.  He ended up with chronic sciatica and had to have a neuro-stimulator implanted to control the pain. 

Good luck to your H!

[UMaineTeach]

I had one. It was an in and out surgery for me. I got to the hospital at 5 or 6 am and left around 1:00 PM. Everything thing went great. When I woke up they asked how I felt, and the first and only thing I could think to say was "My leg doesn't hurt anymore!" There was not too much pain in recovery. I only took the hard pain killers for the first 3 days. There was a little surface pain at the cut site. The biggest pain was in my hips when I would wake up.

I was out of work for 8 weeks, but it took about a year to fully get back to moving without thinking about my back. I did PT 3x week for a month.
It's now been a year and 3 months. I still have to sleep with a pillow under my knees, it hurts to stand around for a long time on a hard floor and to skip/jump - but I am 1000% better than before the surgery.

I hope YH is better soon.

Adding: Oh, I also still do a lot of the stretches from PT and can't to 1 of the physical restraints for work (but the rest I can do, and the one I can't isn't a big deal)

[pbutter]

My DH had this performed 2 years ago on L5S1. It wasn't successful, so he had it repeated 7 months later.