chronic back and leg pain, is surgery a good choice?

Bones, joints and muscles
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I was injured many years ago broken pelvis, now 30 + yrs later my back is killing me, MRI shows two bad disk, currently getting injections, but they aren't lasting but about 40 days at the most.  I can only get the injections every 3 months.  I don't like taking strong meds.  I can only sleep about 3 to 4 hrs, then pain wakes me up.

 

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To answer your question, please try to access the Lower Back Pain Video by Dr. Shane Burch, a spine surgeon with the Univ. of Calif. Medical School...Please do a Google Search to find it....You'll learn that the pain can be caused by many things and depending on the diagnosis may require surgery or another treatment....There's a Lower Back Pain Symptom Checker and Recommended Treatmrent List on the internet. Do a Google Search for it too...If you have Spinal Stenosis, then the best treatment is surgery...You tend to have pain in multiple areas of your body, ie. lower back, legs, buttocks, etc. with spinal stenosis...

Of course, you can set-up a consultation medical appointment and tests  with a Pain Center or Spine Surgeon to determine for sure.....GOOD LUCK!.....

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See a spine specialist who specializes in micro surgery to remove the gelly like tissue leaking out from the hard outter shell of the disc causing all the pain on the nerves. 

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thank you for the information, I currently go to a pain clinic where they inject steriods in my back and that helps for 35 to 40 days of little pain.

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thanks for the information, my GP said for me to say the word and he would refer me to a neurosurgeon.  Just afraid have heard to many bad back surgery results, and don't want a long recovery time.

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Totally understand long recovery. But if you are a candidate for micro surgery see online recovery time is very short. 

Its the best way to fix a herniated/bulding disc they never fix themselves thru any form of treatment. 

Dont nt wait for it to get worse and take care of it to have a better quality of life.

i have three repaired that way and in a few days I was back in the normal day other than a few restrictions by the doc for heeling.