by Ray » 02 Oct 2014, 18:31
Hi Laker sorry to hear an all to familiar story, as mine was pretty much the same, went 6 months in discomfort, and pain before LIS, no surgery Is fun, but this one is well worth it, I had surgery June 18th, and am still not 100% healed, had 2 follow up visits with the nurse practioner, last was on Sept 17th, and I was able to let her do an internal which I think set me back a bit, but each day seem a little better, went through a period of a lot of spasms, but no pain like before surgery after I had surgery. Can't overstress the sitz baths, was doing 4 a day for a while at first, now I have slacked off, still taking a stool softener, and am doing things like going easy on hot food which I love, but I would have the surgery again in a heartbeat. I had pain that made me go cross eyed, so this is an improvement, will I get to 100%? We will see, but I was told recovery takes a long time. This is no fun the nurse told me she had a patient who had open heart surgery, and said this was worse in comparison.
Hope this helps, and best of luck.