1 week post op freaking out
I woke up from an L5/S1 MD on april 11 with zero pain, feeling amazing. Been walking a lot. Just feeling so happy to be not in pain.
Went of dilaudid on day 4. And halved my tylenol and advil on day 6.
I walked a lot and got in and out of the car 8 times yesterday.
In the evening I felt just tired in my body and my back felt tight. Took a warm shower and went to bed.
Slept on my left side for the first time and I have no idea what time it was that I woke up. I felt my body doing a stretch and rolled on my back to try and stop it. Felt a pop near or by my surgery site while my back stretched. Got scared but went back to sleep on my back and then woke up at 6 am with horrible cramping and burning in my leg. Its like a water surface- Just non stop all over. It hurts so bad.
I took dilaudid, tylenol and advil and put ice on my back. About an hour later it calmed down.
Feeling better now but can feel my back playing up again after 3 hours. Dilauded is only 4 hours so yeah.
Do you think I reherniated? I am absolutely panicking here. PTSD. It took months to get this MD in this shitty Canadian system. Im just so lost right now.