Question for those who reherniated
I am 11 days postop. The first few days were amazing - the incision hurt, but it was totally manageable, and the sciatica was gone. On day 3 the pain came back suddenly, worse than before the surgery. Then, 4 days ago I was in the car for 15 minutes and felt a sudden excruciating pain and had to immediately pull over. I couldn’t sit up at all and had to have someone come get me.
Now I am in 8/10 pain, worse than before, and it spreading into my right side (it was never there before). My leg is almost completely numb, and I can barely move my foot. My surgeon told me to go to the ER, so I’m in the waiting room now.
How did you know it was reherniation and not just postop nerve pain?
How long after it was confirmed did you have to wait for a second d surgery (if you had one)?
What did you do differently the second time to keep this from happening again?
I’d really just like to hear other people’s experiences. Even from people who were convinced they had reherniated and ended up being wrong.