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Ask An ExpertPatient Name: Mitchell K.
Age: 25
Location: TX
Diagnosis: L4-L5 bulging disc, pressing on the S1 nerve root.
Procedure Date: March 5, 2009
Type of Procedure: DND
Pre-Surgery Life Style/ Condition: I had a serious limp when I walked, and I was always in pain. I had been an athlete all my life so not being able to exercise was miserable. The day before the surgery my disc slipped out and I could barely move. The pain was unbearable. I don't know what I would have done if the surgery had not been the next day.
Post-Surgery Outcome: All of the severe back pain was gone immediately after surgery. I was in rehab days later and was lifting weights in the gym within 6 weeks. The recovery was 100 times easier than the recovery from my lower discectomy in 2001.