Herniated Disc L5S1 - Surgeons?

Submitted by billiamprydz t3_zublcf in baltimore

Battling this for a few months. Things are just not getting better. Tried PT twice. Stretch every morning. Injections scheduled later in January. Just trying to prepare for the worst.

Does anyone have any surgeons they HIGHLY recommend? Can be Baltimore city, county or anywhere within a reasonable distance.

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Tonto_HdG t1_j1i2pgx wrote

Brian Newman, he's out of Hopkins. He did my L4-L5 (sponylolythesis). Hopkins proved to be worth its reputation of being a great hospital.

Edit: he made sure we exhausted all other options before considering surgery - the other two I consulted with wanted to cut me before I even finished describing my symptoms. The only bad thing is that he's a Steeler's fan.

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anne_hollydaye t1_j1ic5ub wrote

Head of neurosurgery at Hopkins, I believe his name is McArthur. He got my friend from mostly paralyzed to walking after her previous surgeon botched a fairly routine surgery.

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lolokaydudewhatever t1_j1i8ik2 wrote

If you need injections sooner, I'd recommend Dr. Lim out from Advanced Pain Management out in Lutherville.

She's a Hopkins trained anesthesiologist, who did a speciality in Pain Management, and getting on her calendar isn't a nightmare like the other offices around here.

She did a nerve block on me that took me from a 7\10 pain down to 1 in minutes.

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MereThorn t1_j1khna2 wrote

Dr Lemma at Union Memorial did my L5S1 microdiscectomy in 2019. Love him!!

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NumerousAd1576 t1_j1m2lkd wrote

Spinal decompression therapy - healed my herniated and bulging lower back discs.

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Mikel32 t1_j1m2p2w wrote

Herniated my L4-L5 in college. I played baseball and refused to get the surgery. The only thing that worked for me was stretching, inversion table and honestly loosing weight and changing my diet. Loosing weight was the biggest game changer. Mine was pretty severe but sticking to a routine it took care of itself over 3-5 years. Will still act up occasionally especially when it’s cold out. But if I were you id do what ever I could to avoid surgery. Surgeons always want to cut.

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billiamprydz OP t1_j1m8gwq wrote

It’s tough. It’s impacting my every day life. Wake up all out to wack. Stretch everyday. Can’t be in the car more than 15-20 minutes in the morning. Hour max car ride as a passenger. I’m not “overweight” I could drop say 10lb. I just don’t want to live like this for too long, I want to get back to normal life.

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billiamprydz OP t1_j1m9qm2 wrote

Big/main problem with the herniation is that it’s pressing on my sciatic nerve so I stiffness/limited mobility in one of my legs. I appreciate your input though - none of this is anything I wanted to ever deal with.

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Mikel32 t1_j1ma2uz wrote

Yea mine was pressing on my nerve as well. I was very close to bedbound for a month or two but staying active as hard as it was definitely saved my mental health lol. Also, I discovered the heating pad made it much worse. So if you’re doing that, opt for ice.

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