Hi, I'm thinking of doing the ALIF surgery.. you seem to have gone through a lot of physical therapy and a lot of months of recovery if not years. Can you tell me if all this was worth it? I did a lot of things for my back that didn't help at all.. I even did stem cells with umbilical cord, which is a very expensive procedure and NO results (anyone who's thinking to do it for back pain I really don't suggest it). I hope you're doing fine, and I just want to hear an opinion from someone who went through all of this and say it was worth it or not. Thanks

Hello friend how you doing now years later. Pain levels?. I believe you said the only pain was lower back pain. After the surgery you. develop leg pain. That's why you taken.gabapentin. I'm asking because I might have to go through l4.l5s1 surgery and I only have lower back pain.. Don't know if he's going to fix the problem.

Hey brother, who was your doctor?

Luck to u brah

The amount of conviction in your voice tells the entire story. I am 45, back pain since I was a teen. I have DDD of the L3/4, 4/5, 5/1 discs with 4/5 and 5/1 being the worst. I can go to work daily, dress, walk, do all the things. Though twice now, once in 2021 and once in 2022, I had to be taken from my home by EMT's, in an articulated chair, with a fentanyl IV just to get me to move. The pain in my back turned to something I never knew could exist. My body was paralyzed with pain, my brain wouldn't let me move. To the hospital I went and laid in the ER with dilaudid/valium/toradol injections the first time, then morphine/valium/toradol injections the second time. After 6 hours or so, things would calm down and home I would go with a bottle of pain meds. I knew things were bad when I was given a fentanyl IV and that couldn't cut the pain to get me out of bed and into the chair to get to the ambulance. I've done 4 steroid injections, a SPECT/CT scan, countless MRI's, and a tri-level diagnostic facet joint injection regimen to pinpoint the problem areas. I was essentially approved for a tri-level fusion (ALIF+PLIF) but my pain Dr. talked me out of it as he said at 45 and active, I was a bit young to go down that road and he suggested we exhaust all other options (injections and then ablation) before going the final step. I am still on injections and they seem to work but only for about a month. The fear part and the depression is the very very VERY VERY VERY real aspect. Its worse than the pain.....the fear of having that issue again where I have to go to the hospital scares me so much due to how severe the pain was, to avoid nearly everything that I love doing. I weigh 275 now......how long till I begin having health problems due to my weight?

How are you now? Do you regret the surgery or are you happy with it. I’m supposed to get it in two weeks I hope I’m making the right decision, thank you

This is Gold, brother!!

Sir you are fifty yrs old. I am 19. I have l5s1 lower back pain since last 10 months.

I tried to comment on your last post but for some reason public comments are locked, Any way,hey I had the same surgery you did as well as Bryan from Australia (we stay in touch as well) and you hit it right on the head, I was feeling good up until 4.5-5 months. I went to see my neurosurgeon around 5 months post and his first question was “are you doing too much? That just took the wind out of me, that basically told me that I was not were I thought I would be. I saw my self back at work after that appointment and instead he wants me to continue wearing the back brace and see him again in April. I have been off of work for over 10 months now. And honestly not sure when will I be returning. I deliver gasoline in a tractor trailer, very physical work. But lately I’ve been aching a bit more . Any way thanks for your videos they make me feel better, like I’m not alone!

How is your recovery going? Hope you doing well

Watched you since your first video. Thank you for doing these and giving me a little hope. I’m getting my L5-S1 alif next Tuesday.

Hi mate, reached out to you on messenger. Check it out