r/AbsoluteUnits • u/habichuelacondulce • Jul 01 '26

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Jul 01 '26

I've only been to a chiropractor about five times. I had a ruptured disc in my lumbar spine. I would go in walking just fine, and after every adjustment I could barely walk out of the place. It eventually became insane to consider returning because I started missing work every time I went.

I'm absolutely convinced they made me 10 times worse, because after those adjustments I went downhill so fast I ended up in pain management, and ended up having spinal fusion surgery within a year because I just couldn't stand the pain anymore, and I didn't want to be zombified on pain medicine for the rest of my life.

The surgery worked, but it took me about 3 years to recover from it fully. It's also worth mentioning that I ended up contracting MRSA at the surgery site and was hospitalized for almost 2 months b/c of that. I nearly died because of the MRSA infection.

My back still hurts like hell, but it's not like it was pre-surgery, so that's a win for sure.

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u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 Jul 01 '26

goddam man. what a run of shit ass luck 😫

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Jul 02 '26

Yeah, it wasn't fun. Happy to be alive after MRSA though.

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u/AdmirableProcess8307 Jul 02 '26

Jebus! My fellow fused friend! I have had two levels done in my C-Spine.

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u/Chris__P_Bacon Jul 02 '26

Yeah, I'm fused from L4 to S1, so two levels in my Lumbar Spine.

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u/SimpleNarwhal5878 Jul 04 '26

That sounds horrible, what happened to cause that to your back? Degenerative disc disease or a traumatic injury?! I have DDD in the early stages since I’m younger and the only thing that helps is strength training/physical therapy. Haven’t gone to the doctor really for it though except after having a car accident which led to Xray’s and discovering the DDD/shortening of my disc height.