Did surgery help your low back pain/sciatica?

[butterfly** 39]

Hi every one! I have just started my 6 month monitored weight loss required by my insurance company. My estimated surgery date is in January 2016. I am in a lot of pain daily due to a herniated disc in my lower back with pain radiating into my left hip and thigh. I was wondering if the VSG has helped anyone with similar pain. I've had many epidural injections in the past and was considering surgery for it until I started my WLS journey. I'm hoping the pain will subside with weight loss. Please share any similar stories. Thanks so much!!!

[tssiemer 85]

Oh I hope it does. I have all sorts of back injury related crap going on. I neeeeeed this to work or else it's surgery for fusion or disc replacement.

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[wagyu 50]

I am still waiting haha. I lost 30 lbs, and the pain at the lower back is there I think I have to lose more completely for it to go away. But hopefully it will.

[Yaberhoo 358]

I don't see how it can't help. I have low back problems and visit a chiropractor a few times a month. My low back issues are a combo of my weight making my spinal curvature hyperlordosis as well as my sacro/illiac joint being out of alignment, which is probably unrelated as much to my weight.

Edited August 31, 2015 by Yaberhoo

[butterfly** 39]

Thanks for your replies. I'm really hoping the weight loss helps too, otherwise, I'm looking at another surgery down the road. Good luck to you all!!

[jahemenway 40]

Just had my second back surgery Oct 2014 (fusion, for disk issues). I'm only doing the pre-surgery diet and have lost 12lbs and just from that have noticed my back pain is less and less, and I work at a desk 8 hours a day. It's definitely going to help.

[Niki15 198]

I was having an issue with my nerve in my back could not wash dishes standing up now 4 weeks post op no more pain down a total of 38 pounds

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

With all the extra weight I had major back pain and could only stand for short period of time before having to sit. I am down 88 pounds at this point and have much more energy and virtually no back pain! It gets better and better as I go.

[MrsSugarbabe 727]

My 62 lbs. loss has not helped with my lower back and referred hip pain, but it has helped with knee pain. I'm a work in progress on managing the back pain since I cannot go back to my old, familiar, worked really well arthritis medicine. Seeing my rheumatologist tomorrow.

[cherisenoir8 1]

I don't have any major back problems but I did have problems with sciatica at least twice each year. Now that I've dropped some of the excess weight I haven't had sciatica in the past two years. Hope the surgery helps with your pain and back issues.