Checking back in: Torn disc in lower back
So I somehow tore a disc between L4/L5 in my lower back. The MRI was last Monday and a week and a half later I got this bad news. I have been sore in my lower back for years from a slip on black ice and landed on my tailbone, buldging discs in L4/L5 and L5/S1. Now at least one is torn.
No wonder I have been in a lot of pain this summer. I have a guess of when it may have happened but only a guess. They also see degeneration in all of the discs so genetics is working against me.
So I am in SLC and have been refered to the Smart Clinic on 102nd South in Sandy to do anything I can to avoid back surgery are a ripe old age of 35.
Anybody been here? There are 4 docs and I would love to hear if someone has been there and who the doc was. I need to make an appt ASAP but first get a copy of my MRI.
Lastly I would like to add that this news really has messed my head up with all the unknown questions, what I still will be able to do and what I should not be doing. I just hope I can still ski. I would give up boarding in a heartbeat if I am allowed to keep skiing. Too many "sit down quick" on the board and I can jack it up even worse.
Talk to me......