Under the knife

bitflipperI'll know if they've killed or crippled me in a few hours...will report. 

How will you know if they've killed you?  And how will you report the fact?

I was gonna say the thing you said not to say so I'll wish you a speedy recovery instead. I almost had it done but they gave me 50/50 odds it might work and a high likelihood of recurrence within two years. Many people who get the snip have a recurrence so listen to your physiotherapist. After you are healed up strengthen up those tummy muscles to take the strain off the back muscles (as a species our backs are weak because we weren't originally designed to walk upright). It's been over two years since it nailed me and after doing my physio stretches/exercises for many hours every night I can finally hobble around my apartment on my good days. This was my second major blowout though and I have other factors that have made healing much harder. Like I said listen to your physiotherapist and stay vigilant with the exercises. You might just end up stronger than you were before. Take a look at all the chairs you use for long stretches (like in front of the DAW) and replace them with more back friendly ones. Sitting for hours on end in a bad chair is one of the worst things for herniated discs.

See you soon.