Sciatica Relief After Endoscopic Microdiscectomy

Hi, my name is Leeron and I came into Dr. Melamed’s office about a little bit over a month ago with debilitating pain from sciatica from a herniated disc at my L5-S1 that was causing terrible sciatica down my left leg. I couldn’t sit, hadn’t sat for a few months already. I could maybe walk about five minutes without excruciating pain. Even laying down at that point was painful for me.

I had nowhere else to go. I didn’t know what to do. My other Medi-Cal doctor was not able to get me in soon enough and the surgery that they were offering was not the best option for me. And as soon as I came into this office, Dr. Melamed saw right away on my MRI the pain that I was in.

He was like, I can’t believe that you didn’t get surgery, weren’t able to get into surgery sooner and he got me in to surgery within that week and by the end of that weekend I was a completely different human. I was able to walk without pain. Within that first week I was already able to walk a mile and I can’t even begin to express my gratitude. I get teary-eyed when I think about it because it was life changing.

I really didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel until I came here and I’m just forever grateful for the help. Thank you very much. How was the surgery performed? It was an endoscopic microdiscectomy and I think it was maybe two hours.

It was quick. I went in, everything went really smoothly. I woke up and it was done. It was done in Marina del Rey and everybody was so lovely from the anesthesiologist to the nurses.

Dr. Melamed was there to greet me when I went into the ER and I was checked on frequently and yeah, they made sure that everything was feeling right post-op and pretty much I was cleared to go that same day. I personally opted to stay an extra day just for my own peace of mind, but everything went smoothly. The incision has already been healing lovely. I finally started physical therapy.

Yeah, everything has been really smooth, and I’m incredibly grateful. They took out a big chunk of my disc. I even got a picture by request. And yeah, I haven’t had any issues. I’ve been able to reach out when I’ve had questions.

The physical therapy that I’ve been doing has been really helpful. It was a very non-invasive surgical procedure, which is something that I would not have gotten from my primary doctor. So the fact that he was able to perform it endoscopically made a big difference in my recovery. Again, I’m only a month post-op, and I’m already able to move around.

I even saw my neighbor that first week, and they were shocked that I was walking around so easily. So yeah, I think that if you’re wondering where to go, hands down I would say Dr. Melamed is your guy. Thank you very much. You’re so welcome.