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Herniated Disc (Slipped Disk) A potentially painful problem in which the hard outer coating of the disk is damaged, allowing the disk's jelly-like center to leak and cause irritation to adjacent nerves.
Diagnosis: Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease affecting the disks between L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1. Herniated disks with annular tears causing nerve inflammation and lower back pain. Post-Surgery Outcome: I was given a prescription for pain medicine that I filled after the surgery, but I never needed to take it.