วีดีโอ

Thank you so much.

Bruhh I remember these teachers wtff

Thanks for the video. Did you have pain when sitting for too long the first year? How do you feel now after 8 years?

Thank you, glad it helped, I’m 1 week out from surgery and have numbness, pain, and weakness. Did all 3 get better for you and in what order and time frame?

I'm so glad I left Scribner Middle School. They make things look more fun than it actually is as a student. Mr. Bush threatened to arrest me 2 times because I was throwing a tantrum-- normal human behavior in children. ISTEP was *especially* not fun because of how long you are forced to wait and remain silent. It's equivalent of an insane asylum. You'll never get the wasted time back.

This really didn't age well but I wish I could have gone to Scribner during these times the pandemic ruined everything

Thank you. I’m going in next Thursday to have mine done… L4/L5. Your videos have encouraged me about my surgery. Thank you again.

Thank you, this is very helpful and not an hour long like other reviews are.

Congratulations! I just had laminectomy, discectomy 10 days ago and am doing well. I was encouraged by your videos. I hope you and your family are doing well.

I've watched so many of these and I just had this surgery 8 days ago I had 2 herniated disc removed and went back to work 3 days after surgery and only took ibuprofen when I got home from hospital. Guessing either I'm tuff or most everybody is super soft nowadays

going in for a laminotomy and discectomy this month, im pretty nervous. but im so ready to leave this pain behind me.

Hi jen. Hope you are doing great. Hope you are still active here in youtube. Would love to know that how u doing in 2020??

Thank you for sharing. I’m heading into surgery in 4 days. Every thing you’ve shared is what I’m dealing with. I’m a young 58 ( lol ) and have too much life to live. My surgeon didn’t hesitate to explain I’m beyond injections and PT. Hopefully you’re recovered and feeling well.

my mom really making switch from borden to a school with some cringe ass teachers.😐 girl is trippin😭🤮

" a bunch of weird little students"

Did your doctors say anything about lifting? Like when you can lift about 20 lbs?

Can you get to it already. You

2019 this was on my b day dec 12

Thank you for your information I'm going to have back surgery in 3 wks I'm so scared but I see you handled it pretty good I hope I do well also

I watch it

Wtf is this

I was also treated with l4 lamenictomy and discectomy and now with God's help im preparing for Joining Indian national army.

I can't believe I go to this school

I cant believe i go ro this school

I'm almost 3moths laminectomy disectomy L4L5 was doing well then I strat driving it's so painful been having discomforts my waistline and my sciatica move on left I feel it when I walk

so how is your back? you didnt say

this is still the greatest video i’ve ever seen

im doing this l 3 n l 4 cant stand to shave walk long distance

I and the L4/L5 surgery and was good for 3.5 weeks. I would walk about 3.5 miles daily and then lay down. I went back to work and my first full day started ok but then progressed to my opposite side that never had pain hurting and all the muscles and legs are sore. So now I’m worried that something is not right. I’m praying it’s my body adjusting from laying down for 3 weeks to a full day of standing and some light sitting.

you got to get yourself a grabber. it has been a blessing. You will be surprised at how often you will.need it. I had my surgery about 7 days ago. I.am moving along today was my first drive. I had to get out of the house so I went to lunch.

I was okay up till this January and that month my right leg was getting weaker and then my foot started to drag and went to a hospital and they wanted to do surgery , but I aid let me try an alternative and they gave me some steroids and I got stronger and then they only gave me a low dose for a week and I got bad again and a month later I was walking with acne but now with a walker but I can hardly do that . I'm looking for a good surgeon since the first one didn't want to do it . So he wasted my time and I got to do something and since he said I needed that type of surgery , I need a second opinion steroids did help but temporary but hate to get surgery but cant stand this walker bit and falling down . Im a lot older than you and on dialysis . I was in good shape all before this . I cant understand that a young person like you got hit with this but if you made it , I can .

I hope all is well with you and that beautiful bouncing not so much baby anymore. Thank You for the video.

I have a few questions ... I just had the same surgery 2.5 weeks ago. ... how can I reach you?

some people are still here alot

Thanks Jen. 1st. day scared me but I guess that's to be expected. My surgery is Dec. 27. Praying for the best outcome possible. Shalom!

I have a couple of friends there but I’m in high school now

I had the same surgery on 8/17/17, day 5 and I'm walking 2 miles in the morning 2 or 3 in the evenings. But I'm not doing no kind of physical therapy at this time

very good... happy life

Hey Jen, congrats on the baby! I'm nearing 3 weeks post op (also a teacher), how difficult was it to move around so much after you got back to teaching? Thnx!

Thank you for sharing, I'm also a teacher and have been suffering for a few years. Finally had surgery three days ago it went well, still in a lot of pain. I had a lot of family resistance to do the surgery but if I'm going to be able to work for 20+ years I needed to do something. I also found these videos of others having the same problems helpful in my journey.

hey Jen, thank you for all the video updates. I am trying to decide whether or not to have the same surgery as you. I feel that it will be the only chance for me to hopefully not have the back pain/ sciatic pain anymore. if I could ask you a question, did you have back pain for quite some time before having back surgery? aside from the sciatica. I've had back pain for a long time and not until about 4 months ago did I develop the sciatica. I'm just curious because my surgeon says this won't help the back pain but my physical therapist said after the surgery he feels then he will be able to fix my back pain. I was just wondering if you had any insight on this. again thank you for your videos!!

<--L4/L5 @ Laser Spine Institute in AZ. did you have any sharp pain in like the butt muscle. Like a small finger tip size. I am having issues with that. just wondering if similar for you. also slight weakness and legs going numb. Good to see you doing good.

Good vid

Thanks for sharing your experience. Facing the same procedure at the end of this month. It will be interesting to see the recovery time difference from your 25 years vs my 62 years.

hey came across your video i recently had the surgery laminectomy on both sides plus the discectomy they had to go in really deep they said so my pain was pretty bad. Im a big guy now used to really be into lifting these past 2 yrs fighting my workers comp to approve mt surgery i gained around 80 lbs my question is….how much did you walk in the begining? did you try to keep increasing the distance or was it more of a routine you were going for i just had my surgery on 10/20/16 i walk about 60 yards maybe 2-3 times a day is that enough? doc says i cannot do therapy until 4 more weeks around 12/4/16 but i really wanna get back to working out or at least start getting this weight off thanks for your reply and hope all is well with you.

I miss Scribner 😭

I love scribner im going to this school

Guuuoooouud

Ahh coach p is my favorite

Jen, thank you so much for your video series! I've found these very helpful, and yours were some of the best. I'm going today for laminectomy with discectomy and foraminotomy of L5 - S1, and hearing you have a lot of the same pain, thoughts and concerns pre-surgery and then what seemed to be a great recovery afterwards has really helped. Congrats on the baby, and hope things are going well for you now!