I’m pretty sure I’ve shared in a trip planning thread or somewhere on here that I haven’t been running since July 2023 due to a herniated L5-S1 disc. See image below. Well, after seeing 3 spinal doctors, doing PT, and LOTS of procrastinating I’m finally pulling the trigger on disc replacement surgery. What has finally pushed me over the edge is my inability to sleep. I’m waking up like 10 times a night, no joke (see 2nd image below). I need sleep. But I also need to run.
Surgery will probably happen in Nov/Dec timeframe and they said if everything goes well I should be cleared to run again around the middle of 2025. So… Dopey 2026???
