PathRecover's origin.

When you're handed a recovery timeline on a piece of paper, it never tells you exactly what you want to hear - what the third night feels like, which medication left you foggy, what tiny trick finally let you sleep. PathRecover started because the people who know those answers are the people who've lived them.

As the founder, I had back surgery for a herniated disc - a microdiscectomy at 24 years old. I was in pain every day leading up to the surgery, left wondering, "Why me? I'm 24, I shouldn't be in this kind of back pain." Search after search for someone in my position usually left me empty-handed.

Once I had the surgery, it was the same story. Search after search for someone with a similar background and recovery tips, and I kept coming up short.

My goal with PathRecover is to create a one-stop community where people can interact and discuss what worked best for them on their recovery journey. Of course everybody is unique, but finding someone similar to you, going through the same thing, can be incredibly helpful - and a real breath of fresh air.