No, it's by no means anything like a charlie horse.
I experienced a small amount of it before the surgery, but this is extreme. This is not letting up. I am even trying to walk and that seems to make it worse.
Sometimes, if I walk too far I get numbness too. I don't know what to do. The pain is just out of this world.
Everything is not what the book or the dr's say...I mean come on, it's not every day you can wiggle your big toe and hurt the middle of your back or touch one of your staples and send a pain down your other leg.

This mess is affecting all areas of my life and it's an understatement to say it's super annoying.