My surgery was in September 2013. Since then everything is 10 times worse than it ever was prior to the surgery. I've decided not to go to the ER or urgent care today, I'm still in bed and have no plans to get out. At this time I am only on Lytica for pain, my old PM Dr. used to prescribe painkillers but I had to stop seeing him when l got out of the military. Prior to getting out I had numerous nerve blocks, injections etc. with no success. There was talk about the SCS but I opted not to do that for fear of making things worse. I just don't know what to do at this point. I thought the medical care we got while on active duty was bad but it was fantastic compared to the VA.