Did your doctor's office give you any patient info.? If not, you may want to call and ask if he/she has some they can possibly send before your procedure.

For me, the biggest prob., afterward, has been pain that's related to positioning during procedures, though I've always been consciously sedated. What I've discovered that helps enormously - to lessen the effects - is plenty of pillows during: one at my ankle area, one under my shins, another under my stomach and chest.

Too, I usually feel a temporary increase or worsening in pain (pretty much effecting my legs the most/worst) for about 3 or 4 days, once the sleepiees (sp?) wear off. A lot of it, I suspect, is, as I mentioned, related to what's going on during the procedure.

If your doc, a PA or pre-op nurse hasn't gone over (or won't be going over) patient instructions (for beforehand and post-op) with you, it's definitely something I'd be calling and asking about.

I have a checklist of things I routinely do before and following procedures - all of which have been bilateral, multi-level.

I honestly haven't felt pain during; I've been pretty much of it. Only once did was I conscious, but it was just for a moment or two.