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Originally Posted by kiwimike
Hey Maria , thankyou for you kind words and i am glad the thread helped you  , 4 weeks is still pretty fresh from the surgery, things heal faster on the outside than on the inside,you have had major work done, give things time to settle down inside, don't be worried about aches and pains just yet as it is still early, i know thats easier said than done, i use to lay in bed at night and think about every little ache or pain i felt, asking myself, is that permanent ? or temporary ??...lol...don't torture yourself like i did, just relax, focus on taking it easy and doing your walks, it wasn't until month 3 that i could really stretch out my body and i found that the little aches and tightness that i worried about faded as i started to do this,(including some right leg numbness, from tight butt muscles, when i stretched it out, this faded) after all having 3 months of minimal physical activity did tighten my muscles in my legs and back abit ,but now i have full flexibility back now, i can even touch my toes!...lol...
you will be fine my friend as long as you follow your surgeons advice and even be abit more cautious if you feel the need, i know i did and didn't try anything at all until i felt my body giving me the ok to do it...you will know what i mean by this...if in doubt, back off and take more time.
all the best mate
Mike |
Hello Mike, hello everyone !!
Thanks for your reply, and the helpful advise. I am 4 months post-op now of L4-L5 fusion with instrumentation. Last X-ray showed fusion in progress. I have to say I am almost painless these days. There is still a little bit of sensitivity after prolonged sitting, or in an uncomfortable chair, but for the most part NO PAIN. Actually, I bend little bit better now also. I am back to work full time. Actually this weekend at a birthday party I have danced (salsa) for more than 1/2 hor without sitting down, and realized that there was no pain. Furthermore, I had no pain the next morning either. Yes I did have those thoughts also in the begining: "what have I done? I should have left things as they were. Maybe I have created more pain with this surgery then I had before?" etc. But now I am begining to see that thing are improving and every day is just a little bit better than the last. There is still a little sensitivity in the right sciatic nerve in the butt, and the right leg sometimes feels a little funky, but less and less, and with no pain. So again, Mike thanks for starting this thread, it helped me, and I am sure it helped a lot of other people, to see a positive and informative thread. One more question if anyone can answer this: approx. about what month post-op you've felt back to normal without any little sensitivity of that sciatic nerve and fully recovered?
Good luck to everyone!!
Maria