hi all,
hehe i am grinning ear to ear right now and i am not even awake!! hehe

I am now into the 13th month post fusion. I am about 90% fused. The xray looks pretty good, but very strange to me.
I have just had my first two morning where i had NO back pain for a little while. It was amazing.
Unfortunately (isn't there always a but?) both my legs are not good. I have the burning, cramping, charlie-horse, numb feelings all the time. Its looking like this is the way it will stay. Better some days, worse others. I am in pm now with my pcp. Only on the same meds (vicodin, flexaryl, trileptal).
I won't take anything stronger in the pain med group. In fact, when i go back in december, we are going to assess my tummy and see if there is an nsaid i could take instead.

And so it goes. You all know the drill. I do believe i am one of the very lucky. I am getting my life back little by little. I know i won't be 100% ever. But i bet i can get to 75%.

hugs,
sims

now off to see how the rest of you are doing.