Nobody NOBODY can understand the pain associated with having your actual spinal CORD cut on. I have had a herniation and a fusion and that was a walk in the park compared to the tethered cord surgery. For at least a week you beg to die, and then it takes two months to walk semi-normal with a cane, and another six months to be able to lift a gallon of milk. I do hope you are feeling better. I have had the tethered cord surgery twice and it is tethered again and this time it is inoperable. I also have arachnoiditis now...and that sounds like that is likely your problem too with the continued pain.