What GREAT news! So glad you're progressing well and having less pain and esp. feel the surgery was worth doing! Right on!!! (to coin an old saying of my era)!
Well, ya give me hope since I'm an old dinosaur doing the *wait and see* thing.. I like hearing about successful fusions as that will probably be my future if there's any surgery I'll be able to do.
Wishing you the best with your continued progressive recovery and thanks for posting the good news