Hey all,
Even tho I buy 3 plane seats to fly and don't work anymore I have had significant progress since my L5S1 autofused (fused naturally).
I made it thru a grueling 2 months of helping my father out before going to Assisted Living in Fla. and also helping out his best buddy and wife as they had some health probs as well and couldn't drive/shop and so forth so you know who ran all the errands
yep me!
Holding up well until the end whereupon the emotional aspect of everything started stressing me out and my back as well I had to back down a bit tho keep going.
Flew home on 5/4 and hit the ground running with my own errands/tasks to be done and after 2 months away from home (live alone) as one can imagine there was much to do.
In the past I would have been laid out several times by now re my back and certainly not hit the ground running and kept going tho let me elaborate~ I sat to have my hair done the day after I got back. Unheard of for more years than I can remember if ever as any gal that has her hair highlighted knows.. it does take time sitting there thru the whole process! This was just part of what I did as I needed to shop,grocery shop, wash the car, do some straightening up at home,took the cats to be groomed and on and on with mundane tho necessary errands! Finally by Friday I had gotten over Jet Lag and could sleep according to Pacific time so I allowed myself to start doing more than errands.
Last night I walked 3 miles (breeze except on my feet) and today I walked a mile easy and rode my bike twice a mile the first time and 3 the second time.
My low back, buttocks, and legs don't even hurt at all
You guys have no idea how much better my body is behaving because after traveling with the 3 seats lying down used to require several days of lying down afterwards to get my back "togeher" and housework would have been out of the question.
The pain I seem to have now is more in my cervical area than my low back as this gets out of whack much easier and requires some additional care/rest.
Overall for doing nothing since my last surgery in '92 which was a failed L4 discectomy (had L5S1 done as well w/good results) I would have to say that I'm pleased with where I'm at today. Actually more than that I'm grateful that my body is giving me some peace in a place where it used to be pure torture.
I'm not advocating not havng recommended surgeries because one day Imight 'have to have' one however sometimes good things do come to those who wait or at least so it seems for me currently.