update
15 days post-op:
I have far exceeded my short term goals. Have reduced my Percocet daily intake from approx. 65mg/day during 1st week-10 days to about 1/2 that now. Walking twice/day for about 40-45 minutes each time. Spending no more than 18 hrs/day horizontal as opposed to about 22/day pre-op. The surgery report revealed some very severe disc tears and extreme degeneration. I walk with confidence now and feel better when the walk is done instead of being ready to collapse.
Slow and steady progress.
2nd best decision I ever made. Marrying my wife #1
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2001 bad fall on ice playing hockey
Apr 2001 lami/discectomy L4/L5 (large rupture)
Aug 2001 lami/discectomy L5/S1
Coccyx dislocated / same fall (Cannot sit)
Aug 2011 pull-start generator - unrelenting low back pain - can only stand for 30 min
Nov 2011 -rhizotomy - makes things worse
22 hours/day in bed
June 2012 - present receiving facet injections every 4 months, only last one helped somewhat
L3-L5 ActivL Surgery w/Dr Zeegers April 16th
Doing great!!!!!
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