Justin,
When do you leave for Belize?  Does your wife get to join you for any part of it?  That would be nice.  I have a question for you.  I do go get my 6 month post op fusion cat scan and x-ray in roughly 2.5 weeks, but.... this has really been disconcerting to me.  I feel and hear this clunk sound in my low back when I move or stretch a certain way.  It's a real obvious clunk, almost like something is catching, if you will.  I don't know how else to explain it.  It has me worried that maybe I'm not fusing and something is messed up with the hardware.  Does that remotely sound like a hardware issue?  I realize I should know something soon, I'm just wigging out.  Some good news:  I will be getting some last minute injections in both my trochanteric bursa this Monday, before we leave for Mexico.  I hope they help.  At 22 below up here in Minnesota yesterday, I can't wait to get out of here for a week!  Give me some sunshine, baby!  

  Please keep me posted on your status as well.  What's next for you?  Besides Belize?!  
Cindylou