Hey Phily,
I have to keep reminding myself that the nerves are inflammed from the surgery and will get better. If our incisions are as tender as they still are, (yours better be or I'm leaving and never coming back
) think of what our spines must be like.
We both have a long way to go. And the direction is up, up UP.
Glad to see you are doing well and welcome to the recovery roller coaster.