[phylly]

Hi Roblin and All,
I am walking around the house and I am taking it easy. I still have to shower when my husband is home so he can tape up my back incisions so I can't wait to have my stitches out tomorrow. I still have a lot of back pain and am pretty dependent on my patch and percocet. I am hoping to cut my percocet down in the next week but when it wears off-ouch!

I feel really blessed at how well I am doing. I had my prodiscs in 1 year and 3 months so it was not too long. I had 2 levels fused L4-S1. I am hoping that I will not be too stiff because I could move so well with the discs. I know it will be a tradeoff and I hope that I will not have the pain I had from bending with the discs. My buttock and leg pain is much better although I do not spend a great deal of time sitting. I remember my BLT's. I still have calf pain too but I am hoping it is just nerve inflammation and will lesson over time.

Thank you all again for the loving support. It means so much. I feel like I have many spiney friends to check in with who understand what happens. I hope I can attend the Spiney Olympics some day along with the Spiney ski trip. That is a lot to look forward to but for now I just want to get through each day and hope for a little less pain as time goes on. I will get my OP report tomorrow so I can share more details on the surgery. Thank you for keeping in touch.
Phylly