Two Weeks
The pain an numbness continue and are still worse than it was pre-op, though the location of the pain has changed. Yesterday my surgeon, though he didn't come out and say it directly, said that my pain should be less than it was pre-op at two weeks. I don't know about that one. Since my irritation was chemical, there were no nerves being impinged, and it's not simply a matter of removing the pressure. It's just a matter of taking out the leaky disc and waiting for the nerves to heal. I think my time frame is going to be different but I walked away thinking I was expected to be playing tennis by two weeks.????
Meanwhile I'm walking an hour/day, in divided moseys of 15 or 20 minutes. Popping 2.5 Vicodin + 1 tylenol every four hours or so and this seems to damp down the pain somewhat. If I take an entire Vicodin, I'm out on the couch.
Otherwise, all well. Got the staples out yesterday, which is nice and I'm enjoying an abundance of bad TV.
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