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Originally Posted by CDSmith
20 or 30 years ago that was true. Today this kind of spinal microsurgery is pretty routine. I won't say it's a MINOR surgery, it's still pretty intense as far as surgeries go, but I wouldn't put it in the same class as a heart transplant. :D
Thanks, that right there is about the most encouraging thing I can hear right now. Misery loves company, but success loves company too, at least where having surgery is concerned.  |
In the weeks leading up to the surgery, some of the pain had diminished to the point it was almost tolerable. But it came back with a vengeance the morning of the surgery, to the point they had to wheel me down to the OR instead of having me walk.
When I woke up, there was still the same level of pain before the operation, but I knew it was gradually gonna get better as it healed - and it did. The worse was over. I actually walked out of the hospital under my own power while the wife went and brought the van to the front doors. She gave me hell for gettin' outta the wheelchair...but I'm stubborn that way, lol.
I went through a month of physio rehab and then got back to work - good as new.