[JeffR]

Originally Posted by adrigail

Good morning all,
I'm sure this has been covered somewhere, but I can't seem to find specific answers.
I'm getting a single level (l4-5) ADR. Has anyone here had just one level done and can you give me some general guidelines for recovery time?
Like, first week blah blah, second week and so on?

I realize everyone is different but any knowledge shared would be appreciated.

I think every doctor and patient is different. I had three levels so my recovery is probably going to be longer than yours, but if you look under surgical outcomes, I detailed my recovery pretty clearly.

I would say in general week 1 is a write off, you are shuffling around and the pain is quite high (but you are on pain killers). It takes a few more weeks of walking to get to a better place, then you start some more intense physio build that up over the next few weeks and then you start to feel a little better and then it just slowly goes up (with some minor setbacks).

Very person to person though.

-Jeff