Hi Dutchman,
Welcome--looking forward to hearing about your experience, and I hope you're doing better after your surgery. You certainly sound upbeat at least.
I assume you're a lumbar case? I'm a cervie here in France and have experienced the system as it pertains to cervical ADR; your insights will be a welcome window into the lumbar side of things.
Who did your surgery, and where? An insurance question for you: if you're Dutch, I'm 'pre-assuming' you were able to use your European citizen status to have part or all of the procedure covered; can you confirm? I know quite a few non-French (but European) cervie cases who would be very interested in your experience with coverage as a citizen of the EC.
Take it easy during your recovery and get back to us when you can.
Trace