Hi John,
Good to hear you're feeling better. when I came out of surgery the nerv pain and the chronic pain I had mainly on my right lower back was gone completely. I did however wake up with tingling on top of my left foot. That took about one week to go away and Dr. Bierstedt told me that this can happen from just manipulating the nervs and that this was only temporarly.
I do have some muscle soreness and spasm above my operated level, I feel it the most when I get out of my car. It has gotten alot better and I just started physical therapy to strenghten my muscles. Did you go to physical therapy when you came back from Germany? I think we are still improving.
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DDD L5-S1- mechanical back pain since 2008, disc herniation same level 2011. Siatic nerv pain and tingling in foot. Stiffness and muscle spasms in lower back.
Conservative treatments for four years only gave me temporarly pain relieve.
November 27th 2012- artificial disc replacement L5-S1 by Neurosugeon Dr. Thomas Bierstedt in Hattingen, Germany 
All my symtoms are GONE!
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