I hope we can provide the support you need in the coming months! Hey, if you've not already seen the clinical trial link:
Freedom Lumbar Disc in the Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
You can also search for other patients from this community in a number of different ways. Have you done this already? Just view the post-op forum topic headers. And the search utility works well too.
Tell us a little bit more about your spinal history? Please create a signature for your posts:
Go to User CP (upper left link by spine) > Setting & Options > Edit Signature > Create 3-9 lines about your spinal history > Save
Voila!