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Old 01-06-2014, 11:19 AM
Andi Lea Andi Lea is offline
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Default recovering on track

Thank you for your congrats and support. I am doing fine in my post-surgery. I was essentially bone-on-bone and the surgeon said he had to do quite a bit of maneuvering to make space to accommodate the disc. Because of the stretch in my facets, muscles, ligaments & tendons he said I would experience post-surgery pain for about 3 months. Well, he's correct. I am experiencing pain which causes me to move around slowly and cautiously. I have plenty of pain meds, but am trying to cope without them as I don't like the side effects. I start physical therapy tomorrow and I look forward to that. I'll update, again, in several weeks.
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years of bending from pottery profession
lumbar pain since Aug. 2012
MRI findings: DDD at L2 & L3 w/mild retrolisthesis;
DDD at L5 & S1 w/loss of disk height & w/desiccation
surgeon recommends ADR at L5 & S1
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