Today is the eighth day post my MIS TLIF surgery. Last week this time Thursday I was reeling with after surgery pain and feeling absolutely in the dumps. I was in hospital and had no idea when I was going to go home or when I was going to feel better.
One week later on day 8 post op . I'm actually feeling much better today than I did say yesterday. My pain is actually less today and I have no new complaints really other than the incision site pain which of course is bound to be there for the next couple of days. It's mostly the left side of my l4 l5 operation site that is painful, the right side is actually almost pain free to be really honest.
Up medication wise I am on antibiotics and paracetamol which is the same as acetaminophen in the US or Tylenol. I am taking around 1000 milligrams which is two extra strength tylenol or two panadol three times a day that's my dosage and that all the pain medication that I'm taking.
Walking is really really important and I am trying to walk around 45 minutes to 1 hour a day and it's all inside the house but nonetheless I am moving around I'm not sitting or just lying around. Because I'm not getting my regular routine of exercise and moving around I guess I still have are quite a bit of constipation which is making it very difficult for me nonetheless. Other than that I feel fine emotionally and mentally I am fine.
I decided to create this blog and post everyday if possible for me to share with everyone who is considering lumbar fusion surgery or any kind of spinal surgery for their back pain. I went through a lot of anxiety and was afraid of what the result of the surgery would be like, because there are so many negative forum posts and comments particularly on spinr-health.com. I must say that my surgery has been a success, I have no no pain I have been able to get over all the aches and pains that led me to consider surgery. So it's not all gloom and doom there are people who have positive experiences with their spinal surgery and particularly in my case where I had minimally invasive TLIF surgery I came out pretty much okay.
One week later on day 8 post op . I'm actually feeling much better today than I did say yesterday. My pain is actually less today and I have no new complaints really other than the incision site pain which of course is bound to be there for the next couple of days. It's mostly the left side of my l4 l5 operation site that is painful, the right side is actually almost pain free to be really honest.
Up medication wise I am on antibiotics and paracetamol which is the same as acetaminophen in the US or Tylenol. I am taking around 1000 milligrams which is two extra strength tylenol or two panadol three times a day that's my dosage and that all the pain medication that I'm taking.
Walking is really really important and I am trying to walk around 45 minutes to 1 hour a day and it's all inside the house but nonetheless I am moving around I'm not sitting or just lying around. Because I'm not getting my regular routine of exercise and moving around I guess I still have are quite a bit of constipation which is making it very difficult for me nonetheless. Other than that I feel fine emotionally and mentally I am fine.
I decided to create this blog and post everyday if possible for me to share with everyone who is considering lumbar fusion surgery or any kind of spinal surgery for their back pain. I went through a lot of anxiety and was afraid of what the result of the surgery would be like, because there are so many negative forum posts and comments particularly on spinr-health.com. I must say that my surgery has been a success, I have no no pain I have been able to get over all the aches and pains that led me to consider surgery. So it's not all gloom and doom there are people who have positive experiences with their spinal surgery and particularly in my case where I had minimally invasive TLIF surgery I came out pretty much okay.
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