Day 10 post op and no real change in pain status.
Day 10 is usually a day that most post-op spinal surgery patients mark on their calendars as an important watershed day. For me, it doesn't seem very different at all. Pain-wise I am the same, with no real improvement, and overall I don't think I feel any much better.
I had a MIS TLIF surgery on my spine at L4/L5 where three procedures happened. First they fixed my spondylosthesis my fusing the L4 and L5 using titanium rods and screws. They removed the degenerated disc in between and replaced it with an artificial one called a cage made of a carbon fiber material called PEEK. Finally this helped open up the stenosis - the constriction of the spinal canal and surrounding nerve roots.
The surgery was a success as far as my pre op symptoms go. My sciatica pain totally disappeared and I did not have those numbing and tingling sensations either. Post op what I did have from the very moment I gained consciousness was a lot of surgery site pain. Particularly at the left of the two incisions they made to get in there.
And while the pain has varied some what over the last few days it has never abated to a point where I don't feel like its there.
The surgery was a success as far as my pre op symptoms go. My sciatica pain totally disappeared and I did not have those numbing and tingling sensations either. Post op what I did have from the very moment I gained consciousness was a lot of surgery site pain. Particularly at the left of the two incisions they made to get in there.
And while the pain has varied some what over the last few days it has never abated to a point where I don't feel like its there.
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