Meanwhile ...

... I'm having more frequent and severe back pain, the nerve kind that races through my butt and legs like a lightning strike, and the bone kind, like a newly cut piece of vertebrae right after surgery. My back muscles tighten up so much that I've been getting large knots in my butt. They are palpable and hard. That can't help "the cause," ie keeping me free of back pain.

Then there's these bolts of electricity going through both sides of my lower body. I never had any problems on my left side, only my right side. Now, I have the nerve pain in my right front thigh and my backside and legs, BOTH sides. I'm afraid something is very wrong, but I'll have to wait until I see my surgeon again on April 4th. I expect more x-rays and MRIs will follow, so I won't know right away. Still, I have to have this followed up. I'm becoming more incapacitated and life is not fun now, like I thought it would be after surgery. I just hope all of these new symptoms don't mean more surgery.