4 week mark post-surgery

I can't believe it's been 4 weeks since I had surgery. I feel like I am 60% back to normal, normal being my happy go lucky self prior to this cyst and pain. I feel like I had about 50% nerve pain and 50% lower back pain when this all started last June. The nerve pain is completely gone, the lower back pain still persists. Dr. Fiegenbaum and his nurse, Debbie, both said that the lower back pain may or may not go away. They said it may or may not be related to the meningeal divirticulum or tethered spinal cord. I guess I will just wait and see. I am still on pain meds and wish I could ween off of them, but I still need them for this lower back pain. I am only taking 3 pills a day, I am down 1 from right after surgery. I am sure my body is still healing.

I slipped and fell on ice a few days ago, I landed on my right hand/thigh, went down pretty hard. My right side, lower back hurt for a day or so and that pain is gone. Everything else is pretty much back to normal. I can sit for a good length of time before having to get up and stretch, I can walk, stand, do stairs all fine, bowel/bladder are fine. My only complaint is this persistant lower back pain. I am still happy I went through with the surgery. Only time will tell. I go for my 3-month MRI in March.