[Wylie's Mom]

My Dad just had back surgery and it is quite a surgery. He too had things implanted. It's no small surgery, for sure. BUT, he says it's so worth it bc he feels so much better than he did before, when he was in almost constant pain. After the surgery, it's quite painful - but he used his pain meds every few hours as instructed, and over the next few months he kept tapering down and now he is on very little pain meds...I think just one per day. Really question the surgeon about what recovery is truly like, whether or not your mobility will be restricted and for how long -- for example, my Dad isn't allowed to do certain things for almost a year...and that's good to know so that you're not surprised afterward. You want to know everything you can upfront.