Had the surgery on my lower back. Hurts like hell and I now have partial paralysis in my left foot. Hopefully it goes away with time. I am getting progressively stronger but still have a long road of recovery ahead of me. May get out of hospital today, may not. Been here since June 7th. The surgery scared the hell out of me. Had breathing tube in me, woke up with a catheter, had that pulled the day after. It was nice/convenient, but I dont want a tube in my wiener any longer than needed. It was so hard to take a leak after, bladder got lazy. Anyway, had a 2 level fusion, S1 vert. to my L5, and my L5 to my L4 vert. I have pics of the incision if anyone wants to see it. 17 staples hold everything together. I am still leaking in spots and they have to change the bedding in the morns due to the bodily fluids that ooze out during the night/day.