WCW, If it makes you feel better my mom underwent lumbar surgery about two years ago. She had severe pain in her leg rather than numbness and the doctor had to remove some bone to release the pressure on the spinal cord. He operated and removed bone from one side of the spine only. But about 10 days later he had to operate again to remove bone from the other side also. The operations were under an hour each and together they eliminated the pain. She has some numbness now but that is better than the pain. It did take about two months before she could walk without assistance (she went to rehab about three times per week). She was 87 when she had the operations.
I will post soon but nothing much has changed with me. Life sucks and W wants the D done yesterday. I was hoping the holiday season would have made a dent, but no dice.
