Day 10 Recovery

Saturday Day 10

I woke up late again (really enjoying these long lie ins) having had a good 10 hours sleep. No stiffness to report in the back and whether this is due to sleeping in a nice warm room with a firmer bed remains to be seen. I will revert back to the aircon and my usual bed tonight and see if I wake up stiff or not. Again I had pain in my right leg although I am happy to report that this has now almost gone at the time of writing this. I am now feeling a slight dull ache in my left buttock towards the top and wonder if this has anything to do with the operation or not. It’s odd because I now have a tendency to relate everything to my back issues which may or may not be the case. These niggles may have happened independently of the operation but I guess it is inevitable that I will do this. I went for a short walk again to my local 7 -11 without much to report. I felt fine during and after and will be asking the doctor on Monday if I can increase the distance yet. I am conscious about moving forward too fast though so will do whatever he says.   Tonight I am going to try a pillow under my knees to stave off the right leg sciatic pain. I read on a forum that this can help. I’ll let you know tomorrow.