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Hey Opal, How long did you stay on pain meds? That is one of my biggest fears is that I will never get off them. Right now I take Lyrica - life saver for my nerves, Percocet, and Soma (for muscle spasms). I know Lyrica is for the long term but the other two are the one's that scare me. You hear about so many people…

Hi all, It's been three weeks since my surgery and I am doing well. I have up and down days but over all am doing wonderful. My setback has been all the nerve damage prior to surgery. For several months prior to surgery I had sciatic nerve pain down my right leg and into my foot, during surgery they had to "decompress"…

I am also in the same range but MFP set me up with 1630 calories. I have tried 1200 in the past and my doctor said that wasn't enough and my body was in "starvation mode" holding onto the fat. My weight loss has only been one lb a week but I'll take that since I can't workout bc of my back issues.

I'm new too and am visiting the neurosurgeon next week! Pretty sure I'm on my way to surgery. I've already been to a minimally invasive clinic and was told they couldn't help me bc my spine was too unstable. I have spondylolithesis (sp?) of the L5-S1 and now it's Grade 2. I was born with this predetermination and now it's…