As far as pain management goes, for what its worth, in both of my last two spine surgeries i was on 4mg hydromorphone before i went overseas. I have also been on Avinza (time release morphine). There are definitely some strong pain meds that may help you. The tradeoff is as mentioned earlier... bowels tend to slow down and it would definitely impact your ability to work.
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Mark
July 2009: Two level ADR performed at Stenum Hospital in Germany. Spinal Kinetics M6 - Dr. Ritter Lang
March 2011: Removal of previous M6 due to auto-fusing over implants. Fusion at C5-7 and new M6 ADRs at C4-5 and C7-T1 with Dr. Clavel
January 2013: Lumbar surgery with M6-L at L3-5 and single level BalanC at L2-3 with Dr. Clavel
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