Progress . . .

Judie has weaned herself off Percocet and all opiate drugs.  She just uses Tylenol when needed now.  And the Tylenol seems to do the job for her.  Albeit, it is about the maximum dose one can take but it works for her.

She wakes sometimes with leg pain, or leg and foot pain, sometimes only the right leg and sometimes both legs are effected.  All of that tends to tell me healing is going on and the Sciatica nerve is settling down.  The other pain was probably associated with the spinal bones healing where bone had been removed to make space for the nerves and by now they seem to be healed up from the operation.  She has a large scar and a couple of places are still scabbed over.  I touched them, and they seem to be residual stitches.  So that too will in time go away.  It has been a struggle and reminds us we are not spring chickens anymore and all things take longer to heal up.

She is much more stable now, uses her walker a lot less.  We are going to look into a cane to ensure her stability when walking.  She does go short distances now without the walker.  And she is doing more walking about.  Still no bending or stretching down for anything.  And no driving which kind of cramps her style.  But she is over all doing much much better.