Oh God.
I never took pain killers. They made me sicker than hell.
Advil in massive doses.
Did they go in anteriorely or posterialey?
They talked about spilling my guts out and going in front and I told them NO WAY IN HELL. They did it from the back.
I have a long scar on my lower back where they peled me open. Smaller scar on the hip where they took a chunk of bone out for the fusion.
Darn hip ached for longer than the spine afterwards.