Recovery at Quirón Hospital in Barcelona, Spain

I embarked on this journey alone. As terrifying this whole experience has been I know it has been the best decision for me and for a better back. I had the 2-level anterior total discectomy with an ADR surgery yesterday. It was performed by Dr. Pablo Clavel, a neurosurgeon. The first day post-surgery was spent sleeping.

Today, I have been up and walking around with minimal pain in my back and leg. I was told pain in those areas will persist for a few more days because my spine is getting adjusted to using muscles and nerves that were once neglected. In the picture above, you can see the curvature in my spine is back (prior to surgery, I had what you call a flat back; the spine was completely straight because of the degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine).