@laurenseavertson789 Your leg pain could very likely be due to your SI joint. I read on a poster in my pain doc's office that up to 75% of people with lumbar fusions develop SI joint issues, which are not relieved by a pain pump, or at least mine wasn't. I never had sciatic pain in 14 years of back pain and 15 surgeries, only severe low back pain. One day, I developed bad pain in my buttocks, pain down the outside of my left leg and bad aching in my left knee and outside mid-calf area. I was first told it was sciatica, but a neurosurgeon said it could be the SI joint. I had a steroid injection and the pain diminished with the local anesthetic, but the steroid did not help. Last December, I had a Placental Tissue Matrix injection in both sides of my SI joint and within two weeks was almost pain free from the SI joint. It started wearing off after maybe four weeks, so I had a second set of injections in Mid-Feb and am again mostly pain free. The injections are regenerative in nature, so there is no limit on how many you can have, unlike steroids, and could lead to more permanent, or at least longer lasting, relief. The only issue is the Medicare will not cover the cost of PTM, about $800 for the injections. Medicare will however cover the cost of the injection procedure (the doctor's charge). I would ask your pain doc about them if you can afford it.