The new post-op pain I wrote about finally got better, but I don't think the right side rod and screws are placed as good as the left. I can't feel the left at all, no matter what I do, even at rest after being active. I get tight muscle reaction more so on the right when I'm on feet too long at a time. My right hamstring still tightens up. Like standing at the kitchen sink bending forward just a bit (even though I'm leaning against the cabinet), causes a reaction after a few minutes. Doing just minor core strength exercises causes irritation where the internal scars must be on the right side. I'm always trying positions and movements that will accomplish the same, but anything for abs I feel after on my right side. I haven't had any bad events since like I wrote about 2 years ago with the twisting, but I'm more careful after recovering from that, and it took awhile. By spring 2020, I was moving better and doing more post-op as much as I am now. Fortunately, I can tolerate some pain, but wish I didn't have to. I can go a lot farther and complete more tasks if I alternate doing what I can sitting down vs. what definitely requires standing. I try to avoid bending over to pick anything up, like it's just way better to sit on a bucket and pick up a full bucket as I'm standing, which is what I learned to do for years before the surgery. Still no firm answers for my chronic fatigue after 3 GPs and 3 specialists (RA, sleep, migraines) running every kind of test, so I'm leaning toward it being all "in my head" -- literally being because of chronic sinus drainage that I discovered recently can relate to chronic fatigue, so I have an ENT appointment soon. If I could deal with the chronic fatigue I would probably be pushing my back a lot more.