@maddiemae Oh thank you. I am doing fine. My cervical surgery was 7 years ago.

Have you heard the saying about how do you eat an elephant? and the answer is one bite at a time! Recovery is like like where you take small steps and wait. The bones may not fuse for 3 months. That was how long it took mine in my neck to fuse so they were stuck together, and that is confirmed with an X-ray. During that first 3 months, my body was building the matrix (first with cartilage) within the scaffold (the bone disc implant) and beginning to populate that with cells that would start to deposit minerals to form bone. At first, just the spacer disc is fused to bone above and below it, but after a few years, it looks different when bone extends past the spacer and joins the vertebrae surfaces together. That is happening for you now on a bigger scale because L5 is a larger bone being fused to the sacrum.

It makes sense to wait 6 months at least to make sure the spine is fused because with a hip replacement, you'll need to be able to move for your rehab therapy. I'm guessing that right now, walking is difficult and painful.

Are you wearing a brace now to help keep your back straight? It's not so long until your follow up with your surgeon. Will your surgeon be sending you to rehab after your fusion process has begun?