Foraminotomy: Anyone have any experience with this procedure?

What symptoms did you have that lead to your lumbar foraminotomy?

I found several months ago by accident that great relief for a couple of weeks came if I ate some trail mix from my local grocery store that had hazelnuts, peanuts, raisins, and pumpkin seeds. That motivated me to try every supplement that research showed as being part of one of those three. I now have two boxes of supplements I can't use but finally found it-L-Tyrosine 500mg. I started with 500mg and no pain at all after over three years worth. It actually seems to work every bit as well as the epidural cortisone shots did at first. It is absolutely amazing. BUT, after 3 weeks pain started coming back again. And my pain has finally progressed to where it even hurts sitting down. SO, I upped it to 1000mg and the pain is gone again. I'm going on 3 weeks and figure it won't last forever but can hopefully figure out some sort of cycle between it and Meloxicam to feel better. I won't risk taking more than the 1000mg. I think it has something to do with dopamine and neurotransmitter activity. It does make me a bit hyper some parts of the day. I had to cut out a cup of coffee so I could sleep at night when taking it. I'll come back and update on how long this double dose helps.

Yes I just had a left L1 and L2 Foraminotmies done two weeks ago no fusion. I am completely pain free and doing very light rehabilitation for 4 weeks. There is an odd sensation especially in the morning on mobilizing which resolves. Otherwise all good.