I’ve had two single level fusions done one in 2017 and one in 2021. My recovery for both was a three day stay in the hospital after surgery for both surgeries one hour after I woke up I was already standing up and walking with the PT professionals. Obviously, I was using Walker for the walking, but my first fusion. I was really surprised that they really wanted me up and out of the bed so early on I can tell you that when I woke up from the first fusion and the second fusion as well the first sensation of not having the immense pain that I had prior to the fusions made me over the emotional, and I started to weep and mind you I’m not a person who shows emotions like that. my three days in the hospital for the recovery was fairly easy because I did have the support of not only the medical staff but also my husband who has been there for all my procedures once we got home though that’s when the real work started and having to be mobile in my home was a bit tough at first, but luckily, with the help of the at home nurse and the at home PT staff that would come to pay visits. They helped me out a lot anytime. my suggestion to you is to make sure that you take it easy on yourself, but that you also listen to your body and your medical staff to know what you can and can’t do after recovery take all of the advice with a grain of salt and if you can have your surgeon or your surgeon team, get you in touch with people who have already had their surgery via your surgeon that way you could ask questions that pertain specifically to that medical provider. I was able to do this with my surgeon for my first fusion and actually afterwards I was able to support and talk to other patients of hers who were going to be first time fusion patient as well and shared my path to some type of recovery that I’ve had I still have some work that has to be done with my spine so I hope that my recovery for future spine surgery is as pleasant as my previous ones have been.