Four days. So far so good (with only a tiny 'oops')
Four days since the magic injections, and still no real pain other than two very short one-second 'twinges' over the last two days, perhaps a reminder that it's not completely all over yet.

The left leg is still weak, and, curiously, Marina has been having muscle cramps in her back. But these seem to pale in comparison with being essentially pain free -- not just for the first time in four months, but actually, since there was considerable back pain before the surgeries, for the first time in decades.

The other happy news (for me) is that Marina's 'just in case' pain medication (Norco) is reduced to every six hours, instead of every four. This now means only one middle-of-the-night light meal to prepare to go with pill-taking, instead of two. And, we hope, a strong prospect of being weaned off of Norco entirely in the weeks to come.