Afraid it didn't work

i had back surgery in june of 05 it never felt like it worked for me your body tells you when something is wrong i was in constane pain i had rods with scews then two of the screws broke i went back to my dr i new something was wrong i was in so much pain i cryed all the time and i did'nt want to live that way. i finally went to another neurgergon he did some test to see if this stuff could be taken out i another surgery in jan 08 when he open me up the hardware fell out in his hands two screws that broke are still in my spine and still have pain its not as sever as it was, i stiil on medication to this day. i still cannot work i have to watch what i do. pains is not easy to live with it consumes your life. anyone that does not have this will not understands.

It's really early to be expecting so much from your body.  I had two cervical surgeries myself years ago - one anterior and the other posterior.  Finally ended up fused and plated from C5 to C7.  Just like you, I expected to be 'fixed' and I wasn't.  It was my own fault as it turned out.  I didn't do the physical therapy/ rehab work because it hurt too much.

With any kind of orthopedic surgery, you MUST do the rehab work or you stand the chance of being worse off than before the surgery.  Rehab is terribly painful and unfortunately most docs undertreat pain related to physical therapy.  Most of them don't tell you how important rehab is and what to expect pain-wise after surgery.  That's when the real work begins.  If you let your muscles atrophy, you put that much more stress on your skeletal system and experience even worse pain.  

Surgery is a two-part process.  The surgeon cuts; then the patient suffers through weeks or months of rehab and finally heals. When the doc says "recovery in 6 weeks" that only means you can start doing some of your old activities without wrecking the surgical work he's done.  It never means that you'll be back to your old self in that time.

I don't know exactly what you had done, but spinal fusion surgery HURTS.  There's no such thing as a pain med that knocks out the pain - particularly bone pain. My worst problem post-op was muscle spasms.  No amount of pain meds or muscle relaxants touched it.  What did help was hot baths and floating in the swimming pool.  Being in the water takes the gravity off the body and the pain melts away.  Of course, getting out is another story, but it's soooo good while you're in there.  Water therapy is the top of the line as far as physical therapy is concerned.  Are your wounds healed enough to float in a bathtub yet?  

If you're concerned about being submerged, try the Nexcare brand large bandages.  They are waterproof, and made of Tegaderm which still allows for oxygen exchange.  I've had too many surgeries to count in my life, and Nexcare bandages are the best thing I've ever found for wound care and protection.  Lots better than my old-time method of plastic bags and duct tape just to take a shower.  :-D