I am 6 months post op spinal fusion, and i have good news bad news for you!
Good news is that my pain is gone, nerves have regenerated (meaning i can feel my feet n toes again), and i am back to the gym now full time with no restrictions.
Bad news is that all the time spent letting the bone set and grow has tremendously killed my ability to do Deadlifts and ability to do many Back exercises so far.
However the fusion is not completely healed and strong enough until 9months to a year after the initial surgery. So my hopes are this; as i am now getting back into it and doing general back conditioning, i want to get back to those 495lb Deadlifts slow n steady!!
GGJohnson