Microdiscectomy - success over sciatica but now backache instead

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Hi

I had an emergency L5/S1 microdiscectomy on November 30th due to severe

nerve pain and incapacity. When I woke from the op I had no nerve

pain / sciatica for the first time in months and was capableof lying on

my back again. I was discharged first thing the next morning and

thought tht was that. All was well apart from a little expected

stiffness for a couple of weeks - I was even declared fit enough to

drive after 14 days but then, even though I was not doing anything

strenuous or particularly active other than walking, I started to get

backache in bed at night. It has reached the point now that I am

forced out of bed at about 4AM each morning much the same as before the

op. On the bright side once I have made it down the stairs and put the

kettle on the pain has usually eased so much that pain killers are not

required.

I have no pain in my legs or back the rest of the day, just at night.

Is this normal?

Am I doing somethng wrong?