I felt relief while in the recovery room after my spinal fusion , my hip and leg hurt all the time. All of my surgeries have been successful in helping to relieve pain! Nothing relieves all the pain but getting bone and osteophytes off of the nerves and spinal cord is major..

30 years or so but has gotten a lot worse the past 10-15 years.

Oh my , good luck with your surgery. How many years have you been diagnosed with AS? How many years did it take before it fused?

Im sorry to hear that. Is that what is considered "bamboo spine?" How does that type of surgery work?