It's been exactly 5 months now since the surgery....time for an update of the results in case anyone here is considering it.
The first few days after surgery, I thought I was near 100%. After a few weeks, I realized it was more like 75% and I was having some pain while sitting, driving, and biking.
Now, 5 months in, the pain has slowly subsided....so much that I can bike for an hour or so without much pain at all. Driving my Civic, with it's still suspension, has been easier to do also.
I'm hoping that by the end of summer I won't have any pain at all.
Over all, the surgery was fantastic...esp considering the pain I had before the surgery.
I just wasn't prepared for the long recovery time.