I have had three back surgeries. One was a lower fusion. L-3, l-4 and S1 have been compromised. We are suspecting from an injury years ago. In my last surgery the doctor did a simple decompresion so that the nerve would be free. Since this surgery a year ago the pain has changed. I am stiffer and sore all of the time. He was hoping to give me a few years of feeling o.k. before having to do another fussion. I am going to a different doctor if two weeks. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this radiating pain.