Missliz, No I didn't have a fusion. That another surgery. I just had the herniated part of the disc removed. All of us that are responding have one thing in common--Degeneration of the spine. We will never have the choice of becoming a couch potatoe, we must keep moving and we must remain fit from head to toe. Its great that we can do it on the bike. Yesterday I was flying along at 27mph (good spring wind at my back) and thinking that I was the luckiest girl in the world. If I were naturally thin and did not have to keep fit I might have missed that.