Damage to the ureter is a potential access-related complication for some abdominal spine surgery (I don't know about yours.) I'm not uset to hearing of pain when urinating.
The days following spine surgery can be horrible. I'm not sure how you know when to raise red flags or now. I see too many patients who want to be stoic and not whine and they ignore symptoms that should get attention more quickly. The converse can be true when people panic at every little twinge and become the boy who cried wolf by calling the doctor's office hourly. It's tough to know when to complain. Make sure your doctor's office knows what is happening. It's great if you have a friend who is a nurse working a surgical floor and is super tuned in to post-op symptoms.
Err on the side of caution... talk to your doctor's offfice. If it get too bad, you'll need to be seen.
Mark
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