Thanks for the info tonimt. Iwas just telling my wife last night that after researching different spinal surgeries, I feel a laminotomy would benefit me the most. I see so many negative comments on this site about back surgeries, but that seems logical to me because if your surgery was a success, why would you need to go to a message board to look for help? You wouldn’t. You would go on enjoying your life. Thanks for a positive message and paying it forward. I promise to do the same.