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@kellicoopernhb I can understand a surgeon's reluctance to fuse a younger person. It may take a lot of looking until you find a surgeon who can help. I had 6 opinions, and surgeons kept refusing me because they didn't understand my symptoms and that was my only spine surgery. It was described in medical literature as a "rare presentation" of symptoms.
What was the lumbar surgery that you had a year ago? This may explain the reluctance because a surgeon doesn't want a bad result and if it's just been a year, that may be what they think. Another possibility is that scar tissue from the first surgery is causing tightness and pain.
A good remedy for that is Myofascial Release Therapy with a good PT. That may lead you to other spine surgeons since PT's rehab patients after surgery and may know some good surgeons.
Here is our discussion on MFR. I have done this to release my surgical scar tissue.
Have you heard of this before? Have you had physical therapy?
Neuropathy - "Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain"
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/