When I walk it hurts in the right lower back, across the hip, down around the very top of my leg, in my lower leg it hurts under the knee and down the right side on the front of my leg. On the left side it hurts in the same way but does not travel down the leg.
When I bend over or move laterally it hurts in the back at the waistline and to the left down into the buttocks.
The aching seems to encompass my whole leg but feels predominantly focused on the upper thighs, side of upper leg and ankle without a sharp distinction.

I have not seen another spine surgeon yet, however, I am thinking that I should gather my scans and seek another opinion. It just seems weird that I can have so much pain and it does not have a matching cause. I do not have issues at other levels as far as I know. The only thing I will say is that when my back starts hurting, like when I walk, or it just hurts across the lower back my neck hurts on the left side mostly although it also has hurt on the right side. As I write this I feel like I must sound like a hypochondriac. I used to be a marathon runner, century bike rider, hiker, pickleballer, golfer. The pain in my back has stopped all the things I loved to do.