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.