As we age our bodies breakdown and the vast majority of people over 50 have bulging vertebral discs. Some have symptoms while others do not. The more surgeries you have the more scar tissue builds up and the potential for problems regarding scar tissue. As a retired nurse who has a bad back and chronic pain I’ve always felt that after the operation the rest was on me. I injured my back in 1988, had lumbar spine fusion in 1990 and just now I’m receiving steroid injections in my upper and lower back. I’m in pretty good shape and my most recent x-rays showed multiple vertebral disc bulges but I have no excessive pain. I’m on buprenorphine patch every 7 days and I use THC and CBD 15mg three times a day and hardly use my Percocet. I do hope you have an exercise regime to keep yourself limber. I walk 2 miles daily and stretch twice a day. No more surgery for me.