@josephrotella
It is entirely your choice. Difficult because there is no guarantee of surgical outcome. The surgeries usually involve retraction of the muscles that aren't involved to get to the surgical site and our muscle don't like it.
I would, though, ask for an MRI if you haven't had one and take a surgical consultation, so that in the future if pain makes surgery more attractive, you'll completely understand what it involves.
There might be bracing that would help you through tasks or activities that cause aches.
I'd want to know all of the options just in case the pain worsens. So, I'd look at
The minimally invasive procedures now percutaneous pedicle screws, motion preserving devices like TOPS. and a paraspinous tension bands LimiFlex interbody cages for MIS-TLIF/XLIF, and innovative motion-preserving devices like the TOPS.
Otherwise, I'd be doing exactly what you are.