@tyeguy1, Oh my goodness, good evening. I had to read that sentence several times....then I said, "Oh it couldn't be". However....those surgeries are eactly what I went through years ago. The first one, the laminectomy was supposed to be a fixer. Not quite. 10 years later my life came to a halt while I had the fusion you mentioned. And when I was released he told me....see you again in another 10 years. That's just the way these things go.

It took energy to fight that precognition. I read and researched. I started walking and doing special back exercises....just two or three every single day after my shower. Are you ready to this.......in this 77-year-old body there is no back pain....no bone spurs, no arthritis (at least not in the back.)

I have done 40 and 50-mile inn to inn walks around the world, I survived the Grand Canyon hike and the Austrian Alps Olympic bobsled run. I may even have won a boot-scooting dance contest along the way.

I don't know how old your hubby is so that might be a factor. Be careful to do exactly as your surgeon and physical therapy clinicians tell you. It was my lovely yoga teacher and personal trainer Kate who told me to stick with her and I would never need surgery again. We have now been friends for 20 years and I am holding her to it.

Have a lovely evening and restful sleep. Chris