I don't have 'back' issues, so much as neck. My 'T' sections aren't bad, it is C1 trough C7 that pretty much have issues. C4-5 and C5-6 have 'severe degenerative disc disease, others have spurs and miscellaneous crud.

Hips have given grief for decades. I used to periodically have to reposition myself on my motorcycle as I would settle onto the saddle and a hip would SCREAM until I stood on the pegs and 're-settled'.

We discovered the 'C-section' crud in 2009.

I knew two who'd had neck surgery at the time. One came out fine. The other has been on opioids, in pain, and never ok for 30 years. So I opted out of the knife. Ten years later, my neurologist's only comment was 'Why did you wait so long?'

I didn't know how bad it would get!

Unrelated, I have been having digestive issues for three years. Finally discover as an esophageal stricture, THAT was repaired, and I am now just as bad, if not worse for what seem to be esophageal SPASMS. For the most part, I don't eat. Half a dozen ritz with cheese spread is it. For the day.

I also periodically (presently, as a matter of fact) get on an off 'vibration', in especially my left thigh. Right now it is like a cell phone ringing. Buzz-rest-buzz-rest. Dr Google suggests Meralgia paraesthetica, which ALSO can account for hip pain, although usually it is Trochanteric bursitis.

Thank you for you reply and interest.