I have stenosis at L4-5 on both sides and neuropathy in both feet, ankles and calves. Several doctors have looked at my stenosis and told me it's not bad enough to warrant surgery, or to cause my neuropathy. I wouldn't want surgery anyway since fusion or the insertion of a rod in your backbone would, for me anyway, only lead to more neuropathy. I say this because when I broke my left ankle and right talus bone (in foot), my neuropathy got much worse. Insertion of a plate and screw in the left ankle really made a mess of things - now I have internal scar tissue that gums up my nerves, muscles and blood vessels. This cannot be fixed by further surgery. I already have pain in my lower back - I don't need insertion of a rod to make it worse. Frankly, I don't think back surgeons have a clue. I've heard of far more failed back surgeries than successes. I suspect my neuropathy is the result of multiple factors including the bone breaks, two genetic mutations, mitochondrial dysfunction, multiple toxic medications that I take for other chronic diseases, and neuroinflammation caused by the medications. My plan at this point is to strengthen back muscles with core exercises, doing anti-inflammatory diet, doing self lymphathic massage to help reduce toxic meds, lose more weight, and take a variety of supplements including a mitochondrial cocktail to support my mito function. I also do a lot of research online in google scholar to try to identify any new approaches that might help - right now I'm looking into exosomes which are supposed to improve nerve axon and sheath regrowth and reduce neuroinflammation. In my case, there does not seem to be a single silver bullet, and surgery for me seems like a bad idea. Maybe for others, it may be a magical fix. Hope you find a simple solution.