[fuzzy]

If you know that you in fact *lost* disk height while at the same time your symtoms increased then chances are that it will help but every spine is unique, your surgeon should know best.

I have a fusion at L5/S1 which restored my disk height from almost bone to bone to what seems to be about normal in the rest of my spine. ADr at 4/5 to provide much needed motion. The outcome is good. before when bending I would crunch bone and then could not get back up as the vetabrae had shifted sideways and it took some time to get then back into alignment putting stress on L4/5 and causing even more pain. All gone now. I still have problems because I am sure so many things have gone wrong but the fusion and restoring disk height improved things. If yours has been that way for a long time there may have been changes of the spine adapting to the situation and it will take a while to heal after you fix it. I am not a Dr. ...what does your surgeon think?