[Maria]

I'm so glad to see you posting again and very interested in what you are going to proceed with in terms of preservation of the involved disc.

Would you feel comfortable sharing more information with regard to where you'll be having this done and more about the procedure, expected downtime, recovery time and so forth?

I'm sure there is more information here about this perhaps in a different part of the forum such as articles however I'm sort of out of the loop re spine surgeries as I've continued to be avoidant successfully I think tho perhaps not if one considers returning to work and a very active life. I am happy with pretty good pain control for now and being more active and some other things as well.

How are your activity levels currently?? As I recall you worked quite a bit and were very physically active tho this is from a few years back.

Again, glad to see you post and thank you for the information that you've already given here.