I know what that sending my butt back to the couch stuff is like.. oh yeah. Used to live it every day all day!
Now the spine has tamed down abit and has allowed me a grace period from the type of pain I used to deal with when I was on the "gonna get surgery" quest. I guess I waited so long for it to be re-authorized by WC 4 years ago that my body sort of helped itself (finally).
I surely wish you Godspeed w/your pursuit on pain relief/surgery/recovery and am glad you popped back in or snacked recently just so we could hear from you.
wishing you the best and thanks for the update