Degenerative Disc Disease

how is everybody doing ??my knee(from total knee replacement) is still very sore but feeling better so now its back onto the back issues. As i said before i have very little to no actual back pain and 99% is the pinched nerve pain.

i am back on the gabapentin 2 pills three times a day and i still dont think its helping any. I will prob have a surgery sometime before the end of the year, it sucksto bein pain like that all the time and cant stand for more than10-15 minutes at a time with out unbearable pain but i have way to much family going on in the next few months that i dont want to miss out on

seeing i dont have a lot of back pain and my weight has gone up we are ot going to attempt a fusion and only a surgery to hopefully relive some of the leg pain from the pinched nerve. I also get short term disability from work that will pay me while being out so thats good.

he says prob about 3 months out of work, so while it sucks to be out for reasons like that if i can hold out that long i might just strategically plan it in december so i dont have to work outside this coming winter lol