Oh, I hope you have a good doctor and treatments. VA abandoned me and now I'm permanently disabled, struggling for any activity, which I can reach with procedures and medications. It's a 30 year old high-impact horse accident. My spine is bone on bone. I begged to be stabilized when there was considerable disc material still there. They refused and decided to not acknowledge it as a mechanical problem and instead wanted to treat it as mental health. The mri said a different story. Best wishes for a full recovery.