Goodness sorry to hear about your fusion failure, I hear that so much. I deal with DDD and I'm 78 so a lot of years of back issues. But never a surgery and I talked my brother out of fusion/lam surgery last year. His doctor was so eager, brother was trusting and didn't think it thru or have anyone to talk to. He's doing good enough at 73 and works in golf world and golfs daily and does PT and exercies for his back. He's managing and no surgery.

Anyway, I've not done shingles vaccine but feel the supplements I take keep me healthy and know the B vitamins are important for calming one's body.

I deal with a mess from hip replacement in 2010, so am very very surgery shy again.

I see a D.O. just about weekly for his work and prolotherapy injections in joints.

Hope others will offer stories.