No, I haven't had surgery for my back...I have shots put into my back--facet injections-on either side of the compression fxs and in the middle--which keep the pain tolerable with the meds I take. I'm kind of wary about back surgery, and since the pain is taken care of with shots every 3 months, then I will go with that until it stops working. Then I might consider surgery.

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I realized that I was a newbie but have been in the MS forum so didn't think of saying hi up here!