Thank you all for your input. I'm still on the fence on weather or not to go ahead with the surgery. I talked with one of our employees that had a 2 level fusion done at the end of November. He is doing great and wishes he would have done the surgery 10 years ago. He said as soon as he came to in the hospital the pain he had before was gone. He is now driving himself and doing alot of walking. He is a carpenter that we employ and plans to return to normal work that he did before which includes hanging drywall.
I am suprised by the difference in his back brace he wears as opposed to what they have given me. His brace is very wide and comes upto his chest where as mine is alot smaller much like what I already wear when I run.
Also he has a bone stimulator that he uses and he is going to physical therapy. My doctor said my physical therapy would simply be me walking each day.
Again thank you all and I will update you on what I decide and if I do go thru I will try do give updates how things are going.