Degenerative Disc Disease

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I do have pain killers (vicodin) but they don't do much. I can get maybe 4 hours of sleep if I take 2 before crashing.

Everyone I know that has had surgery still has issues, but as one physical therapist told me, "a lot of what causes the problems in the first place are still in place after the surgery, and guys don't stick to the regiment of stretching and exercise afterward like they should, so taht's why it recurrs." Makes sense to me, but still scary.

I have had some form of back pain pretty much my whole adult life. I worked on cars for many years and spent 5+ hours a day bent over; probably not good. Runs in the family too, which is probably even worse.

At this point my sports function is limited to coaching pop warner and little league, so that effect would be minor in the overall scheme.