re: Lumbar Spinal Fusion question..

My dad has had like 6 back surgeries. All trying to do what they can not to have fused his back. Well nothing worked. Cream, shots, clean outs, trimming calcium off vertebrae. Nothing. Electrical implants to disrupt pain signals...nothing until the fuse helped. Helped a lot. That's said its a bad arse recovery.

Your beat move is to give up your golf and not need the surgery until later.

Good luck. And don't forget your small Xrays to show people in the airport scanning for metal