got the news today and I am a little scared. Built new homes till 2 years ago , went to work in a lumber yard and messed my back up. Now don't know what I will be doing the rest of my life. Going to fuse the L5- S1 for sure and maybe the L4-L5. No lifting the rest of my life because the two disc above these are also bad but cause no pain YET. Said recovery time would be 4-6 months that would put me at the rut. Oh well I am only 38 I will find something to do