Spinal stenosis

Then fast forwards 2017 finally after yrs of giving me the pigeon exercise/ pain management/ fizzyos / finally change of Drs listen to me and had cervical mri aswell c4/ c5/ and c5/c6 levels discs bulges encroaching into both neural foraminial exits pinching nerve roots an facet joints osteoarthritis bone spurs osteophytes 2019 l3/l4 -l4//l5 disc bulges doing all sorts impinging exits nerves roots blah blah ?? facets still doing same thing. ⬆️ Brain scans to much deep white matter for my age group dr says u have had osteoarthritis in neck for a long time ?? Other side of scan shows white patch concern maybe ms ? But all symptoms I'm having r all the same as u r all having too so maybe ssc?? ?

Hi - I have spinal stenosis- it is bad they want to do a decompression with a fused plate. I can’t walk far. And the nerve pain in my legs is chronic. I take gabapentin for the nerve pain and have a Butec patch for my back. This all takes the edge off. But my op is due in December- I have tried massages , chiropractor and osteopaths. These do all help. But all costs money. I have a blue badge now - which does help from the walking. The main thing is to keep stretching. You tube has an amazing amount of 10 minute stretches. And reading all your stories- makes me go wow ! You are all amazing - cos I know that this really gets you down. Sometime my mood is crazy - up and down. I’m looking for to the op - but scared too.