Hi Tiki,

Welcome to the forum.

I am the self proclaimed Queen of the back pain around here.

I know exactly how you are feeling and exactly how the anxiety spikes so badly with the pain, reading your story could have been reading my own.

A bit of background, 3 herniated disks in low back. L2-3, L4-5, L5-S1. Also there is stenosis in there. I thought that surgery was going to be my only option. Well guess what? 2.5 years later, no surgery and I have very little pain. Once in a while it acts up but that's pretty rare.

I would be happy to tell you how I got to where I am today, also the anxiety is almost entirely gone too.

Just know that there is a light at the end of this tunnel you are in, you just haven't found it yet, but you will!

Cheers for now!
Pam