wife went the injection treatment, didn't work
next partial discectomy, didn't work
next double fusion l4, l5 and l5 s1
she still has back pain and predict weather with great accuracy.
Our experiences option 1 see if someone will install artificial discs, absolute best option
If you do the double fusion, use cadaver bones , the pain from removing the bone and healing time is worse than the double fusion.
good luck to you.
oh she had an artificial disc c4 c5 , awesome!!!