Get the surgery

First off take care of you body the best you can so you don’t have to have surgery. But if you need the surgery get the damn surgery. I’ve been in 11 years and had back pain for 3-4 years. Finally got diagnosed and a treatment plan laid out to get me fixed. I’m only a week post op and besides the stiffness and pain from them cutting muscle the back pain is gone. I don’t have fire running down my legs and more when I walk. I can bend my knees without my back aching.

The army will break you. Make tricare pay for it and stop living in pain.