Happy Birthday Tom and best of luck on your surgery, you will be in our prayers. The surgery can work as I know, I have had three back operations with a total of seven disks being removed over the years. I can still lift as much as I ever did, including loading and carrying my Emmons D10 push pull which is not light.
Happy 29 "again" Tom..and our prayers are with you from the Hayes Gang here in East Tenn. So Listen to the Dr, Nurse,Mrs, and take you're medicine
God Bless
Grouchyvet
Have been out of town for several days and am late to say Happy Birthday to Tom. Praying and expecting that things will be better with this latest surgery.