Flo I'm also sorry to herar about your new back problems but glad to hear that you have pain pills that are helping and hopefully your spinal surgeon will find a way to aleve your pain on a more pernament base.

Have you ever tried using a back brace, just one of those urethane back brace. I have back problems off and on, there are some days that i have problems standing up straight, I basically need a some back support to stand up straight so I use a urethane back brace that I just wrap around my waist. It has velcro on one end and the material on one side is something that the velcro sticks to so I can tighten it as much as I want or not. I found that by standing up straight that most of my back pain goes away.