N2Fun, welcome to our community. But I must say, I feel you are too young for all this!? But many here in this community started this process when they were your age. Justin comes to mind, he had a multi-level procedure several years ago and seems to be doing fine while finishing med school...
But in the meantime, how are you managing the pain? Does any type of traction help, e.g. hanging?
PS: I deleted the duplicate topic in the other forum.