Today we took care of something that was way overdue. We made "go bags" in case one of us has to go to the hospital suddenly. I had kept putting it off, maybe thinking that if we didn't ever fix up the bags, we'd never have to go to the hospital. Duh. That makes as much sense as not wanting to make a will, because then you will die. So anyway, we are all packed, and it's good to know I won't be running around in an emergency, trying to throw some things together.
I had similar pain from building disk and ruptured disk at L3 and L4. PT made it worse. I was fortunate that cortisone pills reduced the swelling of the discs to get them in place and then PT and now I am much more normal.