hi, thank you for providing the brief history of you. a thorough neuromuscular assessment and musculoskeletal assessment is advised. Since your history sounds you have been into a trouble since long. I will advice you to focus on physical therapy now as it will help to first reduce the pain with therapeutic ultrasound therapy and TENS therapy. Now it may sound , that it won t work, but in my clinical practice with failed back syndrome cases which are worst than these it has clicked well. It may consume a lot of time for the recovery to come. May be it will to in percentage basis. Like 5, 10 , 20, 40, 80.... First you need a proper MRI scan for the while spine. and second the muscle strength assessment. As this two things can help guide further. Also, medicine will act symptomatic too. Now to look further you need a physical therapist who is passionate about solving this issues, a personal interest shown should help you like my patient with failed back syndrome gets. Also, you need to change your sleeping pattern as using a hard wooden surface with just a cotton bed sheet . It may sound funny but the best way to rehab the back is to use the hard floor to sleep. Also, cases with failed back responds slows but recovery comes as the muscle starts strengthening which will take a lot of time in your case. Also, there is no alternative for getting the lost water from the disc back, but for sure it will work with muscle strengthening. Keep patience and try out physical therapy. I will available to provide you all possible knowledge and help I can to help you better with the design of the protocol for rehabilitation. feel free to contact me. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel