Question: I am 41 male. Am a veteran. Had 2 mri's on lower back. They state i have disc dessication, schmorls node formation, hyperopathy of epidural fat, degen. Disc disease, swelling at the end plates of l4 l5 s1 s2. Bulging discs. Multilevel lumbar spondyosis, severe neural foraminal central canal stenosis. I suffer from this since 2010. I have tried therapy, massage, accupuncture, loosing weight. The va had me on phetanal pathces, quit them. They had me on ms contin 30 mg / 4 day. Quit those too. My pain is never in the same spot. It radiates down my legs. Shoots out my groin. Hands and feet go so numb. My hips hurt like hell. Cant pee right or i will just start peeing in bed or in my truck. It is awful. The VA says for me to get epidural steroid injections. These are not fda approved and cause forther damage of structural bone weakening like osteoperosis in the low back and hips. I function best on a 10/325 pain pill 4 times a day. I can function and dont feel snowed out like the morphine did and those patches did. Help me.