@SmithsJunk hey man, so sorry you’re in the middle of that, wife’s had pretty good luck so far getting rebuilt, shoulder replacement, knee replacement and spinal fusion. Knock on wood.
Went the gabbapentin route for what I thought was sciatica, ended up with a acupuncture guy from China, Dr. Wan, turned out it wasn’t that just a pinched nerve that presented as same. Putting on socks one morning and dropped sock on floor with ankle on other knee, bent over, heard a pop and back into place, serendipity.