I'm more broken than you

[Haggis Killer]

Although I never considered back surgery, I had to make a similar decision. That's when I stopped fencing for 3 years. Also didn't take any running steps during that period. None. My back got back on track, but my conditioning never did. I'm just now getting back on my bike and trying to get some sort of aerobic thing happening.

But... 3 years off everything.