Good Luck then.

A ruptured disc is no fun. The surgery will do the trick. Once they have removed the material impinging on your nerves you'll feel a lot better.

Just understand that as we age discs continue to degenerate. You'll have a lot less material seperating your L5 (bottom of the lumbar spine) from your S1 (top of the sacral spine).

Surgery at your age should really be the last option. Sounds like that is unfortunatly the case. Like I said though, it'll do the trick.