It’s all clear to me now…
I had an appointment with the neurosurgeon this morning.
They showed me some lovely images of my MRI (still trying to figure out a way to get a soft copy to post on the website) and explained exactly what I toasted in my back.
The surgery is tentatively scheduled for May 14th (which is good, because i’m the best man at a wedding on the 10th).
Apparently, everything will be done arthroscopicly, and they don’t’ need to fuse any of the vertebra together, meaning I should be back on my feet in a week.
This is good news!