Thanks Blackhorse!
Well, this specialist put me back to square one. He suspects the same thing another specialist suspected 8 years ago but the neurosurgeon said she was wrong. What yesterday's specialist says goes along with what I've been suspecting for several years.
Plan: x-rays, MRI, and physical therapy to get some relief ... again and maybe surgery after the diagnostics show something. I'll take it.
Fortunately what I have is a major inconvenience and barely painful on occasion. I think this guy is on the right track. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Update: Got the x-ray results back today. Same verbal report as 8 years ago but I'm sure the arthritis in my neck and lower back have progressed.