Thanks both of you Just got back from seeing the neuro surgeon and he he said that he does recommend surgery. He said fusion is an option, but at my age he wasn't too keen on the idea since he might end up having to fuse in two places. The surgery that he did recommend was disectonmy (sp?) in which he goes in and removes part of the disc which is causing the problem. Tessa, I did mention foraminotomy and he said that is actually part of the procedure.

Does that make sense?

Cheers