Thanks. I made the phone calls today to start things moving forward with a LTD claim through my insurance and with the pain center. I need to get an official letter of denial for the DRG stimulation in order to move forward with the treatment...but I'm hoping that won't be too hard to get since they have denied the treatment. With luck...within a few weeks I can get the trial for the DRG stimulation scheduled...then it will probably take a few more weeks to actually get in for the procedure...and we'll go from there. I'm guessing that this whole process will take 3-4 months for the first surgery...at which point I will hopefully be able to return to work and life in general. Fingers crossed that this works out!