Hi Tish, Please let me know how you are doing. I have an appointment April 2nd with Dr. Jho and still have a lot of thinking to do as Dr. Kang at UPMC want to do a traditional fusion on me. He says I am not a good candidate for MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery), but the Laser SPine Institute at my consultation said I was. My insurance is just not good outside of Pa. except for emergencies. I have c4,5,6 fused and my relief was immediate except for the recovery, but I did well in 2005. Often other levels or problems will come out later as did mine.

I am glad to hear positive things about Dr. Jho as he is criticized by a lot of doctors, but then again his surgery doesn't cost as much as a traditional on the they would make less money. I do trust Dr. Kang totally and he is a great surgeon of the highest skill and character, but I hope I qualify for Dr. Jho's procedure. I figure I can try his way and if it doesn't work out for me I can always have the standard procedure done by Dr. Kang.

I will be watching the thread here. Take care, david