....do you have a dx for your spinal problems? I know there are some really difficult things out there to have to deal with. I try to count myself lucky. But chronic pain is not easy to deal with. If they sap the disk, then what? Will you have to deal with bone on bone? Will they try a fusion? I have been reading about some alternatives out there for messed up discs. That radiational pain down the legs and through the hip is murder. Do you have any cervical fusions? I have questions about mine but haven't ventured them yet as this forum does not seem too active. Hope you are feeling some better and getting control of that pain...take care