I'm so glad you found this place. The peer-to-peer support & various posting opportunities, as well as the objective source material, has increased my own sense of involvement in my treatment in the several weeks I've been here; I hope you find the same thing. The chat rooms will give you another place to hang out.

Use Lara's link to the Spinal Disorders & Back Pain. Feel free to repost your intro as a new thread there. Hang out, aak questions, get to know the people. Some of them might have been where you are now, & orders further down the road. So make yourself at home!