Hi there

Thanks for replying Fancylady. I was so sorry to hear what you have been through. It makes mine seem less major. Do you still have a lot of pain? I think one of the options for me in the future might be to be fused from L1/L5 but a physio told me once that if they do this to you you have great problems bending and it puts a lot of pressure on your hips and knees which are then at more risk of failing too. I have been lucky so far in that my job as a counsellor has been kept open for me but this is getting less and less likely as it goes on. I guess what will be will be - but even if this is what I think I still find myself trying to control things. Perhaps time to accept there are some things we cannot control and we just have to go along with them.
Take care - Sally