I so thank you very much for your advice and suggestions, I will look into getting help for a few days with my dog. I am not looking forward to this but I am hoping I can manage. I have stocked up on frozen things and quick meals. I am prepared to go anytime and I believe it will be an ambulance call to get quicker relief. I am in Windsor,Ontario,Canada and our process is very very slow, I have been off work 3 months now and can barely go out to enjoy life. I just want the surgery over and done with so I can return to life and working. 10 years I have been dealing with this and they hadn't a clue what was going on until last month.I started with a small disc bulge that was no concern to even tell me and then it is surgery stage now.It has been rough, but could be worse!