Thanks for your quick answer, Mark. What a nice treat to hear from you!

I get to see my neurosurgeon tomorrow so hopefully will find out more about what's going on. My dr. has had me on high doses of Prednisone hoping it would cause nerve pain to go away (he's thinking it's just a pinched nerve) but not helping, just giving me bad insomnia and anxiety.

This neurosurgeon, who I've seen before, used to work trauma at the local trauma hospital so I have a lot of faith in his skill. My orthopaedic dr., not so much....even though he was the one who implanted the "twins" and did a good job, he seems like he's so busy that you get rushed through any appt. or procedure you need done. Don't like the feeling of being rushed through anything where I can't ask the necessary questions.

Will let you know how it goes. Have stopped working on my discipleship blog and the others due to pain issues for now. Hope everything is going well for you and yours!!