It just helps a little to know that I am not alone in my . . . . problems. The stimulator does not seem to make any difference whatsoever in either my urinary or sexual problems. This almost seems like a side effect of having the surgery itself. Spiney - my surgeon does have a plan. Basically, I start physical therapy/rehab in June. I was in a car accident back in '03 but made what I thought was a full recovery. The accident was bad enough to leave me in bed for several months followed by a year of rehab basically learning to walk again. My surgeon says that my gait is off and that I am walking - when I can walk - very incorrectly. Incorrectly? I get from point A to point B, I consider that walk a success! He wants me to get my muscle memory retrained properly so that I walk, stand, sit, and even lay down "correctly". Anyway, once the therapy is complete, it's back under the knife for me to have L-1 and L-2 fused, then more recovery followed by more therapy, then have I think it was C-1 and C-2 fused followed by more recovery. Not sure about therapy following that. Anyway, he says that he can have my back fixed and in about 5 years, I'm going to be better than where I am now. He did admit that he could not predict what was going to happen with the nerve damage and pain. That's the plan!