We're leaving for Cabos San Lucas in two weeks, and I'm on a Medrol pak hoping that the herniated disk in my neck settles down enough that I can reach for the overhead luggage on the plane. I just woke up with a stiffness in my neck a couple months ago, that just got progressively worse. The aching in the neck, shoulder, scapula etc. Then....the sharp pain down the arm in the bicep when I reached for something, or put my head back or to the left. Then came the numbness in the thumb! Had the MRI....course getting those suckers back and reading them...you might as well just end it right now. Severe this and severe that...moderate this and moderate that. But, the big one is the L5/L6...with L6 being the bad boy. Disk protrusion with severe stenosis causing impingement on the nasty little neck nerve. GREAT! I do NOT want neck surgery...no...no...no....and double NO! I'm on the second day of Prednisone, and the pain is about 30% better with the radiating crap! Heaven's to Betsy!!!! I suppose if this doesn't subside...I'm going to go for the needle in the neck and see if that little injection brings the swelling down. I hope the pills do it..but I also know that it is temporary. Well...at least it gets the focus of the FEET!