[Maria]

I won't ask what you mean by more spectacular than lighting yourself on fire. I'm just going to hope that you have an incredibly successful spine surgery should you have one!

Personally I hate the idea of screws. I'm glad thus far I've avoided more spine surgery and actually feel better for it. Was a long long long time waiting and I certainly didn't really expect it (and in fact was pursuing more surgery and had various surgeries authorized but didn't feel "right" about them).

Since I went against my gut feeling on surgery #2 and had such horrible results I've been good about sticking w/"gut feeling" which has steered me clear so far of more surgery.

Still when it's time.. it's time. I still hope I can continue to avoid more spine surgery and/or any other surgery that isn't deemed emergent or absolutely necessary.