Jake, yes, I've been told that I am functioning much better now than at the beginning of all this, even though I should be in total oblivion with all the meds ;-)
But that's the point dsh; if all pain is on a scale of 0-10, and childbirth is in there somewhere, it has to be compared to what we are dealing with now. Does it interfere every day with what I want to do? Absolutely, with no breaks except a bearable relief with the meds. So I am pretty incapacitated with the pain, but not screaming my lungs out on a bed asking someone to rip it out at all costs 
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DDD
Herniated discs C4/5 & 5/6, L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1
Severe compression of spinal cord in two levels
All conventional therapy exhausted, including spinal injections, PT, massage, etc.
In appeal with Gov't Insurance for Out-of-country coverage for ADR hybrid surgery of above discs.
Recently discovered that I am severely allergic to all common metals used in surgical hardware except for Titanium.
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