This is the Internet Spine Patients' Information Network! Anything spine related, be it a discussion of new technology, insurance issues, medications... anything relevant to the trials and trevails of spine patients belongs here.

NSR = Not Spine Related. Come here to vent, chat, rant, share, and just plain support one another. Discussion about your kids, cats, recipes... feel free to bring it here.

Please see instructions for creating a surgical outcomes entry. Blog your surgery experience so your friends and family can stay informed. Future patients will love to read different experiences.

Abstraction: n. The process or result of generalization by reducing the information content of a concept or an observable phenomenon, typically in order to retain only information which is relevant for a particular purpose. See organized Tables of Contents.

Even though ADR surgery has been FDA approved for years, most insurers are still not paying for it... saying it's still experimental. Sharing information here, especially about successful appeals will help countless others.