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 I'm sorry Steve.  Yeah, I hear you.  You definitely don't want someone with less than impressive credentials to touch your neck!      I don't have any pearls of wisdom either, except just wishing you resolution and pain relief as quickly as possible.
				__________________bicycle accident 6/01:  2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07:  lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion;  ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
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