Rosedee,
First, welcome to the forum. I hope you'll find some useful information here as well as a lot of compassion.
Your two previous surgeries coupled with your current pain seems to have left your spine in a mess. You say you're going to be paying for any new surgery yourself instead of going through insurance. Have you considered going to Germany where the most experienced surgeons are? The cost, including airfare, hotel, meals and so on is about half of the cost in the US.
Where ever you end up and which ever surgery you have, I wish you luck,
Dale
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3 level Prodisc adr S1-L3, Oct 12, 2005
Dr. B in Bogen, Germany
Severe nerve damage in left leg, still working on it
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