Henry, glad to read that you continue to do well.
It's not only that our films look too good to support our reported pain levels... people who are down as hard as you were are look at as malingerers, drug seekers or psych problems. Most of us who are down that hard actually do have a substantial component of depression that is part of our pain syndrome. Sadly, a huge percentage of spine surgeons dismiss us. They do have political cover to do so because those of us who are that severely disabled actually do have a lower chance of success/higher failure rate. But people like you and I would have our lives thrown away because we are dismissed based on our 'demographic' instead of actually looking past the depression and severity of our disability and our 'too good' looking films.
OK... I'm off the soap box now!
Thanks for keeping us posted.... this is why I keep doing what I do... you have just recharged my batteries.
Mark
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