The Cleveland Clinic is an amazing and top of the world class institutions. I drive by it fairly often when I am up in Cleveland visiting with clients.
This group here, Mayfield Brain and Spine Institute are like them in reputation for matters related to the spine and brain . They are the ones who actually were doing the teaching and instructing at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and ever expanding the science and procedures for treating people like myself.
Doc came in to see me and miz micro in the patient room and spent 25 minutes going over my MRI's and explaining to me what he is seeing that is in his opinion causing the problems and then what procedures he would recommend to fix the problem and get me out of pain.
There will be several weeks of recovery time. But I will, if he is right, be rid of over 90 - 95 percent of lower spine pain.
The most interesting comment came from his PA -C who said after reviewing films of my low spine that she did not know how I was still walking.. She has seen patients for years that did not have the disc damage down that low I do that could not on their own stand up or walk.
I told her that you have to keep pushing forward and use your mind over pain.
Ribs knows this from his own physical issues he has endured as well as our common training, as does De and Da Captain..
I am just so relieved to actually know that Doc has promised to get me out of pain and living again. I actually believe him. LIGHT at the end of a very long tunnel... Its a hopeful feeling....
After this is over, then the right knee gets replaced so I can use my right leg again without the bone on bone impact. I do not know what iut will feel like to walk and not be in pain.. But its exciting to me to think about it...
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