Hiya Fuzz, I have had 3 x prolapsed and herniated discs removed, alon with 4 very big pieces of prothetic sub assemblies in my spine, making it a total of 7 on the spine, I had the injections, I had the nerve endings burnt, cortezone injections right into the damaged area, then the operations begun, now I go into hospital for the 8th back op, where there are caging with titanium fixation,.....this is going to be my 50th operation in nine years....50.....Knee replacements, debriblements, gentomysan beads, you name it, bone grafts, bone donors, I've had it all done to the the two leags and back, then they ran out of space on the back, scar tissue, to go in anymore, so thye started going through the stomach, which eneded up with an extra 4 x surgical hernia operations, so now I have a titaniu mesh right across my abdomen....for this new one they are going through the side, very life threatening they say, which operation isn't Ha ha ha Ha....I'm on a mixture of the old Morphine sulphates....230 mg in morning, 230 at night, with 20 mg quick acting ones for thoughout the day, plus my variety of oher pain relieving beauties...its like I',m bloody sleep walking half the time, it does help me with my stories though Ha Ha ha Ha Ha.......so with no further ado, I can honestly say like some of theother folks here, they jnow how you feel and feel for you......I hope this injection works, try and keep away from surgery as long as you can, I mean I'm only 44, my operations are older than me Ha ha ha ha ha HA Get well soom Mr Logic, you're a real talented man with a gift, be it not pole vaulting Ha ha ha Ha Ha....just remember when the pain trolley comes around its the best part of the day ha Ha ha Ha Ha 
