Actually my experience with the surgeon was not good. My surgery was just as the pandemic was beginning. The follow ups by phone were terrible. In short I needed a hip replacement for the pain I was having. That was misdiagnosed by my orthopedic doc before the second spine surgery. So the spine surgeon was very convincing about the condition of my spine. Post surgery visits after the covid shutdown were of no help. Over the last four years I've been dealing with chronic pain that's limited standing and walking. What I was looking for here was perhaps someone's experience with broken rods. I've had a lot surgeries, most recently a hip replacement which helped the terrible pain in that hip. But, the pain in my back has worked its way down into both hips. The X-rays were taken from the recent spine injections. I'll probably be getting ablations in that area next month. Thank you for the deformity specialist suggestion, I'll be looking into that today. As far as "going in and fixing it", I really don't want to go under anesthesia ever again. I had many after effects from the back surgeries for a year or longer. Things like numbness and pain. I would like to know if the break would lead to the other side breaking or bending and causing extreme pain causing an emergency room visit. I'm hoping someone has actual experience. Thanks again, John