I want to Thank You for your reply I actually did write you a long reply and included the reviews I read but decided to scale it back (allot). First I want to say the reviews I read were about procedures that were performed on people and that they had a real impact on there life's (most not good) I understand what your saying though as one of the reviews was suspect and harsh~ so I cut them all out! I am still happy I read them as it prompted me to continue my search for another surgeon and I found a Doc that I am very satisfied with. His name is Dr Orisek and he looked at my MRI & X-ray's and suggested I not do the Goliath surgery he does not like to subject patients to that type of Shark-Bite procedure if there is another way. Dr Orisek said I have a crushed disc and one that has had kyphoplasty performed and without going into detail those two are the primary source of the pain / problems. He explained how he would go about repairing, however I need to have sufficient bone density as it is contingent on that. I had a Dexa scan done two years ago it showed Osteopenia in the lumbar spine I have been taking D2 125MG(50,000 UNT) since then. I go in for a follow up Dexa scan Monday so will see? I really hope you can find an alternative to spine fusion. I was looking at a FULL SPINE FUSION and I really did not want to go down that road.