lilyanne here, i have osteoporosis and need some teeth pulled. thing is, i have the aggressive papillary cancer and given a 6-10 month survival rate. so i was cleared by the cancer dr. to have the teeth removed. i'll give you all 3 guesses as to what i am going to do. since isabelle 7 has asked how many have regretted surgeries they had done, i can name a few: endovenous ablation, breast surgery, as no were no lump, just that fluid sac. melanoma surgery, moh, on the left leg that had the endovenous ablation, they claim it was melanoma but it did not have all the markings, but, i don't have no diploma on the wall. so onto thyroid cancer, right off the bat, that biopsy.....those 4 needles jabbed into my neck............next day and to this day i still feel like someone is choking me. so, onto the thyroid surgeries (2) right side, radical dissection, ok, 11 out of 19 lymph nodes cancer (2 1/2) surgery. left side 1 cm. bit of cancer. if i did not have this surgery they said i would not be alive very long. ok, so now i am so stiff in the am, like i have the stiff person syndrome gets a little better as i move around but not by much. my left knee is giving me problems and i am in the hopes it will hold off as i really do not want to any more to my body. my husband has these episodes where he is having pain in his neck and the pain goes into his arms and chest. his dr. told him he would avoid surgery on the spine if at all possible. so try and live with what you have until it is really, really nessary. thanks for the tip on the bending over, something i do without thinking especially to pet the cat and pick thing from the garden. so my best wishes to everyone.