@staab4 Hi, I’ve had disc problems for over 20 years now. I have cervical fusion’s at 4/5,5/6,6/7 and T1. C 5/6 didn’t fuse so I’ve had cervical radiculopathy for years. So I think I understand some of that pain. My current problems involve my lumbar spine after 4 previous surgeries including fusion and laminectomy. I’ve had pretty bad sciatica for 10 years so I know that pain. But in February I keeled over in the snow because I had something called saddle anesthesia, which I had never heard of. I work 20 hours a week at the hospital so I was admitted immediately. I started to freak out, something was really bad. The MRI came back total loss of kyphosis and buckled cauda equina. The big group of nerves at the base of the spine. I was totally numb in my whole torso, that is saddle anesthesia. I was scheduled for surgery the following morning. It became a big deal and I had never heard of any of this before in my life. I had no choice and so lucky I did. I lost a ton of mobility but the pain is finally gone. Gone.