I can't wait to hear the results. It might not be the same problem as mine. Also, my previous xrays, MRIs, and CTs didn't really show disk bulging, or bulging so slight that "this can't be causing your pain." My theory -- and I'm not a medical person -- is that for some people there is pain without obvious disk bulging and that if you calm the nerve (like I'm doing with a lidocaine patch) the pain goes away or is calmed enough that you can deal with it.