Thankyou very much for the prayers and kind words everyone. It really meant a lot to me knowing that kind people are still out there. That's what is so nice about this site. I know that when I come here I'm not going to be subjected to trash and smut. At the moment my muscles are fairly sore. The procedure they did is a pretty new way to do it, and my doc was one of the ones who was in on the development. He just made 2 one inch incisions down low in each backstrap. The they insert a tube in each and inflate them. This gives him room to remove the bad disc and install the new spacer. The old way to do it was to fillet the backstrap off of the bone. That is why so many people had trouble afterward. They injected some happy juice in my IV and then wheeled me into the operating room. There I got something to knock me out. The next thing I know, I'm in recovery and done. They don't actually cut the back muscles they wiggle thru and around. Eliminating all but the bare minimum scar tissue. The muscles they went thru are all that hurts and that's to be expected. If anyone in this region needs neuro-spine work done, I very highly recommend Dr. John Schneider. He has an office in Billing, Sheridan and Cody. After seeing 4 docs here in Gilltte and getting 4 different diagnosis, I had a friend refer me to Dr. Scheider. This man is great with no cocky arrogance. He was very concerned and caring and his staff is impeccable. I will be down for a while till I heal up, so I get to keep bugging everyone here. So lookout OT and AG. I'm ready to argue. Thanks again everyone. I appreciate the prayers. Knowing i y'all were bending Gods ear on my behalf helped calm my fears. Have a very blessed day everyone.