Thanks very much, guys

Got back to Vienna late on Saturday - the journey took hours. Totally exhausted yesterday and starting to recover today.

The new surgeon is an Egyptian and his diagnosis was that the Austrians wanted to treat the MRI scans and not the symptoms. He has really gone out of his way for me already with a full explanation as to what my symptoms point to and what the treatment will be. I still need an operation but I do NOT need 3 discs replaced (he says one is bloody dangerous, two doubly so and three is virutally unheard of). He does state though that ONE disc may need to be replaced in a couple of years or so but not three. His operation will be fairly quick - I go in the morning of the op (no breakfast), they will do the op in the afternoon and release me the following day. He has to go into my back to one vertebra and drill off some ossification / bony growth that is trapping my nerves.

Thank you all very much for your prayers - very much appreciated

Follow That Dream

Sam
Karaoke King

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Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what