Just trying to help Thunder.

I really do think you are equating healing with an absence of pain.......when in fact they are 2 totally different things.

If you feel comfortable with the information you have gotten then by all means stick with it. I hope these people were nice enough to tell you what effect years of pain meds and NSAIDS will have on your liver and kidneys.......not to mention what will happen to that unstable joint after years of " pretending" it isn' t injured.

I really do wish you the best of luck.


P.S. I am not trying to dismiss the Mayo clinic in any way.............but at the same time I wouldn' t exactly say the reputation they enjoy has as much to do with treatment of disc herniations vs. disease diagnosis, treatment and cutting edge research and proceedures. It is a wonderful place though.


Get back in the woods soon buddy

No pun intended