HI PAULA..SO SORRY THAT WE ALL HAVE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES IN SUCH A WAY...HOWEVER IAM SO SURE THAT GOD PURPOSES US TO BE TOGETHER TO GET THRU THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE...TOGETHER...WELL ALL I CAN ADD TO YOUR INSIGHT ON THE GOOD BAD DAY THING I TO ENJOY THOSE GOOD DAYS...SMILE BE THANKFUL...HOWEVER ON THE BAD GET ON THE SITE WRITE WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER THRU THIS...MY NAME IS KAREN I AM FROM NC..(HUBBY BORNED AND RAISED IN INDINAPOLIS..I ACTUALLY LIVED THERE 2 YEARS BUT WE DECIDED ON NC MY HOME WE VISIT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN...I WAS DIAGNOSED IN JULY..I RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE CERVICAL SURGERY SO IAM A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER STILL AND I CHECK IN TO SEE HOW ALL IS DOING AND WHO NEEDS EXTRA PRAYER!!!I I AM 46 AND HAVE JUST HAD MY 7TH BACK SURGERY THIS TIME MY CORD BECAME VERY COMPRESSED AND IS SWOLLEN SO I STILL HAVE ALOT OF HEALING TO DO MY ARACH IS IN L4-5 I BELIVE MYLEOGRAMS AND INJECTIONS ARE TO FAULT BUT ...IT ALL THE SAME PAINFUL DISORDER.TAKE ESPECAILLY CARE ON THOSE COLD INDY DAYS USE THOSE THERA PATCHES THEY HELP IF YOUR NARCOTICS ALLOW IAM ON THE PATCH SO I CAN NO LONGER USE HEAT...BUT IF YOU CAN THEY ARE A BLESSING...ALL I CAN SAY IS THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SPECAIL LOVING CARING  PRAYING PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP....WELOCME TO OUR FAMILY KINDLY,KAREN