Well, not exactly anyway.  I'm sure there's a lot rattling around in there that a lot of people have questioned over the years but this at least is real, and I can prove it ;o)

The results from the MRI are in and although it's not the best of news it's not that bad either, yet. It appears I have narrowing of the apertures that the nerves come out of in 2 disks, L3/L4 and L4/L5 plus I have a bulging disk at L4/L5 which is pressing on the spinal column. These are the disks that have already been operated on because pieces of them broke off and decided on their own to wreck havoc on the rest of my back!

here's a picture (not mine) of what a bulging disk looks like:

This is where my spinal canal narrows noticeably due to the disk protruding into the spinal canal and compressing the spinal cord, this along with the narrowing of the holes the nerves come out of is what is causing all my problems.

So now I am on another medication to try to take down the swelling, he kinda wanted to do injections into the spine to bring the swelling down again but those injections hurt so bad I wanted to try something less invasive first so I am on another set of anti-inflammatory meds.  The last lot (Naproxen) did nothing but I will try anything not to have the injections, if they don't work I will have to have the injections because the next step after that is more surgery which would mean a cage which holds the disks apart while bone grafts meld the two vertebrae together.

That is the ultimate last resort, did I ever tell you GETTING OLD SUCKS!!!