Thank you guys! I have suggested that maybe acupuncture would help ... but don't know if he has seriously considered that yet.
He's in Jax .... mebbe I'll reach out to Byron for suggestions... they just live on opposite sides of the river.
He had to drive to Baptist downtown last week to talk to a PA ... an ordeal

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About 40 years ago another buddy endured a 17 hour back surgery ordeal with 3 teams of surgeons in that same hospital... I was there.
Thanks!