[Pat S]

Thanks guys,
I should have stated up front that I did have 3-4 months of physical therapy that did help get me out of the constant and severe pain, and I followed that up with with yoga that had only limited effect. For me, the only thing that really started helping was getting back to running regularly. Oddly, that is the one thing that most of the regular docs & physical therapist told me not to do saying that it could increase damage to the disks.

Of this surgeon's clients that I have talked to all have had a fantastic recovery and were quick to return to normal. One did however re-injure himself about 2 years after the initial surgery.

Don P, glad to hear it worked out for your wife also.