I have had 5 back surgeries, two occured in 1999 when my daughter was 4 to 8 months old, the Dr was a major quack, he just shaved down the herniated disc which was 11 mm herniated he did this twice and put in my medical files that he did a discectomy DUH!!.. then in 2002 when I couldnt stand the pain any longer I found a wonderful Dr who did an MRI and found that I had major nerve impingment and my herniation was over 6mm. he said we would just watch it, I agreed. In 2004 I had finally had enough and went in and told him I wanted the disc removed, Obviously it hadnt been removed,, DUH!! and he did a fusion on the L5-S1 area, I had had a tailbone break (on purpose with my ob when I had my son, I should have had a c-section) anyways he fixed me up, then I went back in in 7- 2007 to have the fusion removed I was laying down one day and felt the metal, they did the MRI and he told me the metal was working its way out of my back. so they removed it, for a month I felt great. Obviously I had nerve damage sine 1999 but never recognized it until the Dr told me in 2002 that my leg pain was caused from nerve damage and would never recover, just last august `1st I had another surgery to remove a vertebrea that was free floating and had been broken from I dont know what.. and now I am living on pain medication.. It is so bad the leg pain that that I cant do anything, I have no quality of life, I requested to see my Dr again he told me i could have a pain pump and that I could have a spinal stimulator, I may have to do a trial with them but it will be worth it, I am taking so much pain medication that I cant stand it, I hate it! Has anyone had anything remotely close to this and what did you do??? I need advice!! Rex