Top neurologist suggests a solution.

Tuesday 17^th July

Graham:

Hi,

I did promise to tell you what the neurologist’s report said, so here goes:

He thinks that the 2 prosthesis and the saddle fixing my L5 to my S1, have effected a good structural repair to my previously failed (Worn- out) lumber spine, but he says that no mechanical repair will ever eliminate pain. (The reason for this is that once the very precise tolerances between vertebra and the nerves exiting the spine, have been altered from those created by nature, there is always going to be pressure on nerves and that means pain).

He suggests a solution.

In Oct he plans to do a very precise procedure. Using a monitor he will inject all the posterior nerves that he suspects are causing pain and anaesthetise them. I will then have 5 hours to walk around and decide whether or not he has found the source of the pain, if he has, then at a subsequent date he will conduct a procedure using radiographic imagery, combined with lazar technology, to destroy the offending nerves. Any benefit gained from this procedure will be effective for 5 years and then have to be repeated.