Thank you for your kind words. I've kept a very upbeat attitude through it all. And I've stuck to LCHF - which has helped with the healing.

No. I do not know how the herniated disc fractured. I'm not even sure how the herniation occurred. The surgeon described it as a jelly sandwich: the disc is the jelly squeezed out from between the vertebra (the bread). As it squeezes out, the jelly breaks off into pieces. I was very active walking, exercising, square dancing, etc. Over the summer I fell a couple of times. Two years ago I slipped down some steps. The fractures could have happened then. No telling.

Hmmm ... someone at the ER only listened to me because I physically could not get off the gurney to go home! Up to that point, they treated me like I was drug seeking.

Make sure you keep after your doctors for test results, etc. Don't let them shuffle you to the background.