Originally Posted by
allenmurray
Funny, I agree about avoiding surgery - except when it is the best thing for the person. My surgeries (multiple broken bones in a foot, double hernia, back) all turned out fine. The back - I felt better four weeks after the surgery than I had in 15 years. Despite the best efforst of chiropractors, medical doctors, and physical therapsits, it was the guy with the knife who enabled me to be active once again. Maybe you should shop for better surgeons if your experiences have been so bad.
It is the superscilious tone of your posts regarding anything medical that produces such hostility. By the way, the doc who did my back surgery - originally trained as an osteopath. As is my own primary care doc.