Well, it becomes my turn to humbly ask for prayer support from my brothers here. Making a long story short, I have those infernal rods most of the way up my back and my life has been hexx on earth pain-wise for the duration. Recently tried a different doc, he did the dye test and found that one of the screws is square on top of the sciatic nerve on the left side Gosh, no wonder! Right off my cardio said NO. I do have 2 blockages under treatment. So the good doc is looking at a minimally invasive technique to remove and replace the offending screw, which should relieve the never ending pain. Pills and TENS treatments do nothing. No date set yet, he will call me tomorrow and we'll go from there. Me and God have talked about this quite a bit already, I'm not looking to get my youth back, just relief from the pain so I can get my work done and enjoy my grandsons. Appreciate the help. GW