feel for u phil, its crap fun being laid up
I've had two discs removed and replaced with plastic ones, the week aft my op i was back at work skimming ceilings!!
not ideal but no-one was gonna pay my mortgage and I'm self employed..
ibuprofen works better than anything that the doc gave me and a good chiropractor is worth a shot, worked wonders for me till i got it sorted
atb si