One of the most invasive surgeries you can have is a lumbar (back) or cervical (neck) fusion.  It involves a severely injured disc that is repaired by literally putting hardware in to your body.  While you can live a productive life after (Peyton Manning has had a cervical fusion) it’s a long road to recovery and you need your nerves to re-generate.

These surgeries are complicated and often fail.  Usually when they don’t work out it’s because of outside factors including bad luck.  If you smoke that can limit your ability to recover.

But every now and then we’ll get…
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