Yes, I'm aware I can get adhesions anyway, but I have totally run out of juice: there is no more energy, no more inertia.... no more life. It took me 5 weeks to even drive again after this last surgery! Never in my life would I have thought it would take that long to feel up to it. All of this really hit me this past Fall. My neck is "falling apart" at C4-5 and C6-7, the levels above and below where the initial surgery was done. I have spurring and severe canal stenosis and cord flattening. The stenosis is progressive, which is why I think I've slowly been feeling worse and worse over the years. I didn't have this stenosis at the time I had my original surgery. The DDD stands for Degenerative Disc Disease. All of these problems stem from a horseback riding incident in which I got whiplash (that's my lousy jumping technique, coupled with a helmet that was too small, coupled with extreme stupidity and stubborness). It's hard to put my pain on a scale, because it's so diffuse. But I would say I'm pretty consistently at about a 5. Then there are the bad days... and a few good days! The doctor gives me a 90% chance of feeling "dramatically better", and I have to take those chances, Helen. I've done deep tissue massage therapy for about 6 years and also acupuncture in addition to all the different meds. Conservative treatment has not worked, so it's time to do something else. wr