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If you're able to go overseas, I'd look up Dr. Zeegers in Germany. He was world famous, not only for being a heck of a back surgeon, but for taking another surgeon to task after the second surgeon announced publicly that he'd never operate on a patient who was taking pain medication. Zeegers denounced him in the conference meeting saying that a surgeon needs to look at the whole health of a patient and not let pain medication addiction override the surgeon's assessment of whether or not the patient needs surgery. I know that you might not be able to look overseas but that's the kind of whole health approach you'll need.