Old news, but lots of angles to read and assimilate:
http://www.adrsupport.org/forums/f49...i-expect-7979/
Some doctors feel that discograms are actually not needed and may even have an immuno-suppression effect. I believe the latter.
If I was my own doctor, with my own practice, I would have had my pain mgt. doc inject a natural antibiotic in my L5-S1 disc. That might have saved my disc and allowed me to avoid surgery.
Just my .02 cents.