I don't have an issue with the topic and the fact that members have different opinions. We can debate the merits or shortcomings of various devices or surgeons til the cows come home. The fact being that there will be a certain percentage of failure rate, be it due to the surgeon, the device or the body.
The issues is the delivery laced with insults (and lack of factual evidence). Forums often attract people who will say things and in a way that they would never say face to face. Bad manners and insulting remarks should not be tolerated. Not to be confused with someone simply being direct. That's what a moderator is for.
Banning members, deleting posts and shutting down threads is not an easy decision but a necessary one. Yes, not everyone will like all decisions, but being a moderator is not a popularity contest.
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2011 - onset of lower back pain during hot yoga
2011 - 2013 Treated with massages, chiro and physio - pain getting progressively worse
2013 - Xrays normal
Dec 2013 - MRI showed moderate DDD @ L5/S1 - modic type 1 endplate changes - remaining disks well preserved 
Jun 2014 - became patient at Caleo clinic
Jan 2015 - first consult with surgeon
May 3, 2016 - L5/S1 - M6 - ADR in Canada (Calgary, Alberta)
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