[jchebert1979]

Harrison, I am not concerned about motion preservation in my thoracic area. I don't think it is as important as cervical or lumbar since it takes much more force to herniate discs in this region.

I am concerned about finding a surgeon who specializes in the thoracic area with techniques such as VATS or others that are minimally invasive.

I don't believe I have any other pathologies that are causing my spine to degenerate. When I was 15 I was involved in a motorcycle wreck in which I was hit head on, run over by a truck, and my head struck by the vehicle I was trying to pass. At the time I did not have any spine related issues, however I believe that now that I am older they are comming back to haunt me.

Also I am at the point where my pain is threatening my life. It is at the point where it is so severe and intractable that I conteplate suicide everyday. Im sure thinking about killing yourself is unpleasant to anyone, but doing it because of pain without any depression or sadness is in itself very scary. I don't feel like there is no way out or have no will to live, I just can't take the pain anymore.

What is depressing is that I am finally certain as to what is causing the pain, but the time it took to find out has depleted me of every resource I have to fix the problem.