I am ex forces and had a sore back for years but just got on with since I also have a pain tolerance, but had whopping cough last December and when coughing my legs wont work. was sent for an mri scan and thet found that a had destroyed a disc and it had rotted away and the rest of it was pushing against my sciatic nerve causing pain in my spine and pain down my **** and legs.
both army and civvy doctors have decided to cut it out and fuse the two bones together and plate it.
I asked for them to do ithe op since I cant live a day without stabbing pain leaving me home 99.9% of the time since Christmas.
And to make it all sound worse Ive ended up with depression and anxiety