National Treatment Purchase FundClem, the missus had similar in her lower back-crushed disks and had an op in the Spine Clinic in England -has 8 bolts now in her back but no pain and only had discomfort for about 2 days after op and is relatively pain free now (if you exclude me).
The whole thing was done free about 7 years ago when our maggie thatcher like health minister brought in a purchase treatment scheme in an effort to beat the Irish Surgeons go slow/extra money gripe of the time.
Basically, if you were on a waiting list for more than six months you could opt for this scheme but you were taken to where an available bed was-in her case the Spine clinic which specialized in her complaint.
Drugs are not the answer as you say yourself. You're just adding side effects to an existing problem.
The whole thing was done free about 7 years ago when our maggie thatcher like health minister brought in a purchase treatment scheme in an effort to beat the Irish Surgeons go slow/extra money gripe of the time.
Basically, if you were on a waiting list for more than six months you could opt for this scheme but you were taken to where an available bed was-in her case the Spine clinic which specialized in her complaint.
Drugs are not the answer as you say yourself. You're just adding side effects to an existing problem.




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