ooo-wee! Man that really sucks! I am sorry to hear/read about that. I have learned the hard way that surgery really doesn't do much. In fact, there is an actual condition (I forget the name of it) but it basically means that whatever doctors did in the surgery room was the wrong thing to do and then the patient never walks again. I doubt very seriously if this will happen to you, but there is a clinical name for " The surgeon screwed up and did permanent damage." Did they implant the artificial vertebrates/disks? I was born with Spina-Bifida, so I have a pretty good idea of what you must feel like. Feel free to im/pm/send me a conversation if I can help out somehow. I wish you the best!