The McGill Neuro-Patient Resouce Centre has a number of relevant links for those with or interested in back pain, back surgery and related issues.  Most of the good information they give is actually from The University of Southern California Neurological Surgery site.  But there are other bits too, so I’ve linked to them both.  Unfortunately, most of the modern techniques they describe are not available yet in Canada.  If you find a place that does offer them in our country,  then drop us a line, eh?

(Thanks, Wendi, for sending us these links.)

Backyard Crimson

Hi! My name is Bernard, and I have a lower back injury. My partner Nkole and I are writing this blog to share our daily experience of living with this injury, and the process of trying to get appropriate help.

I’m eager to get better and optimistic that that is possible.

Right now there are some substantial obstacles between me and that goal. Some of those challenges are logistical, and financial, though the most daunting is often the lack of information and the generally poor state of medical knowledge when it comes to back care.

I require surgery and will almost certainly have to travel outside of the country for it, since good options are not to be found here at present. This considerably increases the probable expense and difficulty.