Don’t Underestimate the Risks of Surgery

posted in: Recent, Stage 5, Stage 5: Step 5, Stories of Surgical Despair |

I received this short email after I posted my blog on stories of surgical despair.  Hi David,  I’m grateful you’re collecting these stories. My dad passed away on January 27 due to his last cervical fusion. It’s tragic, and I’m devastated. I asked him to reconsider before the surgery last … Read More

Surgical Stories of Despair

posted in: Stage 5, Stage 5: Step 6 |

I quit my surgical spine practice in 2019 because I was seeing so much surgery performed on normally aging spines. They were causing severe damage to people’s spines and destroying their lives. Frequently, the impact was catastrophic. At the same time, I was witnessing hundreds of patients having their pain … Read More