Sometimes I wish I could replace mine with a high-tech bionic spine - virtually indestructible and pain-free.
I could also use some bionic legs...and bionic arms, just like in The Six Million Dollar Man.
A friend of mine started having trouble walking, his spine was crumbling. He needed urgent intervention within weeks or he'd never walk again
Within 2 weeks he had an operation to build a titanium framework around his spine. 3 months recovery and he was back to riding his bike.
He's American, his wife is Scottish, they live in France. So he had 3 choices where the op was performed. No way he or insurance could afford America. He'd have been in a wheelchair waiting for the British NHS. He is so happy he had the 3rd choice.
Interesting snippet on cost.
The whole thing, hospitalisation, theatre, the frame and op, recover in hospital then 3 months convalescence cost him just under 1000€ and that was because he didn't like the breakfasts in the convalescent home so he had breakfast brought in from outside each day.
