Dear Vicki, I was particularly attracted to your post as I too, had a partial discectomy. That is when all of my problems started. Soon thereafter, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It was a progressive thing and then hit me very hard. (Woke-up one day with obscene pain all over my body). I am currently amidst a "long-distance"treatment protocol thru a doctor in Alabama who wrote the book, "Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue" but he also deals with other pain issues.