Inshallah he will be OK very soon, his NA thread was the first one I went through at PW and was fantastic and he is such a down to earth person aswell. Brother, I had seen an article once by Dr A Q khan at Jang online where he mentioned how he got perfect treatment through surgery for a very similar back problem and listed all the experts docs at an Islamabad clinic. In my view he could contact Jang for that article or contact him directly and he surely will be able to give expert opinion. He leaves his email also regularly at Jang online 'Sahar Houney Taq'. I might have it as well somewhere...