Hello vonmoxie: Thank you for sharing this experience. I have a ruptured disc in my low back with sciatica. I also have Meniere's Disease & tinnitus. Fortunately none of it is terrible at this point... although both have had their moments in the past. I don't typically think much about either one most of the time. Every so often though something happens that reminds me how bad it has been at times in the past. And I cringe at the thought that I could go back there again. It takes a lot to get me to cry. I just don't seem to have it in me unless things get really bad. But there have been a few times...