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Avi, welcome to the program.

Hey, Dr. Laura. How are you?

Good, Avi. How can I help?

Thanks for taking my call. I'm 41 years old. And for all intents and purposes, I have an amazing life.

I have a wife of 18 years.

I have three young boys that are all in great shape.

My wife mostly stays home with them.

She works some.

I have a full-time job.

I'm the breadwinner. And yeah, things are great. I really don't have any complaints, but about a month ago, about three and a half weeks ago, I lifted something and I herniated a disc in my back. And it's been a rough ride. It's been tough, a lot of pain. It's a re-aggravation of an old injury that I was able to

rehab in the past, but this one's a little bit worse. Yeah, I'm under the care of docs, you know,

MRIs, everything. I have a plan. I don't, not happy about it. I don't feel good. It's hard to work

without, I've been able to work.

But, you know, the anxiety and some depression, too, has been really tough on me.

And I've been very stuck mentally about it.

I feel deep down optimistic that I can get through this.

But the idea of not being able to provide, not being able to...

And why would one disc problem make you not be able to provide? What kind of job do you have?

I'm a dentist. So it does hurt to work, although I've been able to. I've been able to work.

But, you know, it's, it's, I'm not, I'm not a construction worker, but it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a body intensive job for sure.

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