I very much apologize for starting such an inflammatory thread. Why apologize? As for inflammatory, maybe a little of the topic was but sometimes it is good to air out some things.
I think one of the major reasons it happened is all the stress I feel over my R. I bet you are right.
I think my back pains and ambulance ride to the ER last Sept. were mostly stress induced.
Clearly though, something is going to have to change or else I will not live long enough to see if my M can be fixed. Unfortunately.. It could cause an early death but most likely just a whole bunch of medical cr@p and feelings you don't want.
One family doctor I had said 60% of medical visits have a stress component. IOW stress will make you feel or act like you are going to die at an early age.
