article_snippet.sent: Julie McKenzie'd gone to see him three months after suddenly developing back problems and had been referred for X-rays.
article_snippet.sent: But Julie, 53, felt there was more to it - Julie'd always been strong and active until the pain began in the spring of 2013.
article_snippet.sent: A month after seeing Her GPGP, and feeling increasingly desperate, Julie, an administrator, who is divorced with two grown-up children, and lives in Bushey, Herts, used her private medical cover to see a spinal surgeon, Robert Lee.
article_snippet.sent: Julie had Julie operation in October 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Following the surgery, sitting hurt so much that Julie was off work for six weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Julie now has a three-inch scar, and will need scans every year for five years - '
article_snippet.sent: Ironically, after her operation, Julie still has back pain as a result of Julie arthritis.
article_snippet.sent: But Julie feels that dealing with back pain is nothing compared with what might have been. '
highlights_snippet.sent: But Her GP'd always been strong and active until a nagging back pain began in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Her GP used Her GP private medical cover to see a spinal surgeon, Robert Lee .
  