He said he was currently using a painkiller patch for pain related to 11 spinal operations.

Parker underwent a spinal operation in December that year, but recovered within months and returned to regular touring.

Indeed, Rush hasn't had much to say about drugs at all since that spinal operation.

After five spinal operations, she remained paralyzed from mid-hips downward.

Kennedy underwent several spinal operations over the following two years.

Then there was a spinal operation two years ago.

A spinal operation in 1948 and a 1956 automobile accident that left him permanently disabled interrupted but did not end his career.

During the fall and winter of 1954, he underwent two delicate spinal operations which almost killed him.

His injuries required a hip replacement and two spinal operations, the last in 1947.

He also revealed that Collins managed to play the drums on the album despite the adverse effects of his recent spinal operation.