A compelling and true story of human courage and determination of an elderly couples struggle against all odds to overcome an agonizing physical ailment that was set to ruin the remainder of their lives. When Maite was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis (spinal stenosis) threatening to cripple her for life she embarked, with the help of her husband on a long and torturous path in search of a solution. This is the account taken from James diary made up of a plethora of information including correspondence, records and clinical analyses that he kept over the four years of purgatory that it took to end her nightmare. Far from being a medical report it is written in simple descriptive style as events unfolded with the inevitable successes and failures as time went by. It s a woman s battle to overcome excruciating pain and save her mobility against established medical opinion.