Bart, excellent progress. The 4 link brackets look awesome. Take care of your back. Don't rush getting back to the bench to spend hours if doing so aggravates your condition. I'm a lawyer and I've handled hundreds of back cases, talked to many doctors and reviewed thousands of medical records. I've had a herniated disc for about 6 years and I, like others, made it worse by rushing to return to activities that I engaged in before my injury. I'm sure your doctor has told you all this but sometimes it helps to hear it from another sympathetic mouth. Get some physical therapy and aggressively pursue it. We'll be here waiting for you when you get back to bench.