Andy: Howdy sister?
Dana: Hi bro! Not so bad. And yourself?
Andy: So so.
Dana: What is it? Your backbone?
Andy: Yeah... Bloody hell! I feel like an invalid walking with the stick.
Dana: What did the doc say?
Andy: The same. Only an operation can be a chance.
Dana: Oh god!
Andy: Exactly! The only chance but it can be also that I end up in a wheelchair.
Dana: Didn't you want to get a second opinion?
Andy: It is the second opinion.
Dana: Sounds shitty. And if you don't do anything, will it be getting worse?
Andy: Nobody can tell. So I think I won't do anything. Until it gets unbearable. Then there won't be any risk anyway. What d'you think?
Dana: Yeah. I'd do the same. I mean, have a normal life as before. As much as possible. Maybe medicine will make better progress than your poor backbone.
Andy: My point. Precisely! 
Dana: Cheer up! It's not so bad. And soon you're over here and we'll see.
Andy: Right. Can't wait to be with you.
Dana: Me too bro!
Andy's having serious problems with his backbone. His only chance is to have an operation. There's a risk he'd end up in a wheelchair. He decided not to do it. He's meeting his sister, Dana, soon.