By Jessica Boggio, Sage Media | ETX Uncovered For a year, Randy didn't leave the house. He had a bulging disc in his lower back. He'd seen the surgeons. He'd done physical therapy. He'd done all the things. And the pain was so severe — so consuming — that the thought of throwing it out again was enough to keep him horizontal. He missed family events. He stopped working out. He stopped biking. His wife drove him everywhere he had to go. Then a woman in a Longview salon overhea

In 2015, a doctor printed off a stack of research, sat across from Sara Schader, and told her she would never have children. She had been struggling with infertility. She had just been diagnosed with a cervical tumor. And this doctor — who had the same condition, at the same age, years earlier — was handing her data as evidence. A verdict dressed up as compassion. Sara looked at the paperwork. She didn't believe it. Not because she was in denial. Because she already had a con