Part of me feels bad for Ronnie, that he is so mentally unbalanced when it comes to his body.
On the other hand, "What the hell was he thinking?"

Just look at Lee Haney, Dorian Yates, Jay Cutler....all seem to be doing well health wise.
Ronnie talks about the surgeon doing the procedure wrong, yet he had three surgeries done by the same surgeon. And he didn’t say anything about a malpractice lawsuit, if it truly was the surgeon’s fault. Nor anything about him training after getting the surgery, and the broken screws that were the result of said training. So, it seems like he wasn’t thinking, stubbornly not heeding any warnings that may have been given to him.
I believe Ronnie’s half brother Corey Mathews, is a minister—-a man of faith. I wonder has he told Ronnie, that “If God wanted screws in your back, he’d have put them there. So this should tell you that pride comes before the fall, and the wheelchair.”