Thread: Come Monday I'm down for the count

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Come Monday I may be off line for a few days or more, just depends on how I am after getting my lower back fused
I already have C-4-5-6-7 & possibly C8 already fused in my neck because of an accident & then I blew out another disc to the point the doc said I could have possibly died had I been in even the slightest accident. Now because of degenerative disc disease in my lower back I'm have to have L4-5-S1 fused together. The pain has gotten to the point that I can't hardly walk to my mailbox or even stand at the kitchen sink to do dishes w/o having a great deal of pain. The only thing that helps is to take large doses of Vicoden and then it barely does anything since I have been on them for the past 5yrs.

The doctor who fused my neck is also doing the fusion on my lower back. When he did my neck the pain was so bad that it was off the scale, it was unbearable and NO amount of drugs helped the pain in any way. When my neck was done the pain was able to be managed which is fine w/me because I knew it would never be at 100%. All I wanted is to be able to have some kind of quality of life where I wasn't depending on drugs all the time. I just want to be able to function in some form and still enjoy life in general. So I'm hoping that when my lowwer back is done I get the same kind of results.

All I know is I have more zippers on my body then Carter's got pills and this will make something like the 25th surgery I have had in my life time. Hell you'd think I'd get a discount by now considering how many I have had LMAO....joe

you'll get through it Joe, heck by now it's just another day at the office for you!!!!!!!

Good luck Joe. You already know to listen to your doctor on rehab. See ya when you get back.

good luck ...sounds like you have been to the rodeo more then one time. i need discs work steel plate in my upper back and one in my lower back .good luck.. i will pray for you

Joe you'll pull thru like a trooper . Get rest after and let it set and heal then get back on . Now if you have a lap top just lay in bed with it and say hi when you can .

Take it easy Joe. I am sure that you will be fine. Need anything than just holler.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

Need anything than just holler.

paint my house

Thanks everyone, hopefully this will be a cake walk compared to my neck. My neck was a hellva lot worse but it was done out patient where as this one I may be in for a couple of days. Other then getting my back fix the only good thing coming out of this is the fact that this hospital "DOES" have the best hospital food I have ever had. It's actually edible and taste good, that & it's the one hospital that the wife & I have been in where they will bend over backwards to make your stay very pleasent.....joe

Good luck...and I hope it turns out even better for you than anticipated!!

Good luck, Joe. We'll keep you on our prayer list.

Good luck Joe!!!!
BradC

hope you come out feeling like a million bucks, and don't forget to take the tissues, toilet paper and gloves with you when you leave, they charged you for 'em

Wish you well and a good outcome from the surgery Joe. Let us know how you are doing, even if your Wife just slips in an update every so often.

Don

Jow, Good luck on your upcoming operation. I'v got to have the same done on my lower back, but I keep putting it off. Hope everything works out fine.

Hang tough Joe..

best wishes for a speedy recovery joe!