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Back Surgery or No Back Surgery?

Started by squibber, March 09, 2024, 08:37:32 AM

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Chris,

My surgery will be May 6. It will be a laminectomy and a spinal fusion between L3 and L4.

I heard the neurosurgeon and his PA visits patients after surgery so that is comforting to know.

I appreciate the prayers! Thanks!

LennG


 Lets hope for the best Squib and keep us in the know. I'm sure it will help, it has to.  :yes:  :yes:  :yes:
I HATE TO INCLUDE THE WORD NASTY< BUT THAT IS PART OF BEING A WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM.

Charlie Weiss

Sem

Squib, best of luck, I hope everything goes well and your surgery brings you relief. Lose the pain but retain your sense of humor!!

All the best,
Steve

Jolly Blue Giant

Quote from: squibber on April 16, 2024, 01:33:12 PMChris,

My surgery will be May 6. It will be a laminectomy and a spinal fusion between L3 and L4.

I heard the neurosurgeon and his PA visits patients after surgery so that is comforting to know.

I appreciate the prayers! Thanks!

Good luck with the surgery. It's exactly what I went through, and I've been pain free for over 20 years. What I didn't expect, was the amount of post surgery rehab I was going to have to go through. What I thought would be a few weeks turned into a few months. I could function at work with no problem (desk job), but my golf swing went all to hell and I never got it back. Of course, when you golf 6-10 times a year, no one gets better of course...unless one is such a gifted athlete that it's natural to hit that little #$%^#@ white ball where you want it to go...I think. For me, I was afraid to twist very far in my follow through. I accused my doctor of putting a hook shim in my back. Regardless, it should go well. It's old hat to many orthopedic surgeons in this day and age, with far superior medical equipment. You might be limited for a few months, but the pain is gone...and that's a biggie
The fact that Keith Richards has outlived Richard Simmons, sure makes me question this whole, "healthy eating and exercise" thing

squibber

Ric, Thanks. That's encouraging to hear. I'm glad your surgery was a success.

My three surgeons will be Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard. I'm in good hands. Haha

squibber

Update: My surgery was 15 days ago and it all went well. The surgeon said anything that could have gone wrong didn't go wrong. I stopped taking oxycodone after 5 days because I felt like I didn't need it any more.

Right now there is minimal pain but I have to be cautious not to walk too far or else the back starts hurting. I'm doing PT but it will be a long while until I can do any weight training.

Jolly Blue Giant

Glad to hear it went well  :ok:
The fact that Keith Richards has outlived Richard Simmons, sure makes me question this whole, "healthy eating and exercise" thing

Sem

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I'm also glad to hear it went well Squibber, and I hope you have continued improvement and eventually are pain free.

Bill Brown

Excellent news Lou. Hope rehab goes well.

Bill
""The Turk" comes for all of us.  We just don't know when he will knock."

LennG


Great news Squib.

Keep up the work effort and it will pay off.

I HATE TO INCLUDE THE WORD NASTY< BUT THAT IS PART OF BEING A WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM.

Charlie Weiss

Ed Vette

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