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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 12:17 pm:

ok! back surgery tomorrow ,been waiting 90 days now. could be why I have been such a grump. I will try to do better!!!!!! charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 12:31 pm:

I have had three,and they usually arn't that bad. Hang in there,and do what they tell you. Good luck.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tyrone Thomas - Topeka KS on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 12:37 pm:

good luck. you will be crawling around under that T in no time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve McClelland on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 12:37 pm:

Good luck Charlie....
I had mine a few years ago they've came a long way in the way they do the procedure sense then. I have a scar about 12" long two titanium rods and 6 deck screws ! Or at least that's what they look like is deck screws.... I thought I was done for just after the surgery, but I made it I'm sure you will too.
Just do what your supposed to and not what you want to that's key. After 12 months I got to feeling more back to normal, it will take some time to snap back.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Schreiber- Santa Isabel Ecuador on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 01:12 pm:

Good luck Charley and use the spare time to learn and resize photos :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 01:22 pm:

And don't trip on those hoops.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 01:30 pm:

I've had three. It's easier than having a knee replaced. Way easier.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Spaziano, Bellflower, CA. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 01:43 pm:

Listen to Jack Daron. My wife has had two back surgeries. The last one was a total disc replacement.

Do exactly what they tell you and you'll be better off for it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Mettling on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 01:57 pm:

Good luck and don't be nervous. I just had mine six weeks ago after waiting for two years with terrible sciatic pain. Woke up in perfect shape at the hospital. Just started driving the T again this week.

What do you have to get done? I had a microdiscetomy at L5/S1 for severe disc herniation. Lost 25% of the disc.

Be so careful in recovery, good luck!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:07 pm:

brain! they are going to fuses one of the disks. it should be a piece of cake ha, ha. don't push it Steve!!!!!!!charley .buy the way the password worked this morning just out of the blue. but now I have to type it in!!!opps here I go again sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Danuser on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 03:50 pm:

Charley good luck, My prayers are w/you and your family your old friend danuser88@ktis.net


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Richmond, Texas on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 04:30 pm:

Charlie, My good wishes to you, also. I recently had a CT scan of my back and found I have two discs that are compressed and bulging; pinching on my sciatic nerve. That's what has been giving me a pain in the butt and legs for years. I see my orthopedic surgeon the last Wednesday of this month and will find out how to proceed from there. I've already had two back surgeries in the last 15 years. Hopefully, the third time will be the charm.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 07:24 pm:

Good luck to you Charley, my prayers are with you. I'm still babying my herniated disc between L4-L5 that has been that way for over 35 years. Starting to bother me more now with less "trying", can't hardly ride in a car more than 2 hrs. or it starts to shoot down the legs. Just trying to hold off on the knife.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 07:32 pm:

When I had sciatica a few years ago, I learned to just bend over at the waist, knees locked or not, and just relax and let my arms hang for about 30 seconds at a time.

L5-S1 pain started about the same time as ALS, and it's bone on bone. It's too painful to stand up straight, so I walk bent over. Surgery is not an option.

I wish you the best, Charlie.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Richmond, Texas on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 08:09 pm:

R.D., My problems are at L4-L5 and L5-S1. I started having intermittent pain in 2000. Every year, it has gotten worse. For the last ten years, the only time I get relief is when I'm asleep; if I can get to sleep. I hope I don't have to live the rest of my life this way.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison_Rice Minnesota on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:31 pm:

Charley, I'm praying for success and quick healing from your surgery. I've been the lucky recipient of 4 broken vertebrae and 5 surgeries to fix them and a few herniated/extruded discs. My first surgery was in 1989 and the last was 2008. I've known a few Orthopedic Surgeons and in a roundabout way paid for more then one college education. But when the work is done, the sciatica is gone and your able to walk without pain the surgeries are worth it. Although I walk slow with an abnormal gate and a bit slough-footed, the surgeries were worth it. Hang in there and we'll keep praying.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 01:12 pm:

I am back!! but I will be grumpy for a while, sorry .charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Aldrich Orting Wa on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 01:27 pm:

Had back surgery 2 years ago. I am amazed how quickly I recovered. Stopped pain pills a day and a half after surgery.

I still have issues but at least now I can walk and play with T's.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian Mettling on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 03:00 pm:

good glad you're back. Now just sit back and watch lots of TV


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Gruber- Spanaway, Wash. on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 03:07 pm:

Before I had lower back surgery I couldn't stay on my feet more than a minute...too much pain.
The day after surgery I walked a mile!
Worked for me.
Good luck!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 03:27 pm:

Fortunately my congenital spondylolisthesis has never given me enough back trouble to require surgery. At one point, though, it was definitely bothering me to the point where I was thinking of it. I tried shedding excess poundage and found that the problem faded when there was a lot less of me. Everybody's different, but for some who are lucky simply lightening the load helps.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Aldrich Orting Wa on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 03:46 pm:

Weight loss definitely helps fight back pain... for a great many folks but unfortunately not everyone. It helped me but I could lose a few more.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pat Clark on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 03:51 pm:

I have had back problems all my life, started seeing a doc in '74 about it, and have seen 3-4 others since. I was told I was born with deformed 2 bottom disk's. I finally got insurance again, and went to see a Back surgeon about it, two weeks ago. He said, if I can get up and walk, I'm ok!
I had to retire early because of my back pains got to be to much. And he say's I'm ok! 4 or 5 doctors say I have a problem, and put me through every type of therapy, and he say's I'm ok.

Pat


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Darel J. Leipold on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 05:18 pm:

I have the pain. Hurt my back when I was 19 years old. My Dr. said when I think the pain is "too much" he would go in and take a bit of the bone out. I just might do that soon. I have two crushed disks.
My Dr. uses the less"invasive" technique.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Garnet on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 05:23 pm:

My lower back problems started at age 13 and were hereditary. Granddad had surgery in the 1950's as he just couldn't cope with the pain anymore. He would have been in his mid 50's at that time. I think he had a couple of lower vertebrae fused together. Dad also suffered a bad back but he wouldn't go near a doctor or hospital with it and he paid an awful price enduring the pain. For him, the risk involved in surgery was just too high. My problems were constant but not as bad as dad's. Unfortunately, my cure came about when my wife became disabled and ended up permanently in a wheelchair. The constant lifting of her wheelchair in and out of a vehicle, sometimes dozens of times in a single day, over time built up my back muscles to where I now have no lower back problems at all. Now it's just pinched nerves in my neck ....

Getting old is for young people !!

Regards all,
Garnet


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Wolf on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 05:30 pm:

Jack; How are u doing??


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 06:53 pm:

I was doing very good tell they took the morphine away, now a lot of pain when getting up and walking , but it will get better. thanks to everyone.charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren Henderson on Monday, July 21, 2014 - 07:37 pm:

Hope all goes well for you tomorrow.

Happy motoring,

Warren


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:56 pm:

these discussions make me realize that most of us model T guys are old.
Where else do you find friends sharing their ailments except in the nursing home?
I wonder if the guys on the Honda forum talk about their ailments!

Just thinking..

By the way - I think it is OK to share what is happening with your close friends


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 08:00 pm:

woops lost it for moment -- and pressed the wrong key

I hope everyone get's thru their medical problems with a minimum of trouble


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob Coiro on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 01:10 am:

I've had three spine operations. None were like tea with the queen, but neither were they as miserable as getting total knee replacement surgery. I thank God for good surgeons who make these life-changing repairs every day.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve McClelland on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 02:14 am:

Hey "Charley" Glad your doing ok.... My typo on your name was due my automatic spell check. That's my story anyways... :-)


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