http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Old codger or just medically downgraded??? en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:11:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68805 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:57 +0000 Frique 68805@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Wow! Reading about what has happened to everyone else makes me feel kind of lucky. My problems are almost over and should be solved for quite a few years. I guess you could say I had a typical childhood. I broke my wrist twice, leg once, collapsed a knuckle once and burned my face playing with black powder. (Sound familiar WR?) As far as I know, none of that led to my problem though. </p> <p>About a year and a half ago I was seeing a Chiropractor for some back problems. I have had hem off &amp; on for years, but never as severe as others like EZRider. After a few manipulations I started having severe pain in my hip. So severe that I was walking with a pronounced limp. I complained about it to the Chiropractor &amp; he referred me to an orthopedic Dr about an hour &amp; a half away from me. I went to see him &amp; he put me through the paces. I had several months of Physical Therapy &amp; a couple of rounds of steroid therapy. Nothing really helped. I still hurt when I walked (or stood up, or sat for too long, etc...) and the joint would also <em>pop</em> a lot. The most uncomfortable feeling though was when I would take a step &amp; it would feel like it was dislocating. The Dr was finally able to justify sending me in for an MRI. I had it done the Monday before Thanksgiving last year. That Wednesday I apparently received a call from the Dr office telling me to get off my feet. One of the Nurses even kept calling over the holiday trying to get ahold of me. When she finally reached me I was told to stay off of my feet &amp; only walk to the bathroom or my bed using crutches. </p> <p>The diagnosis was Avascular Necrosis. To put it simply, the blood flow to the head of my Femur was damaged &amp; the bone was slowly dying. This Dr blamed it on my drinking a couple of beers every day then refused to have anything more to do with me. He referred me to another Dr in the area. I am really happy about that because he was a rude b******! I am also happy about that because the Dr he referred me to is phenomenal! He even holds part of the patent on the hardware he put into me. None of the other Doctors I have spoken with agree with the first Doctors diagnosis of the cause, but I have cut my drinking back to a couple of times a month. Better safe than sorry. In fact, I have even been told that this problem could have been caused by the steroid treatment I was given for this or another one given for some back troubles. Either way it goes, I have it &amp; I accept it. Just need to get through it &amp; be done. </p> <p>On February 13 of this year (a friday) I had the first of two hip replacements. I was back to work as a welder 3 months later. I went through pain management to try and give the first side as long as possible to heal and strengthen. When I could no longer stand it, I went back to the Surgeon and we checked the degradation of the remaining hip. It was bad enough to warrant another surgery, so on November 18 I had the other side replaced. They tell me that the problem is now completely gone and once I am healed I will live a full &amp; productive life again. I just need to find another job that is less physical. That way I make the new hips last as long as possible. Since I am only 36, this makes a bit of sense to me. I was told that I did this at the proper time. Both sides were examined after surgery and they had both partially collapsed and had fractured. Not a severe fracture, just a hairline one, but they were not healing. Right now it is just getting through the physical therapy that bothers me. I know it is a necessary evil though. She should be here to torture me in about an hour, so wish me luck! And I also want to wish everyone well with their own trials. You have all shown me that you do not need to let it get you down. You can find joy even when it looks like there is none to be found. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68775 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:30:59 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 68775@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yeah, Nice one EZ, I truly hope it works for you as I know what constant pain is like (though thankfully I&#39;ve only been a sufferer for the past 4 years. I&#39;m still contemplating surgery. I&#39;ve been advised by 2 surgeons that I&#39;d be making a mistake going for surgery because of the risks. The damaged vertebra are all in the thoracic region and from how they have described what they would have to do, its put me off big time. Two other surgeons have said that it may be worth doing; so I&#39;m at a loss as to who to listen to.</p> <p>By the way I sometimes wish our family could reunite, but I fear that it&#39;s gone past any hope. I&#39;ve not seen any of my cousins all of whome I was close to when I was a child since my mothers funeral in 1996, and one cousin, whome I&#39;v never seen (who was born in Australia) has recently come over to England and has stayed at my sisters for a few days. I got to speak to him several weeks ago over the phone with a promised visit, but it sadly never materialized.</p> <p>I do email one of my cousins occasionally, but others I&#39;ve hardly spoken to since leaving home back in the 70&#39;s. My father has only ever once visited me and that was shortly after I settled into my first home after leaving the army in 1978 while I still lived in my home town. The only reason he actually visited was because he&#39;d wanted to visit a local pub that he&#39;d not been to since he was a young man. I don&#39;t know what effect this disintigration is going to have on our families in the furure. I feel for my youngest children who barely know any of their cousins. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68773 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:37 +0000 Deserthead47 68773@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good to hear things are going in the right direction for you EZ,you&#39;ll be ripping up the roads on the bike sooner than you think. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-68723 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:19:42 +0000 ezrider 68723@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ya know what Buckleysmom, I think you just described my family to a tee. I&#39;m not that close to my older brother or my sister, but I do text and email my younger brother on a daily basis. I&#39;m afraid that when my mother does pass, we won&#39;t see much of each other. I live in Indiana, and they all live in Ohio. That makes it tough. I hope we&#39;ll make more of an effort to stay in touch.</p> <p>On another note, my neck has healed very well and I am completely pain free in my neck and arms. Plus, I have some great news! The same surgeon operated on my lower back on Nov.11th. He removed the last 3 discs and replaced them with pieces of my bone, and then put in 2 steel rods and a bunch of screws to attach the bottom three vertebrae to my tailbone. He also had to remove a bunch of scar tissue from my previous surgeries. I&#39;m wearing this huge, plastic, ungodly brace for at least 6 to 8 weeks, but he thinks I should come out of this pain free at last. I&#39;m keeping my fingers crossed. There is a good chance that I may wake up one day and be totally pain free for the first time in over 30 years! I would jump for joy, but I&#39;m afraid if I did, I would screw up all of the doctor&#39;s great work. Besides, us fat guys weren&#39;t made to leave the ground for long, we&#39;re built low to the ground for speed! LOL I just wanted to share the good news with you all, and I&#39;ll keep you all in my prayers so that maybe someday, somehow, you can be as fortunate as I have been lately to find such a great surgeon. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-59038 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:30:25 +0000 midori 59038@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Love it. :)<br /> And it's true about everyone being scattered now. People used to grow up in their hometown, marry, and stay there, living, working, raising their own children. No reason to leave... family was there! Now we travel and relocate at the drop of a hat, and it's hard to roll that ball of twine back together again, especially all at once. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-59025 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:56:20 +0000 Buckleysmom 59025@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Copmom....Ya know....our whole family always got together for holidays and such but since mom died we seldom get together. I never realized how much our "staying together" had to do with her until she was gone. I thought we were all close....now I only feel close to my youngest brothers. It's a shame. </p> <p>That is funny about the UPS guy helping himself to soda...lol</p> <p>BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58988 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:49:26 +0000 copmom 58988@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>See there.. we do ALL have the same things in common! Since you mention UPS and Fed Ex, our guys know even if we're not home, they just go in, leave the pkg., and go to the refrigerator to grab a soda. And something else you mention WR, that brought back memories, when my grandma was alive, the whole family got together for all the holidays. Since then that generation has passed away, and the cousins, aunts, uncles, all moved to different states. Now we've done the same to our 4 kids.. 2 are on the West coast and 2 are here on the East coast. So we don't really even know our West coast grandchildren. Our son his 3 here here twice since we moved here 19 years ago, and we went there to visit in '96.. Our daughter and her family have never been here yet.. how sad! But we do keep in touch via email and the phone.<br /> Hummm another thought.. if we'd stayed out West, all we'd have been was a place to drop the grandkids off when the parents needed to go somewhere! I say that because we're now watching the 8 &#38; 9 year old here while mom &#38; dad are at work, since it's summer vacation for them, and right now, I'm pooped! Don't have the same energy I used to have. Those 2 don't stop for a minute, but they are good, so at least they'll have memories of grandma and grandpa when we're long gone. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58935 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:18:11 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58935@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I wonder whats caused it. I do remember as achild all my mothers friends used to come around with their kids and we all had a great time. Even our family seems to have disintigrated since my grandmother passed aaway (same day as John Lennon) and the same goes for my Wifes family. Though back then we all lived in the same town and negbourhood. Now we're scattered across the country. </p> <p>I think that stems from the politics of the 80's when we were told to move to where the jobs were. I don't know how it was in the US, but in the UK, from the mid 70's onwards right up to the early 90's there were widespread closures of many of the UK's traditional industries (Coal, Steel and Cotton). My home town was a mining and cotton town, both of which no longer exist.</p> <p>I remember a retired couple moved into the house opposite ours about 12 years ago. On new years eve , shortly after they had moved in, we were invited over for drinks. They only stayed for two years before moving back to their home town because they had felt really isolated. Where they used to live (and moved back to) was a small village community where everyone knew each other. The only reason they had moved here was because one of their children had moved here and needed help with their children while they worked. They were the only couple who befriended virtually everyone on the upper side of the close. Sadly one recently passed away (we kept in touch when they moved). </p> <p>WR</p> <p>p.s.</p> <p>I have more online friends now than friends I see face to face. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58930 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:36:14 +0000 midori 58930@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Lol! Same here, Buckleysmom... the UPS and FEDEX guys are pals of mine, and I'm more on a talking basis with the mailman than my neighbors. I have been in ONE neighbors house, as we've watched each others pets/houses when gone on vacation. Plus the kids had sleepovers when small. That must be rare nowadays. Other than that, it's waving...waving...waving... "Hi, how are ya!? Gotta run!" </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58919 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:44:00 +0000 Buckleysmom 58919@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yeh, I hear you.....it's like that here too. The only reason I know some of my neighbors is because I grew up 4 miles from here and went to school with their kids. But even so we've never been inside their houses or really talk to them unless we bump into them at a store or restaurant or somewhere. Sometimes UPS or FEDEX will stop in to ask if we know where "so and so" lives. Lot's of times I have to say,"Sorry, never heard of them". In fact, it never occurred to me before but I actually know the UPS &#38; FEDEX guys better than my neighbors, I know their names and some of them I even know where they live, how many kids they have, and whether they have a dog and even what kind. Now that's SAD! </p> <p>BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58916 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:33:58 +0000 copmom 58916@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Boy.. that's really NOT knowing your neighbors if he lived next door! Then again, we've been here 19 years now, and I've not yet been inside any neighbors houses yet and still don't really 'know' anyone here! When we lived in So. Calif. as the kids grew up, it was common for us to have get-together's, like BBQ's, pool parties, etc. (Amazing how many friends the kids suddenly had since we had an in ground pool! We'd have a buffet in the family room for everyone to help themselves. But here.. everyone's friendly enough, like we wave when driving by as they work in their yards and they wave back or they wave as we're outside. Occasionally we stop and chat awhile with someone, but it's always outside, or on the phone. Most times we meet our neighbors at the grocery store, or post office and chat a bit. Seems like there just isn't any socializing like it used to be. We do live in the mountains, in the country, and my next door neighbors are cows, and no houses are really that close together. The only house I've been in since we've lived here is our neighbor above us, and that's because when she used to have to go out of town she'd ask us to tend to her little dog and cat.. that's about it. People don't just invite anymore to stop by for a cup of coffee!<br /> SO.. my consensus is that lifestyles have changed, or maybe we have changed? This forum now seems to be the only socialization for me. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58897 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:20:32 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58897@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ouch! Maybe all you need is a little voice training to get it back into shape? I used to love singing, but for some reason it gives me a headache when I try now. Apart from the odd wedding over the years, I hardly ever sing now; which is a shame.</p> <p>Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any community spirit left here in the UK any more. Everyone keep themselves to themselves. I've lived in this house since 1992 and we rarely exchange words with the families who live further down the close. There's only 8 houses on the opposite side of the close and four houses on our side. All the neigbours across the road have moved over the last few years, but those who live in the first four houses have lived there longer than we have. I've only ever been inside our next door neigbours house once and the other neigbour who lives about 60 meters away from our house I actually worked with 10 years ago, and only didscovered he was my neigbour when he was curious where I cycled from to get to the hospital (he also cycled). When I described my journey home right up to the close, he stood there shocked and then told me he was my next door neigbour. lol How strange is that. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58893 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:28:57 +0000 Buckleysmom 58893@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hmmm.....maybe we should start a choir. I used to sing in the church choir too....till my vocal chords were badly bruised from the respirator tube during a surgery. Now I squeak a lot but sometimes I do ok especially if it's a song I know well and it has a good alto part.</p> <p>BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58889 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:35:17 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58889@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>lol</p> <p>I used to be in a boys choir until my voice broke (11 years old). I was told I had a beautiful soprano voice. Though, all I can remember was trying to out sing a lady in the congregation that had a loud singing voice, lol.</p> <p>WR </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58867 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:34 +0000 copmom 58867@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Gee Midori.. bet it's not like my singing! LOL I'm tone deaf and can't sing worth a darn. In my mind I can hear the tunes/songs clear as a bell.. just gotta keep the mouth shut and not sing out loud! *-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58850 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:23:32 +0000 midori 58850@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Why, thank ya there, copmom... I wondered why I've been feeling a tad better lately! I do have a chronic pain problem, but nothing near as serious as these folks are going through,hence not even worth mentioning! (amazing the number who have chronic pain) But your little blessing must've gotten through to me also. And I find singing a lot helps me out! Oh, yeah. *$:-o (from daughter's room)...Mo-om... can you pipe down in there? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58849 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:21:46 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58849@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks copmom. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58837 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:59:58 +0000 copmom 58837@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ezrider.. you've really summed it all up in what you say about everyone here! What's the point in whining and complaining? It doesn't change the situation anyhow, so might as well make the best of it, and be thankful for what we can do! And laughter is the best medicine of all.. guess that's why hubby and I get along so well, we really enjoy having a good laugh at each others expense. Whenever he gets hurt, he usually says something like "I just did it for your amusement"! OK so we are old codgers, but still able to get a good chuckle about everything we can! Just have to make a point of enjoying every minute of whatever time we have left! We are proud to be members of the 'old farts' club!! *-)<br /> By the way, when I say my prayers, I still continue to ask God to bless all of those whose lives I touch! And, by golly, He does seem to do that!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58821 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:38:05 +0000 Buckleysmom 58821@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ooh, go easy ezrider......just cause you're feeling better doesn't mean you're superman. Don't over do it and hurt yourself. I've heard a lot of stories about people who suddenly felt better and then went too far and did more damage. Please make sure the doc says it's ok before you do things. Not trying to burst your bubble....just don't want to see you regret your new found freedom.....or should I say your preparation to return to freedom? :) </p> <p>I'm praying for you....and you too ibwebb, and freebird, cavedweller, and of course Wrabbit, and copmom......and well.......everybody here! </p> <p>HUGS<br /> BK </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58816 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:41:59 +0000 ezrider 58816@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks everyone. Your support really helps. Once this thing with my neck heals and settles down, I think I'm going to try and have this doctor do the same with my lower back. That might be a bit more difficult as that injury is handled under Ohio's Worker's Compensation, and noone here in Indiana seems to want to work with them. Except my Pain Management Specialist.<br /> Deserthead I really hope you remain cancer free. It seems to me that those of us who are burdened with constant pain and these different maladies that we have, were chosen to be burdened with them by a higher power for a reason. The one common thread that I have noticed through reading these postings is that we all are sharing what we are burdened with in order to offer support and encouragement to each other, and not a single person here comes off as being a whiner or complainer. We all just face up to these challenges simply because we can. We accept this as our lot in life and instead of crawling in a hole and feeling sorry for ourselves, we all just shrug it off and keep on truckin'. Just because we can. But also because we have this great secret weapon in this group where we can come for encouragement and support when we need it from someone just like ourselves who truly understands what we are feeling. So once again, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. And Deserthead, I'll say an extra prayer or two for you, so just keep on keepin' on! Good luck to you.<br /> I'm going out in the garage and put my bike back together. It's finally time to get back in the wind with the breeze between my knees!<br /> ezrider </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58767 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:36:46 +0000 Deserthead47 58767@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hope all works out well for you EZ,thats a lot to go through.<br /> I've been using the site since it was in beta,rarely posting always lurking around in the background somewhere and now this topic popped up again,I now feel able to mention that I also qualify to be one of the medically downgraded (previously only owned up to being an old codger).My problem was a wee touch of cancer(colo-rectal),several operations,chemo and radiotherapy over the past 5 years seem to have now stopped the cancer from spreading and all I'm left with now are contant pains.During the chemo/radio therapy stage of treatment the 'compulsory hospital infection' over here (MRSA) decided to join in give me a good kicking while I was down,resulting in more nerve and tissue damage(more different pains).Consultaion recently confirmed absence of cancer,but recovery from mobility problems and pain is as good as it will get.<br /> Well,finally got that of my chest,<br /> Thanks all. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58750 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:07:21 +0000 midori 58750@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi, ezrider... I'm pretty new here so haven't been following, but sounds like you've been through a heck of a lot. Sending many positive thoughts for your full recovery, and it must be a relief to see at least some improvement. You were brave to go for the surgery, tho sounds like you didn't have any options, except for the painkillers. I wish you continued improvement and more and more pain-free days!<br /> Smiles of encouragement to you,<br /> midori *&#38;:-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58745 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:56:22 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 58745@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good luck ezrider; I hope all is well with you. Please scuze my rushed reply. The kids are snapping at my heels to use the computers in the study, lol</p> <p>Take care</p> <p>Whiterabbit </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-58743 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:48:32 +0000 ezrider 58743@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone. Well, my family doctor put the brakes on the laser treatment. He said that they were too new, and there was too much that could go wrong with them. He doesn't feel comfortable with them, and doesn't want me to chance it. So he referred me to a Neurosurgeon that he knows and has sent members of his family to. He ordered a new MRI, and when I went in to see him for the first time, he just shook his head. He said that with the amount of damage I had, there were only 3 options and 2 of them were bad. He said that I could do nothing and continue to hurt, or keep taking the massive doses of painkillers to mask the pain, or have surgery. Today is Sat. 6/20, and my surgery was 8 days ago. He went in through the front of my neck and took out at least 3 discs. Then he used cadaver bones to realign my neck which was curved the wrong way, and finally he used steel plates and screws to stabilize the whole thing. I got sent home the following day. I'm very happy to report that everything is going very well so far. There is still a lot of lingering pain and I'm having a helluva time swallowing, but it's getting better by the day. I am actually looking forward to the day when I will be pain free in my neck and arms. My first follow-up appt. with the doctor is 7/14, so I'll get the full report of exactly what he had to do, and I'll even get to see pictures of it, as I have to have x-rays done right before my appt. I will let you all know what he says. I also want to thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragement. I think of you all often, and it is very comforting just knowing you are here for me to talk with. Thank you all very much.<br /> ezrider </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-55106 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:02:42 +0000 copmom 55106@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good morning everyone.. gee, here it is Sunday morning, and when I re-read all your different situations and mainly your upbeat attitudes, it makes me feel like I'm at a healing service at a Church!! Whenever I say my prayers, I always ask God to bless all of those whose lives I touch.. He knows what all our needs are.<br /> I just found out there's a new neighbor that moved in down the hill from us. I feel that I should go down there and introduce myself. She had/has breast cancer, and had a mastectomy. She's a teacher and her husband a police officer. He couldn't 'take it' after she had the mastectomy, so he left her! I can't believe how some people can be SO shallow. There must not have been any love between them. When I went through all that, it made me and my husband that much closer! Heck, yesterday was our 51st anniversary.. I really don't feel THAT old! Well, yes, there are more aches and pains, but my brain still tells me I'm only 17! LOL Now I've got to go do my daily exercises they gave me at physical therapy so my back won't kill me for awhile.. the exercises do help, but then when I feel OK I tend to do things I shouldn't and viola, it's back again.. sorta like spasms that won't relax. What's funny is I went to the online Mayo Clinic web site and clicked on back pain, and they have the very same exercises there. But I'm not taking any pain meds, they mess up other things, like the liver, etc. Had to stop that Tylenol therapy since that did elevate my liver readings so I stopped immediately and tests came back normal the next time. And Aleve causes swelling.. so one thing leads to another. I still do take methotrexate for my rheumatoid arthritis which does help keep my left hip pain free. I'm starting to ramble now.. so I'll just wish all of you a GREAT day! Remember, it's all in your attitude, and y'all have some great attitudes!!!<br /> {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} ~ Lauri </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/4#post-55061 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:33:51 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 55061@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Sorry guys, I've been a little remise at keeping up with this thread of late. I've been too preoccupied with my gaming project, which is one of the ways I keep the chronic pain at bay. If you haven't tried it please do so. Find some games you think you'll like and play ‘em. I've found so much relief over the last 40 plus months since my accident that I’ll swear by them for a decent analgesia fix. Of course it's only temporary, but it has worked for me. Plus my kids love the extra games they get to play, lol. </p> <p>I’ll catch up with you all soon and especially the newcomers to the thread; I'd like to say welcome. I hope you've gleaned some comfort from the knowledge that there are a lot of us out there rooting for you and are empathic to your feelings</p> <p>Warm regards</p> <p>Stephen </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/3#post-55031 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:41:35 +0000 copmom 55031@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>EZRIDER.. make sure you keep us updated! My prayers for you are that this procedure does fix things and make you pain free, and for God to guide the doctors hands while they do the procedure!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/3#post-54596 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:09:05 +0000 Archangel 54596@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Glad to see you back ezrider. I'm back as Chief at my old department and with the ice storm back in Feb and the tornado's in March and one yesterday, I haven't had time to hurt LOL!</p> <p>Thanks for your prayers and as for me, there working. I'll continue praying for the rest.</p> <p>Archangel </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/3#post-54593 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:35:41 +0000 ezrider 54593@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey everybody, I'm back! How is everyone doing? I hope you're all making some progress and feeling better. I still haven't found a job yet. But I had a little setback with my heart and spent 3 days in hospital again. I missed my favorite holiday, St. Patty's Day, but I'm back home now. I've been given a heart monitor to wear for a month, so that kinda kills any job interview. What do I tell them when they see all the wires running under my shirt? That I'm an experimental RoboCop and they just haven't buried the wires yet? Or maybe I'm trying a new personal internet connection that runs through my glasses. LOL. But seriously, I've just been accepted into a fairly new laser spine treatment program. They said for my lower back, but I haven't asked about my neck yet. They asked for the MRI reports on both, so maybe they can do something for my neck. I have to call them early next week to set things up. My wife is anxious for me to go, but I'm kinda starting to get cold feet. She wants nothing more than to see me without pain and off the drugs. I know...I'm an idiot. I might as well try it, it's better than nothing, and if it works, I may possibly be pain free for the first time in over 30 years.<br /> I have to travel to Dayton, Ohio, which is only about an hour from here, and 45 minutes from my hometown of Columbus. I'd only be there for a couple of days and I'd be back on my feet the same day as the procedure. They're going to run a camera up from the base of my spine to the bad parts and then send a laser in to zap the discs and scar tissue that is causing all of the problems. I just don't see how they can get all the way up to me neck without doing any damage of there own. I guess I'll just have to trust them. I'll surely let you all know when I go in and then what the results are.<br /> So Freebird, ibwebb, copmom, Archangel, Cavedweller, Suzi, and especially you, Whiterabbit, and everybody else that I might have missed, I'll keep y'all in my prayers and y'all just keep on truckin'. They can't keep a good man, or woman, down! Thanks again for listening to the ranting from a broken down old biker. Hell, the sun's shining, so I'm going out and get some saddle time! That always puts a smile on my face. Take care everyone. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3577/page/3#post-53986 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:38:11 +0000 Buckleysmom 53986@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>FYI: Not sure how this will work in other countries, but here in the US if you Google "find a doctor" or something similar you can find out all kinds of info on doctors; which colleges they went to, what insurance they accept, how long they've been in practice etc. I found my cardiologist this way and I wouldn't trade him for anything.</p> <p>Archangel....LOVE that video...thanks for sharing<br /> Bobby.....love your poem too....thanks!<br /> BK </p>