you'll be back driving her in no time 
I am going under the knife...
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From: ~The DARKSIDE Group~
I am going under the knife...
Am having back surgery Tues, wont be able to drive my baby for a month. For the past 3 weeks I have been using her as my daily driver!
I forgot how much fun it was to driver her every day!
I forgot how much fun it was to driver her every day!
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Here's hoping your back surgery is as successful as mine has been. I had three vertabrae fused in 2003. (L3-5). I still have ocasional spasms, but a bit of stretching relieves it. I now can walk 18 holes of golf several times a week. Hang in there and work hard doing the recovery exerciss, it'll be worth it..
Melting Slicks
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From: Jamison Pa
St. Jude Donor '11-'25
Good Luck
I had lower back surgery in 1997 and never looked back.
They told me I could go home if I could dress myself. I poked holes in all my clother and used a bent up wire hanger to get dressed.
Remember to do your exercises as instructed.
You'll be back behind the wheel before you know it!!!
They told me I could go home if I could dress myself. I poked holes in all my clother and used a bent up wire hanger to get dressed.
Remember to do your exercises as instructed.
You'll be back behind the wheel before you know it!!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Peters Colony Republic of Texas
Good luck.
Been there , done that. Twice.
I had back surgery in 2002 to remove a cyst from my spinal cord (it had caused me to lose all feeling in both of my legs) and to "clean up" a couple of disks. Went home the next day.
In 2006 (at age 58) I had the real deal - a three-sixty during which the doc fused three vertebrae in my lumbar area (L-3 through L-5, just like Phanni) - and the fused vertebrae were all tied together with a titanium "erector set." [Curiously, at least to me, my surgeon used bone from a cadaver as replacement for the removed disks.] That one took four days in the hospital, followed by three more weeks at home before Icould return to work. My first steps - taken late in the evening on the same day as the surgery - were brutal. But it got better with time.
Phanni and Bob K are right on: do your exercises, to regain both strength and flexibility.
In my case, I can no longer bend over far enough to trim my toenails. The wiffe, feeling sorry for me, took me to her nail salon and bought me a pedicure. Wow! Great! I go on my own now - without (much) embarassment.
Don't you be embarassed if things like that happen. Just remember - the pain is gone and replaced by a growing confidence that you can again do the things you used to do when you were young and strong.
I still have a little discomfort (in the main occasional muscle spasms), and found that my Vette's A-4 transmission better suits my permanently-limited flexibility. Hopefully you won't be stuck with such limited choices.
The Liz
Been there , done that. Twice.
I had back surgery in 2002 to remove a cyst from my spinal cord (it had caused me to lose all feeling in both of my legs) and to "clean up" a couple of disks. Went home the next day.
In 2006 (at age 58) I had the real deal - a three-sixty during which the doc fused three vertebrae in my lumbar area (L-3 through L-5, just like Phanni) - and the fused vertebrae were all tied together with a titanium "erector set." [Curiously, at least to me, my surgeon used bone from a cadaver as replacement for the removed disks.] That one took four days in the hospital, followed by three more weeks at home before Icould return to work. My first steps - taken late in the evening on the same day as the surgery - were brutal. But it got better with time.
Phanni and Bob K are right on: do your exercises, to regain both strength and flexibility.
In my case, I can no longer bend over far enough to trim my toenails. The wiffe, feeling sorry for me, took me to her nail salon and bought me a pedicure. Wow! Great! I go on my own now - without (much) embarassment.
Don't you be embarassed if things like that happen. Just remember - the pain is gone and replaced by a growing confidence that you can again do the things you used to do when you were young and strong.
I still have a little discomfort (in the main occasional muscle spasms), and found that my Vette's A-4 transmission better suits my permanently-limited flexibility. Hopefully you won't be stuck with such limited choices.
The Liz
Melting Slicks
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From: Florence SC
St. Jude Donor '12
Sorry to hear. I do Anesthesia for Neuro/Spine and know all to well what you are fixing to go through. All the best and do not strain yourself too soon after your operation. Take the advice of the PT's and best of luck. Many wishes for a speedy recovery. You will be in my thoughts and prayers
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Springhill FL
Hope you have a speedy recovery and get back behind the wheel soon!
I'm putting off a back surgery myself. I need to have a disc removed(L1/S5 broad base protrusion) but I just cant make myself go. Trying to put if off till I'm at least 40(I'm 32)
I'm putting off a back surgery myself. I need to have a disc removed(L1/S5 broad base protrusion) but I just cant make myself go. Trying to put if off till I'm at least 40(I'm 32)
