Remember when I had a bunch of Cruisers?
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Nope...what did you do to the Cruiser-Trolls that lived in them? They were supposed to guard your house from all of the bastards in your neighborhood who turned you in! Damn lousy-ass Trolls, must have had a revolt against you. Did they form a union? You know you should have fed them more jeeps, and they would have kept you safe! I guess they went on strike....damn that sucks 
No really though, we all hope you're feeling better! The house looks great there buddy! Did you find a buyer for your place yet?
No really though, we all hope you're feeling better! The house looks great there buddy! Did you find a buyer for your place yet?
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I am going to sell the house as soon as I finish the kitchen. The neurosurgeon said I should be grateful to be walking and his answer to how long I should refrain from doing anything that could re-injure my spine was forever. I can't live in a bubble, what quality of life is that?
Wish you the best,
Let me know if you need help on the remodel, I have been installing floors and countertops for 20+ years.
Good luck and God Bless-Bill
He has to say that to protect himself from lawsuits. If he tells you that you can go ahead and do something that could injure your spine and you actually end up doing damage then you could sue!! The hard part will be finding how long it actually takes to heal as good as it will ever be. He might tell you but then again maybe not.
I can relate to the quality of life thing since I've had two major surgeries in the past year. I've decided that over the course of the year I will slowly attempt more and more difficult and strenuous things until a year after the surgery I hope to be back to normal with a little care about what I do with the affected areas like asking for help a little sooner than I might otherwise.
I wonder if this back thing has anything to do with owning cruisers? My back is shot as well. I have been putting off any kind of surgery for as long as I can stand it. I feel your pain, literally, every day, just not sure what to do about it. Docs here are too quick to recommend surgery and from all I have read it is a 50/50 shot as to whether you will be any better after the cut. My cruisers are sitting here as well collecting dust. I guess I will have to sell them if I can't get my back well enough to work on them. Really sucks.
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I realize the neurosurgeon's comments may be a little reserved and that cya is probably a major factor. What concerns me is walking causes a similar pain that I felt just before I was laying crippled on the floor in more pain than I have ever experienced in my life. I usually just fight through something like that and it speeds up the recovery. This time it has me concerned and I can't get a straight answer from the doc. I should have taken a month off from work but I have never missed a day and never called in sick until this. If I was out a week from work I would be so far behind, I may not catch up. That was just how I was brought up I guess but even the boss has questioned me as to the seriousness of my injury. Sure I feel better than I have in the past 12 years because I have lived with lower back pain since a snowboarding injury I had way back then but.....on the other hand, I also feel I am on the edge of another catastrophic failure every time I feel that twinge in my spine. I broke my back pushing an LV across the yard up a small hill. When I had my entire body flexed, pushing as much weight as I could, my feet slipped and I kind of recoiled before I fell to the ground. My back bent backwards like if you tried to kick yourself in the back of the head with both feet. I knew something was broken as I laid there trying to build up enough courage to wiggle my toes. For the next few months I made multiple trips to the doc and each time I was prescribed muscle relaxers and told there was nothing wrong and that I was young, get over it. It only got worse and the last thing that doc prescribed me was steroids. I have a strong stomach and had to fight to keep that down. 4:00am it had to go and I woke up with just enough time to run to the bathroom. The act of losing my cookies herniated the disc and I passed out because of the pain. It took me 3 hours to inch my way to my phone and call for help because I could not move without sweating profusely and blacking out. It took my dad, the EMTs, and the local fire dept another 2 hours to get me into the ambulance and to the ER. The last part was a little fuzzy after the drugs kicked in.
That is a bummer. The only thing worse than a bad back pain is getting kicked in the balls. I hope things get better soon. Not only the back pain but the local city government being a royal pain in the ass as well. Good luck with all.
Getting old sucks!--and it's happening to every one of us.
I hate living in a disposable society; like most of you, I try to fix and reuse the stuff I've got. Maybe that's why it's so gratifying to restore an older truck and bring it back to its glory days, useful, powerful, valuable.
I've never been able to explain to the ladies why I sometimes just stand and stare at a finished project--I guess it's the satisfaction of proving that older doesn't necessarily mean worthless, tossed-out, and forgotten.
Hope you get back your strength and things are looking up!
MS
I hate living in a disposable society; like most of you, I try to fix and reuse the stuff I've got. Maybe that's why it's so gratifying to restore an older truck and bring it back to its glory days, useful, powerful, valuable.
I've never been able to explain to the ladies why I sometimes just stand and stare at a finished project--I guess it's the satisfaction of proving that older doesn't necessarily mean worthless, tossed-out, and forgotten.
Hope you get back your strength and things are looking up!
MS
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I once had nothing to occupy my mind and didn't have a single project to stand and stare at......a chill ran down my spine.
x2! That is pretty much EXACTLY how it was for me when my back gave out 5 years ago. Unbelievable pain awaited almost every movement, random or calculated, for weeks on end. Prognosis was far from helpful.
The human mind is the most potent thing you've got. I chose to not believe the doctors because that quality of life they pictured was NOTHING like what I had in mind. It took over 6 months to return to sports, and I was sweating it every time I got on the court for the first month or so. Five years later, only the sad memory of the fatalistic doctors remain.
Your fate will always remain in your hands, unless or until you abdicate it to someone else with a thin veneer of authority. Weeks and months will pass excruciatingly slow during the healing process, but we will do what we can to help you come up with a plan, or at least entertain you in the meantime.
You WILL heal, and you WILL be at the campfire again.
Bless you Mike Davidson.
Hate to say "me too" but I will. Last year, the chiro put me in the hospital. His diag of the prob was no where near reality. One very painful MRI later, and I had a clear picture of what I'm dealing with. I have two disks that are toast and I have narrowing of the spinal "canal". Mine was due to a weight lifting injury in college......wish I could go back and undue stupid decisions. Oh well.
Through lots of physical therapy and continuous strategic exercise, I get by, but I'm just buying time.
I will say this though, if I miss the exercise, it's horrific. Your injury sounds different, but I recommend you start a therapy program if you can. Strengthening the back muscles makes a HUGE difference day to day. Sorry to hear about the trucks, though.....I know how aggravating it is to NOT be able to do what you once did...hobby or no hobby. Just be glad you can walk and that surgeries are getting better. I hope in 5 years or so the tech will have evolved and I might consider it. Until then, no lifting of any kind and cruiser trips revolve around standing up and stretching every so often.
Through lots of physical therapy and continuous strategic exercise, I get by, but I'm just buying time.
I will say this though, if I miss the exercise, it's horrific. Your injury sounds different, but I recommend you start a therapy program if you can. Strengthening the back muscles makes a HUGE difference day to day. Sorry to hear about the trucks, though.....I know how aggravating it is to NOT be able to do what you once did...hobby or no hobby. Just be glad you can walk and that surgeries are getting better. I hope in 5 years or so the tech will have evolved and I might consider it. Until then, no lifting of any kind and cruiser trips revolve around standing up and stretching every so often.
Medical technology is continuously changing and getting better. I had open heart surgery last December and they repaired a leaky heart valve that the surgeon 5 years ago said was not repairable!
In other words if I'd had the surgery 5 years ago I'd be at a much higher risk of blood clots and stroke than I am now, not to mention the continuous medical regime of blood clotting drugs.
Try and find a doctor who is relatively fresh out of school or one who teaches as well or better yet both!
get well
WOW MIKE ! I wish you well ! I hope you recover soon , you are the 45lv MAN give yourself some time to heal , & just cruise the board for now !!
aka ( 55guy)
WOW MIKE ! I wish you well ! I hope you recover soon , you are the 45lv MAN
give yourself some time to heal , & just cruise the board for now !!aka ( 55guy)
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