Oh Bugger!.... Well I thought that I was making a good recovery from my operation in February for cordia equina syndrome (Disc in my back broke up and was sticking in to my spinal cord) However over the last few months, I have been getting sharp stabbing pains in my left leg... An MRI scan showed that I had damaged the disc above and it was pressing on the nerves which run down my leg causing the Sciatica... The images that the MRI produce are fabulous and show so much detail. The doc has decided that the only realistic solution would be another discectomy, so on Wednesday I'll be losing a little more height... A comodity that I can ill afford to lose! Oh well, at least I can be sure of having time off at Christmas and I can look forward to being nursed by Tanya, my GF until I annoy her too much and she sends me home...... Everyone is pissed at me for doing heavy lifting too soon after my last op so this time I'll take things a little easier....Lets hope that the surgeon isn't dyslexic and can read the word discectomy correctly
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Wishing all goes well and a speedy recovery my friend!
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Many times we feel so much better after some type of corrective surgery that we end up over doing it; I know I have. Sorry to hear about the need to operate again. Here's wishing you a successful procedure, rapid recovery, and a Merry Christmas.
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Thanks guys.. Been working like crazy to get all my work done before I close up shop for the year and the pain killers that I've been on have made me really dopey so it has been a hard slog, I'm looking forward to the break but I'm already looking forward to getting back to work...
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Better name for pain killers is brain killers, no way in hell am I going to take those, no therapeutic value with loads of very bad side effects. Left knee after a month is still about double the size so I also just had an MRI. Expecting to hear the results tomorrow. Better than half my leg and foot were all black and blue, all that is gone now. Talk to my doctor about low doses of growth hormone to aid in the healing process. Read about a number of studies about this, but for same strange reason, against the law. Maybe I will have to hang around with some high school kids to get those.
When not feeling good, everything else seems trivial.
Oh and they wanted to give me a sedative before jamming me in that long MRI tube, said no to that as well, would be stupid for the rest of the day plus I would need a designated driver. He had to be done, so entertained myself by counting those loud pulses and wondered exactly was making that loud racket. Must have a bad rod bearing.
Edited: Mon December 07, 2009 at 8:19 AM by NickD
Come on you did not need pain killers to be dopey!
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Hey, will miss your comments - get back soon
Tim, if You banned me then no one would pay any attention to you...
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Yeah, I guess so... It is the warped British sense of humour... We like to poke fun at the afflicted
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Well just look in the mirror and you will see enough affliction to last a life time.
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Guess I forgot to wish you good luck, Karl, that spinal cord stuff can get scary. How long would be your recovery period? Do hope your surgery is successful this time.
Thanks Nick, I guess that I'll be off work until the new year and then it'll be light duties only for a good six months... The last op was a success but I messed things up by lifting a 60kg water cylinder and fitting it into a very tight cupbord, involved a lot of twisting and bending whilst under load. If I hadn't overdone it, I would have been fine which is why everyone is pissed at me.. I too hate taking painkillers, have always believed that if you feel pain when you move in a particular way, then it is wisest not to move in that way but the sharp stabbing pains which were with me constantly were affecting my work.. Diclofenac and Tramadol helped to numb the nerves that were giving me issues so that life could go on normally but they do make getting up in the morning very difficult and I regularly sleep through my alarm clock, similarly in the evening I fall asleep as soon as I sit down in my armchair... I didn't even need Tim to bore me to sleep
I'll be in hospital only for a couple of nights and I'm confident that I'll be in the best place, the Neurological ward at Salford Royal Infirmary is just about the best in the country and I'm sure that they will sort my problem.. I'll then be missing for a week or two as my girlfriend Tanya nurses me at her home and makes sure that I do my exercises..
Mike, the mad limey will be back, larger than life and twice as ugly
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Edited: Tue December 08, 2009 at 5:24 AM by Karl Hofmann
I hope to find out what's wrong with my knee today, did some walking yesterday, more like limping and it really swelled up again getting as hard as rock locking up. Please don't ask me to knee down and say a prayer for you.
Nick, I was wondering how that knee was doing, and it does sound worse than I had thought. I sincerely hope (and I will pray) that both you and Karl will quickly recover from these issues. Well, maybe quickly is not an option.
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For me, the MRI was negative, doctor tells me the more I use that leg, the greater the fluid buildup causing it to lock up. So I should take the bus. Another doctor feels it could be an abdominal aneurysm that could be causing excess fluid buidup in my knee. My reply was my gut is screwing up my knee! My doctor replied, they are doing a lot of new research now where one part of the body affects other parts, but did say I had a nasty fall. So they scheduled me for an abdominal ultrasound. Mean time, take it easy.
Hello folks..... I'm back, large as life and twice as ugly!
It seems that my second discectomy was a success as from the moment they woke me up I felt infinitely better, the leg pains are gone and although I'm a little stiff where they chopped me all seems to be good... No tablets what so ever so a pint or two at Christmas is on the cards.... Just in time for the Winter ales.
Tim, I note that you are falling apart at the seams at the mo, I hope that you get better soon, time to give up all that cycling stuff and get yourself a proper grown up past time... You know my views on bicycles
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
Thanks Karl, I hope you also feel better soon and have a speedy recovery!
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You too Tim, The scar has completely healed and I'm off to the swimming pool this afternoon for a gentle paddle and a kip in the sauna
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Never knock on deaths door... Ring the doorbell and run away, death really hates that!
I was reading the TimesOnlineUK this morning and thought of you.
Have a great Holiday and get well soon
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