Duck Pond Redneckery

[gearjammer]

stenosis is caused by a lot of things I blame mine on the damn trucks and the equipment I also ran
I was thinking I should have stressed he should talk to another doctor before such a major surgery being in the lumbar area it usually easier for them to work on working on the thoracic area I was told was a lot more serious and dangerous but it came to the point that I had two choices either start the ablations and hope they got the pain under control or blow my brains out the pain was that bad your dad after the surgery and if he still has a lot of pain should ask the doctors if ablation would help it don't actually fix anything but by burning the nerves it stops the pain of at leas greatly reduces it

 

[Rigjockey]

Thoughts and prayers. Hope everything goes well!

 

[389 Hood]

stenosis is caused by a lot of things I blame mine on the damn trucks and the equipment I also ran
I was thinking I should have stressed he should talk to another doctor before such a major surgery being in the lumbar area it usually easier for them to work on working on the thoracic area I was told was a lot more serious and dangerous but it came to the point that I had two choices either start the ablations and hope they got the pain under control or blow my brains out the pain was that bad your dad after the surgery and if he still has a lot of pain should ask the doctors if ablation would help it don't actually fix anything but by burning the nerves it stops the pain of at leas greatly reduces it

I blamed it on trucks and equipment too that beat your body to death. I had 3 disc removed from my neck and some sort of Titanium contraption put in there that holds the bones together and it's screwed to the vertebrae. They wanted to do the cage thing in my lumbar area too, or laser disc surgery which Medicare won't cover and it would have cost my $40k out of pocket.

A while back, almost a year now, just after I retired I had the ablation done in the lumbar region and it affected my entire lower body. Two nerves were burned on either side of my spine. Yeah, the pain went away for about a month, but so did my ability to walk correctly, to not have to pee every hour and the ability to get hard. I'd be walking along and all of a sudden, my legs would just give out. I had road rash up and down my legs. It wasn't fun. In about 2 1/2 months, the nerves grew back and things are just about normal now.

I'm not shilling for anyone, but I was about to simply give up and live with the pain, the loss of mobility and think I was going to survive on pain killers and thought 'screw it, what do I have to lose?' I cut out the booze, (it was dehydrating me) the fatty foods, chugged gallons of water and got a barrel full of supplements touted by the Coast2Coast AM guest, Doc Wallach.

In 5 days, it will be 90 days that I've been on the program. There is still some and I mean some slight pain when I move a certain way, but for the most part, I'm back to living normally. No more pharma drugs, just the supplements and I hang upside down on my inversion table a few times a week for 10 minutes or so. The hard part is getting those gorilla biscuits down.

It costs me a couple of hundred a month for all of the supplements, but to me, it's worth it to be out of pain and not have sky high blood pressure. I still get up to pee every 2 hours almost like clockwork and I hate it. Rarely do I get a full night sleep.

 

[Duck]

I'm in the "central waiting room".

There's a fat old deaf woman having a phone conversation on speakerphone, with some other old hag..

They're talking about some other woman who raises bees and is being sued by her neighbor who has accused her bees of stealing the pollen from her flowers.

 

[Rigjockey]

 

[Duck]

The old man's surgery took 9 hours but it went like clockwork orange.

When he woke up he was being goofy and weird.

He's gonna be there for a day or two then they're gonna move him one floor down to the same rehab unit Sarah was in after her stroke.

My dad told me to bring one of his bicycles

 

[Electric Chicken]

The old man's surgery took 9 hours but it went like clockwork orange.

When he woke up he was being goofy and weird.

He's gonna be there for a day or two then they're gonna move him one floor down to the same rehab unit Sarah was in after her stroke.

My dad told me to bring one of his bicycles

Is goofy and weird normal?

I still think you should be my brother-in-law and uncle to my children based on that pic of your sister.

 

[Duck]

Is goofy and weird normal?

Yeah but he was more goofy and weird than usual.

I think it was all the pain meds.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Yeah but he was more goofy and weird than usual.

I think it was all the pain meds.

Pain meds are awesome. When I had my hernia surgery they gave me some stuff that made me feel super good.

I think it was one of those oxys that's been ruining the nation.

 

[Duck]

I still think you should be my brother-in-law and uncle to my children based on that pic of your sister.

She's married to a big navy guy.

She & Dan both have alpha personalities.

And he's about to retire.

They'll be at each other's throats soon enough, so maybe they'll get divorced and you can get bossed around by a dominant alpha feminist democrat chick who will constantly nag you about every unhealthy eating habit you may have.

I know you absolutely LOVE being talked down to as if you were a child, right?

 

[389 Hood]

ROTFLMFAO!!

 

[Electric Chicken]

She's married to a big navy guy.

She & Dan both have alpha personalities.

And he's about to retire.

They'll be at each other's throats soon enough, so maybe they'll get divorced and you can get bossed around by a dominant alpha feminist democrat chick who will constantly nag you about every unhealthy eating habit you may have.

I know you absolutely LOVE being talked down to as if you were a child, right?

I'm game.

 

[Duck]

I heard a squeak & looked over & the dog was trotting off with this little guy in his mouth.


After checking it for injuries and letting Sarah hold it a few minutes, I let it go.

 

[Duck]

Well the old man is home from the hospital.

I don't think he's left the recliner since my sister brought him home.

Last night I made him a little table that sets across the armrests. It's just an 8" wide strip of 3/8" plywood, a scrap from another project, with scraps of 1x4 on the bottoms of the ends to keep it from slipping left and right.

I sanded the hell out of it to smooth all the edges.

It's just a test piece, to see if he uses it.

If he likes it I'll build him a better one out of lightweight poplar planks and maybe make it bigger, with a scallop cut out for his belly, and a cup holder & a little lip around the perimeter to keep stuff from falling off.

Poplar because it's lightweight. He will have to be able to lift it with one hand when he gets up.

Lifting with both hands will require twisting his torso which is a big no-no for 6-8 weeks according to the surgeon.

 

[gearjammer]

make sure he does get up and move blood clots can from not moving I know they damn near killed me once.
when I have surgery today I am up ASAP the nurses bitch but I just tell them to either help me up or get out of my way

 

[Electric Chicken]

make sure he does get up and move blood clots can from not moving I know they damn near killed me once.

My brain has a blood clot from not moving the entire time I was at Schneider. They train the think out of you.

 

[Duck]

make sure he does get up and move blood clots can from not moving I know they damn near killed me once.
when I have surgery today I am up ASAP the nurses bitch but I just tell them to either help me up or get out of my way

That's what the hepperin shots are for.

I don't know if that's how it's spelled but I don't care cuz I'm on my 14th Busch Light and I just rode the minibike into town for a red bull

 

[Electric Chicken]

That's what the hepperin shots are for.

I don't know if that's how it's spelled but I don't care cuz I'm on my 14th Busch Light and I just rode the minibike into town for a red bull

Busch is Mulvaney Juice. @Duck is woke.

 

[389 Hood]

Busch Lite?? Seriously? You are cruel to your body. Stick with weed. At least you won't have to piss every 5 minutes.

I never could drink beer. After 3 bottles I can't even stand up, but I can still walk a straight line after a 5th.

 

[Duck]

Busch Lite?? Seriously? You are cruel to your body. Stick with weed. At least you won't have to piss every 5 minutes.

I never could drink beer. After 3 bottles I can't even stand up, but I can still walk a straight line after a 5th.

My friends raised me on Busch because it was the only thing that was available at the gas station where the chick never carded us, that wasn't a Miller product or some kind of sugary chick drink.

Miller products always caused headaches.