greybeard
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Well, after multiple steroid injections, phy therapy attempt, 3 neurosurgeon consults, it has been decided there is no surgical fix for my back. In one neurosurgeon's own words
"I know you came here hoping for some relief, but I've looked at your imaging 3 times now, talked to my associates and you have so much damage in L5/S1, L4/L5 are already fused together and so much wear and tear on all the other joints, I have to tell you I know of no surgical fix for you and to be honest, with all that is wrong, I wouldn't even know where to start. You must have lived a hell of a life up to now."
He has no idea.....
I guess picking cross ties up and carrying one on my shoulder to drop in a post hole wasn't the greatest idea..or unrolling 2200 ft of 12ga wire on a pole stuck thru the roll..5 times each side. All thse 6-71 cylinder heads I used to just pick up, carry and set down on the block probably didn't help, not to mention pulling slips and slinging tongs on the rig floor. Wrestling rough cows on the end of a rope, pulling and running to get her snubbed off close to a tree before she ran me over or thru. All those cans of 50 cal and pig ammo I carried... And of course, those years burning the candle at both ends chasing women till one caught me
... Young, bullet proof and able to jump tall buildings....I once was. Now I can barely get up from a toilet or get my own wranglers on. That old man barely hobbling around town with a cane and the Vietnam vet hat on..well, that's me.
You young ones, take care of yourself!! Time and tide wait for no one and it will catch up to you!!
The plan now, is to insert some leads up in or near and into T8, connected to some electronic gizmo outside me, and try to change how my brain interprets the nerve signals. I'll still hurt, but brain won't know it. If it works, they wil go back in later and put the wires and controller inside/under my skin, probably under over on one side. A 10 year battery life, which will probably out live me. This will be the 2nd piece of hardware put in me permanently, the other is deep in my heart.
If it just works well enough to allow me to drive more than 10 miles without having to get out and walk around a bit, I'll take that as a success.
"I know you came here hoping for some relief, but I've looked at your imaging 3 times now, talked to my associates and you have so much damage in L5/S1, L4/L5 are already fused together and so much wear and tear on all the other joints, I have to tell you I know of no surgical fix for you and to be honest, with all that is wrong, I wouldn't even know where to start. You must have lived a hell of a life up to now."
He has no idea.....
I guess picking cross ties up and carrying one on my shoulder to drop in a post hole wasn't the greatest idea..or unrolling 2200 ft of 12ga wire on a pole stuck thru the roll..5 times each side. All thse 6-71 cylinder heads I used to just pick up, carry and set down on the block probably didn't help, not to mention pulling slips and slinging tongs on the rig floor. Wrestling rough cows on the end of a rope, pulling and running to get her snubbed off close to a tree before she ran me over or thru. All those cans of 50 cal and pig ammo I carried... And of course, those years burning the candle at both ends chasing women till one caught me
You young ones, take care of yourself!! Time and tide wait for no one and it will catch up to you!!
The plan now, is to insert some leads up in or near and into T8, connected to some electronic gizmo outside me, and try to change how my brain interprets the nerve signals. I'll still hurt, but brain won't know it. If it works, they wil go back in later and put the wires and controller inside/under my skin, probably under over on one side. A 10 year battery life, which will probably out live me. This will be the 2nd piece of hardware put in me permanently, the other is deep in my heart.
If it just works well enough to allow me to drive more than 10 miles without having to get out and walk around a bit, I'll take that as a success.
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