Might be going under the knife?

That's great news to hear farmhand!


Is it too early to try to get a pull behind my nautique yet?

 

Sooooo... a week ago thus morning I went to get out of bed and felt a pop in my lower back, then my back and hips locked up. I just thought maybe I pulled a muscle, and went on with my day. Monday just felt like I had over done it physically on the week end, Tuesday I woke up to pain in my left leg and numbness and arm, and numbness in my foot..... awww crap... My orthopedic doctor is off on Tuesdays so had to wait till the next morning to get in. He looked my over and had me do stupid human tricks. Said well it could be a reherniation of the disk I just had fixed 12 weeks ago, or another disk... but we are going to hope it's a muscle thing and do therapy, and we'll "they" don't like to go right back in for surgery anyway. I ask who "they" is.... insurance company. Well I rely don't care what they like can we do a MRI to see what's going on? He tells me his hands are tied, he has protocol to fallow, but a specialist could get things moving faster, I just can't send you to one until we try more... wink wink nod nod..... basically told me to call my surgeon, see what he says. So I have an appointment this afternoon with the surgeon again. I guess this is pretty normal for people my age that are active. We kinda forget that we had back surgery, don't keep up with exercise, and stop being careful how you do things.... check, check and check, yup that was me. I've talked to two people that have had to have thus surgery twice, both at 6 months or less post op.

 

Sorry to read this... whew, the medical world... ... hope you can get some good answers this afternoon. Good luck.

 

Sorry to hear about the setback Farmhand.
Knowing you probably are out of pocket on your deductible for the year, it makes sense to want the process to be rushed along. Remember this is your back and there is only one of them in your life.
do your part take it easy on the back, let the docs do theirs and the insurance should follow suit

 

Thanks guys... appointment with my surgeon went as expected, very short Q&A on my pain, how and when it started, and location. Now I have a MRI appointment next Monday early, then a follow up with him right after. He isn't certain what's going on with out the MRI, did say he is looking deeper this time and in more locations due to the nerve urination in my arm and fingers. So we will see next week. Good thing is I can do 99% of my work from home, in bed if need be... the other 1% my dad and business partner can take care of. My surgeon didn't act surprised to see me back, says it happens.

I'm actually dealing with this a lot better then the first time, I know I could....no should have kept on exercise and being more careful, but can't change the past, and may have happened no matter what.

Backwoods Savage thanks for the straight shooting, no BS... the way I am looking at it is, as long as I still get to see Lovely Wife and Little Guy, and maybe another kid down the road, that's all I need... I can and will deal with what ever cards I'm delt.

basod yep out of pocket is done for 15' so this will get done ASAP... well what ever this is. And I will do a lot better for my back from now on, surgeon said it's the little day to day things are the straw that breaks the camels back (pun intended) and those are the hardest to watch... been doing these things for almost 40 years now, but gotta change.

I know how good I can feel, and will do anything I can to get back to that place.

 

Real sorry to hear this FarmHand78, really sucks to go backwards when you are feeling so good.
I'll be pulling for you to get back feeling good again, hang in there man

 

Good luck with everything. I'll say a prayer for you...

 

So, had the MRI on Monday, no surprise I do have a reherniated disc in the same location. Surgeon said his advice was to do the same surgery over, no fusion or titanium rods. So I was scheduled tomorrow afternoon. We'll I got a call about 4:30 today, they had a cancelation tomorrow morning at 6:30... yep I'll take it, just means that Lovely Wife and need to be out the door at 4:45... but I'd rather do that then go till afternoon with out food or drink.

Here's hoping this one lasts a lot longer.

 

We'll be thinking of you tomorrow. Hope all goes well, and talk to you when you feel up to getting on here.

 

That is a new one for me.

But I will pray for you.

Greg

 

Here's hoping this one lasts a lot longer.
That's what I'm talkin about , good luck man

 

I'm home! Surgery went well, herniation was bigger then the MRI showed, but feeling great! Less the surgical pains. I feel more mobile this time, last time I felt more restricted by the residual pains, non of that this time around... still got a long way to go. Funny thing, the surgeon told my wife that this surgery is so common, of the 9 people working on my surgery, my surgeon had done this same procedure on all of them!

So on my road to recovery yet again, will be easing into things a little slower this time, and plan on more exercise.

 

This is gooder news.
Don't get too happy and go cutting up a buncha trees just yet though.

 

Glad you got everything complete in a timely manner.
It's on you to take it easy and make this last