ASU Football, thank Allah, et al. for back sugery, my brush eith fame.

"daytripper" wrote in message
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That sounds excellent, Mark.

It's most EXCELLENT, if I do say so myself!

In and out that quick and recovering function already, it sounds like you
had
a micro-laminectomy done? I've had two, and the immediate results were as
profound as yours sounds. Just like flipping a switch.

I don't recall the proceedures name--Cervical disc surgery?, but the doc
goes in from the front of my neck, cuts out a section of bone from the
*foramina/lamina*. Then he removes the disc, partially or completely. He
then take a bone segment to fuse the vertebrae. I chose to go with the
donor bone graft, as he said my recovery time would mainly depend on the
bone removed from my hip. He also said the pain factor shoots up, if he
uses my own bone. He srews a metal plate to the two vertebrae, to hold the
bone wedge in place, where the disc used to be.

Presently, the only pain I am experiencing is a sore throat form the
trach-tube, and repositioning of my esophogus during surgery. I LOVE MY
NEURO-DOC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll have to Tivo today's game to see what my home boyz are gonna face.
This
whole playoff thing is pretty exciting - it's been 8 years since the last
time
they were even in the playoffs, never mind contending for the 1AA
championship.

Last year was our first, if Im not mistaken. I just got a call from Dan
"the elevator man" Steiger. He's Otis' elevator man on campus and he has to
work all the games, because of the chancellor's box. He was callin' to
check on me, which naturally led a 30 minute talk. He said that Youngstown
St. makes us look like a pee wee league team :~^ ( he said the Youngstown
St. boyz are difinitely "corn fed!" He should know, as he's from Iowa
himself and no little bitty fella. I'm converting him from a worm dunker to
a real fisherman. He gave me a Knight black-powder .50 cal and I am giving
him a 5-6 wt. Reddington rod, a Diawa reel, and the necessary accoutrements
to get him on the water.

And the UMA football operation usually runs a net yearly deficit
of a couple of million dollars, so this adventure might help them out next
year...to pry open those alumni wallets ;-)

After we won last years championship, the sports program came into a bout 36
million in alumni monies, not to mention what it has done for us recruiting
atheletes and undergrads in general. If we win the championship this year,
I might eve get a raise :~^ )~

You wanna place a bet?

Op


/daytripper

Opus typed:
snip football crap
I just got in from yesterday's surgery about 30 minutes ago. Had
surgery at 11:00 AM and was released at 11:00 AM today. I'm at my
home, didn't have to stay at mother's or my aunt's place, but I can't
drive for a week and have to wear the neck brace for a week too :~^ (

Upside, 90 percocets! and no real pain to speak of. I already have
regained the strength in my hands, arms and shoulders!! It's amazing
what a little bit of back surgery can do for a fella. I'll likely go
back to work after next week, but I won't do
anything...nothing....NADA...zilch!!! It's so nice to feel whole
again--physically that is.

Excellent news, Mark!

The doc said there is no hope for me mentally or emotionally :~^ (

Get a second opinion. . . and keep getting 'em until you get one you
like. Then marry her.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Opus wrote:

Upside, 90 percocets! and no real pain to speak of.

Are you sure you were supposed to take them all at once?

.....I already have regained
the strength in my hands, arms and shoulders!! It's amazing what a little
bit of back surgery can do for a fella. I'll likely go back to work after
next week, but I won't do anything...nothing....NADA...zilch!!! It's so
nice to feel whole again--physically that is.

Terrific news. Congratulations.

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:53:14 -0500, "Opus"
wrote:


I just got in from yesterday's surgery about 30 minutes ago. Had surgery at
11:00 AM and was released at 11:00 AM today. I'm at my home, didn't have to
stay at mother's or my aunt's place, but I can't drive for a week and have
to wear the neck brace for a week too :~^ (

Upside, 90 percocets! and no real pain to speak of. I already have regained
the strength in my hands, arms and shoulders!! It's amazing what a little
bit of back surgery can do for a fella. I'll likely go back to work after
next week, but I won't do anything...nothing....NADA...zilch!!! It's so
nice to feel whole again--physically that is. The doc said there is no hope
for me mentally or emotionally :~^ (

Excellent. Didn't want to say anything before, but about a year and a
half ago a friend had what was supposed to be a simple spine surgery
and she's well enough to drive now, but just being anything but a
veggie was a chance for a while there.

So glad yours went as planned and predicted.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

"Cyli" wrote in message
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Excellent. Didn't want to say anything before, but about a year and a
half ago a friend had what was supposed to be a simple spine surgery
and she's well enough to drive now, but just being anything but a
veggie was a chance for a while there.

So glad yours went as planned and predicted.
--

r.bc: vixen

Things aren't going quite as well as yesterday. Hardly got any sleep,
strangest dreams I've ever had. Hurting pretty bad this morn, throat and
neck.

Looks like I'll need every on of those percocets!

Not at once of course.

Op

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:49:47 -0500, "Opus" wrote:

Looks like I'll need every on of those percocets!

Not at once of course.

Take care Op, Jeff needs someone to carry his stuff. g
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:49:47 -0500, "Opus" wrote:

Looks like I'll need every on of those percocets!

Not at once of course.

Take care Op, Jeff needs someone to carry his stuff. g
--
Charlie...

Apparently, residual Demerol and percocet will lull one into thinking that
there is no pain to be felt, any longer. The drugs will lie to you! They
will make you have very strange dreams about very strange things, like
trying to sleep, but not being able to while thinking you are a sleep the
whole time, yet the pain keeps on and on and on...

You get the picture.

For some strange reason, the nurses wouldn't give me morphine? What's up
with that?

Op --presently, somewhat, pain free but itching all over?--

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:44:06 -0500, "Opus" wrote:

Op --presently, somewhat, pain free but itching all over?--

Now you know what it feels like to be a rock star, I guess.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:44:06 -0500, "Opus" wrote:

Op --presently, somewhat, pain free but itching all over?--

Now you know what it feels like to be a rock star, I guess.
--
Charlie...

You know somethin' I don't. Am I gettin' ready to be swamped by a bevy of
coke whores?

Actually, I haven't figured it out yet. It could be that I am allergic to
the collar around my neck, as it itches non-stop. Or it could be the
percocets, though I have never experienced such before when taken percocets?

If I could stay awake for the next several weeks, I should be relatively
pain free. Unfortunately, I ain't figured out how to stay awake for weeks
at a time? No! I'm not gonna try Meth!

You gonna make it up this way to fish this year, or do you plan on spendin'
the rest of your life out
WEST!

Op

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:35:49 -0500, "Opus" wrote:

You gonna make it up this way to fish this year, or do you plan on spendin'
the rest of your life out
WEST!

Yeah, I'll be up that way next year, haven't decided when though. Maybe in
April, I'll keep you posted.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com