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10-24-2023, 10:59 AM | #23 |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone,I was very hesitant to post this.
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10-24-2023, 11:06 AM | #24 |
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10-24-2023, 11:13 AM | #27 | |
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The local healthcare in my area sucks beyond anything I've experienced in my life. I am doing the chemo treatments semi-local in Savannah Ga which is 40min drive each way which is easier than doing it at Mayo,however my main oncologist is at Mayo and he's great,any major procedures (such as the chemo port procedure) I take that 2.5hr drive as I won't let anyone local slice or dice me open.
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My back and especially neck are a bit of a hot mess. Developed burning pain in right arm Dec '21 and ended up getting a C-5/6/7 fusion in May '22. Took out the discs, substitued some very expensive titanium spacers, and secured the lot with a plate and 6 screws spanning the 3 vertabrae. Recovery wasn't too bad, other than 6 weeks in the horse collar, and the problem was corrected. Couldn't do much of anything for six months, but was back playing golf and riding the bike by Thanksgiving. I'm now sporting even more hardware, as you can see in the pic.
Unfortunately developed new trouble at C-7/T-1 on the left side starting in March and now I've got constant pain behind my left shoulder blade and down the outside of my left arm. Have a C-7/T-1 laminectomy/foraminotomy w/possible discectomy scheduled for a week from today. This one's too low on the neck so they have to go in from the back, which involves a pretty large and deep incision. I expect recovery to be shorter (no waiting on bones to grow), but more painful. Hope to be able to hit the links sometime early next year, god and my surgeon willing. If there's one thing I've learned as I've aged, teeth and joints were not made to last beyond about 50 years. Getting old is not for the faint of heart. |
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I'd suggest that you find a physical therapist who has experience with back/neck fusions, and have them work with you on posture and mechanics (often some strength/stretching too). They may also have some suggestions about changing some of you current activities that are contributing. And NOT those bozo's at the gym who are 'exercise physiologists' or whatever - a real PT, ideally associated with a hospital that has a spinal cord unit. |
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10-25-2023, 04:28 AM | #35 | |
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-L2-S1 revision 2017 -C4-6 fusion 2018 -reverse shoulder replacement 2019 Pic of me is recent,after all those surgeries listed above Don't let anything stop you;all the Dr's said to me you'll never be able to lift again(been hitting the weights since '89) I told em all yup if you say so. I adapted and adjusted my training accordingly,wasn't easy at all but I figured it out. Was doing great until the cancer. I'll be back ![]() Apologies for the huge pics,I attempted to downsize them
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I am, alas, pretty decrepit from T-1 up. Even my surgeon said while reviewing the last MRI that "your neck is a mess". There's narrowing of the foramin on both sides above the fusion - C-4/5 & C-3/4. I would not be shocked if those create some issues eventually. We're just knockin' em off one at a time.... |
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I have a quick pharmacy question. What is the largest prescription dose of vitamin pee pills that you've ever seen prescribed to a patient? I'm on 120mg of Torsemide (6 x 20mg pills) daily, and am wondering if this dosage is crazy.....
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I bring up the idea of dropping the dose with my cardiologists every year or so, and they are inclined to let the current dose ride since my creatinine is under control. My CHF is also under control, and I'm so dry that my wife is jealous of my skinny legs and ankles. I was just curious what an unusually large dose was, since my local pharmacy gives me a strange look when I pick up a 90-day supply in multiple large jars.....
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