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Hi all,
As some of you know;
It's no big secret that I don't need detailing to pay the bills, but that doesn't mean we don't have work to do. Supposed to have a new Camry hybrid, (single stage black of all things) come in next Saturday for a correction and coating. That one, like the last one (the Jag a couple of weeks ago) my wife and son will do. She's getting a brand new Rupes Duetto package this week.
Hope she likes it! :dunno:
What you don't know is;
I've been fighting with a horribly gone wrong lower back problem the last few months. Actually with DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease) I've had back problems most of my life. Had surgery on my neck in 06 because my right hand had gone numb, (could stick needles through my pinky). Middle of the back I messed up as a kid unloading trucks, which they'll never fix, not in my lifetime that is. (They tell me it means cracking open your chest to get at that one.)
But it was my lumbar spine that took me off my feet, 12 years ago now. Between then and now I thought, I mean I THOUGHT I knew what back pain was about. I've seen specialists all over Atlanta. Been to Emory time and time again. Was even seeing the Director of Pain Management for a couple of years back from 2002 ~ 2004, but all they wanted to do was give you meds and never really see YOU. "You" didn't exist, you were a number, and they'd talk about you like you were not even in the room.
Finally I found a great Doctor in town, a Board Certified Physiatrist. What is a physiatrist you ask?
Mine is trained in specifically treating nerve related pain, along with being board certified.
Rehabilitation physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Specifically, rehabilitation physicians:
Rehabilitation physicians take the time needed to accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment. They then design a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves or with the help of the rehabilitation physician’s medical team. This medical team might include other physicians and health professionals, such as neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and physical therapists. By providing an appropriate treatment plan, rehabilitation physicians help patients stay as active as possible at any age. Their broad medical expertise allows them to treat disabling conditions throughout a person’s lifetime.
That aside; I managed to hurt myself back during late August working on a black Porsche, (used to be a thread here about it). Since then it's been getting worse and worse.
Since November it's been so bad that I've been unable to walk outside the house. (And I walk with a cane anyhow.) In December it called for a walker and nothing, I mean NOTHING has been able to "manage" the pain.
Not afraid, nor ashamed of taking meds to "manage" pain, but there comes a point where one can only take so many. Only so much poison this boy is wiling to put in his body in a 24 hour period. Monthly injections I've been getting for over a decade! Epidurals, hitting both sides, six locations total, I've been getting for over a decade as well. Sometimes twice a year!
This however is NOT what I've had going on all these years. Besides, it's on the WRONG FREAKING SIDE!
So, new "seated MRI" we finally got last Sunday. Tomorrow morning we'll be doing the CT myelogram w/contrast at Atlanta Medical Center and I don't expect it to be pleasant WHAT SO FREAKING EVER! I also expect they'll find that what I've been begging for the last 3 months is something they'll do, SOONER THAN LATER.
Basically I've told them to do surgery, DO IT, do it with a CHAINSAW!!!!!!!!
I've always had morphine available, but refused to take it. Supposed to take it twice a day, along with a TON of other meds. Now twice a day isn't NEAR enough!
I'm about as worn down as I can stand to be folks. The pain in my lower back, right side, is unbearable. My hip, down my leg, just as bad. And this was my GOOD LEG! To prepare for the 'contrast' they had me stop my muscle relaxers for 48 hours, (and 24 afterwards). I've been taking one of them for 37 years. Not that easy to just "not take them".
So early tomorrow we'll do this last test and they tell me to lay around for a couple more days recovering from it. (Like I don't do that already!) Thing is, sticking me in that tube is going to be darned hard. Don't like those tubes where I can't get up and breath!
Honestly, I wouldn't mind a few prayers headed my way.
This has been so unfair to my family. My wife doesn't deserve it, but she manages. She'll put in her 45 hours (at a job she's been doing 32 years) and never complain. Then she'll come home and whatever detailing jobs I've got to do she'll jump right in. I just wish I was able to help her, and for the last 3+ months I can barely make it from room to room.
Anyhow, I'll be away from the computer for a while this week. May be able to dictate some replies in the middle of the night via my phone (y'all have seen a lot more of those lately from me than EVER BEFORE). All I know is I'm going to end up at Emory Spinal Center, and I really hope it'll be SOON! (Won't be this week, but the sooner the better.)
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Take care all,
Tony
[email protected]
As some of you know;
It's no big secret that I don't need detailing to pay the bills, but that doesn't mean we don't have work to do. Supposed to have a new Camry hybrid, (single stage black of all things) come in next Saturday for a correction and coating. That one, like the last one (the Jag a couple of weeks ago) my wife and son will do. She's getting a brand new Rupes Duetto package this week.
Hope she likes it! :dunno:What you don't know is;
I've been fighting with a horribly gone wrong lower back problem the last few months. Actually with DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease) I've had back problems most of my life. Had surgery on my neck in 06 because my right hand had gone numb, (could stick needles through my pinky). Middle of the back I messed up as a kid unloading trucks, which they'll never fix, not in my lifetime that is. (They tell me it means cracking open your chest to get at that one.)
But it was my lumbar spine that took me off my feet, 12 years ago now. Between then and now I thought, I mean I THOUGHT I knew what back pain was about. I've seen specialists all over Atlanta. Been to Emory time and time again. Was even seeing the Director of Pain Management for a couple of years back from 2002 ~ 2004, but all they wanted to do was give you meds and never really see YOU. "You" didn't exist, you were a number, and they'd talk about you like you were not even in the room.
Finally I found a great Doctor in town, a Board Certified Physiatrist. What is a physiatrist you ask?
Mine is trained in specifically treating nerve related pain, along with being board certified.
Rehabilitation physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Specifically, rehabilitation physicians:
- Diagnose and treat pain
- Restore maximum function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions
- Treat the whole person, not just the problem area
- Lead a team of medical professionals
- Provide non-surgical treatments
- Explain your medical problems and treatment/prevention plan
Rehabilitation physicians take the time needed to accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment. They then design a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves or with the help of the rehabilitation physician’s medical team. This medical team might include other physicians and health professionals, such as neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and physical therapists. By providing an appropriate treatment plan, rehabilitation physicians help patients stay as active as possible at any age. Their broad medical expertise allows them to treat disabling conditions throughout a person’s lifetime.
That aside; I managed to hurt myself back during late August working on a black Porsche, (used to be a thread here about it). Since then it's been getting worse and worse.
Since November it's been so bad that I've been unable to walk outside the house. (And I walk with a cane anyhow.) In December it called for a walker and nothing, I mean NOTHING has been able to "manage" the pain.
Not afraid, nor ashamed of taking meds to "manage" pain, but there comes a point where one can only take so many. Only so much poison this boy is wiling to put in his body in a 24 hour period. Monthly injections I've been getting for over a decade! Epidurals, hitting both sides, six locations total, I've been getting for over a decade as well. Sometimes twice a year!
This however is NOT what I've had going on all these years. Besides, it's on the WRONG FREAKING SIDE!
So, new "seated MRI" we finally got last Sunday. Tomorrow morning we'll be doing the CT myelogram w/contrast at Atlanta Medical Center and I don't expect it to be pleasant WHAT SO FREAKING EVER! I also expect they'll find that what I've been begging for the last 3 months is something they'll do, SOONER THAN LATER.
Basically I've told them to do surgery, DO IT, do it with a CHAINSAW!!!!!!!!
I've always had morphine available, but refused to take it. Supposed to take it twice a day, along with a TON of other meds. Now twice a day isn't NEAR enough!
I'm about as worn down as I can stand to be folks. The pain in my lower back, right side, is unbearable. My hip, down my leg, just as bad. And this was my GOOD LEG! To prepare for the 'contrast' they had me stop my muscle relaxers for 48 hours, (and 24 afterwards). I've been taking one of them for 37 years. Not that easy to just "not take them".
So early tomorrow we'll do this last test and they tell me to lay around for a couple more days recovering from it. (Like I don't do that already!) Thing is, sticking me in that tube is going to be darned hard. Don't like those tubes where I can't get up and breath!
Honestly, I wouldn't mind a few prayers headed my way.
This has been so unfair to my family. My wife doesn't deserve it, but she manages. She'll put in her 45 hours (at a job she's been doing 32 years) and never complain. Then she'll come home and whatever detailing jobs I've got to do she'll jump right in. I just wish I was able to help her, and for the last 3+ months I can barely make it from room to room.
Anyhow, I'll be away from the computer for a while this week. May be able to dictate some replies in the middle of the night via my phone (y'all have seen a lot more of those lately from me than EVER BEFORE). All I know is I'm going to end up at Emory Spinal Center, and I really hope it'll be SOON! (Won't be this week, but the sooner the better.)
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Take care all,
Tony
[email protected]
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