Back under the knife
Mark0
needs an addendum -- make sure he's a good golfer too. Mine needs a
mulligan on my back (tee time 3:45PM tomorrow). It seems that the "cage"
that acts as a spacer between my vertebra that were fused (10 weeks ago)
has decided to come loose and slide up against the root of my sciatic
nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
non-horizontal position :(
He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
disappeared for a while this place went apeshit about it :D If I'm
not back in a week, I got a permanent gig racking for Willie and Irving's
race to a trillion!
Bests,
--Mark0 <--would rather be Lou's rack boy
Author of Secrets to a Perfect Pool Table Recovering Job
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JakartaDean
> Well, taking your back to the busy surgeon (think car mechanic analogy)
> needs an addendum -- make sure he's a good golfer too. Mine needs a
> mulligan on my back (tee time 3:45PM tomorrow). It seems that the "cage"
> that acts as a spacer between my vertebra that were fused (10 weeks ago)
> has decided to come loose and slide up against the root of my sciatic
> nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> non-horizontal position :(
>
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
>
> Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
> disappeared for a while this place went apeshit about it :D If I'm
> not back in a week, I got a permanent gig racking for Willie and Irving's
> race to a trillion!
>
>
> Bests,
> --Mark0 <--would rather be Lou's rack boy
Wow, that sucks Mark. Best of luck on the (next) surgery. The current
situation sounds very painful.
Glad to see you're able to keep your sense of humour.
Dean
Hustlin' Hank
> Well, taking your back to the busy surgeon (think car mechanic analogy)
> needs an addendum -- make sure he's a good golfer too. �Mine needs a
> mulligan on my back (tee time 3:45PM tomorrow). �It seems that the "cage"
> that acts as a spacer between my vertebra that were fused (10 weeks ago)
> has decided to come loose and slide up against the root of my sciatic
> nerve. �Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> non-horizontal position �:(
>
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
>
> Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
> disappeared for a while this place went apeshit �about it � :D � �If I'm
> not back in a week, I got a permanent gig racking for Willie and Irving's
> race to a trillion!
>
> Bests,
> --Mark0 �<--would rather be Lou's rack boy
Good luck Mark. 2 out of the last 3 surgeries I've had, had to be "re-
done" also. It sucks for sure.
Hank <~~~thinks he could beat Mark0 in a race to 7 the day he gets
home form th hospital. :-)
lfigueroa
I feel your pain. Actually, not to anywhere near what you're going
through. About a week a go I strained some back muscles working in the
garden and I'm just now getting over it. A couple of nights ago I was in
a hotel in Indianapolis and sat up in the middle of the night to sip
some water and suddenly it felt like someone stabbed me in the back.
The pain didn't subside for hours. Never had anything like that, but
I''m guessing that's something like what you're going through.
Good luck with the surgery.
Lou Figueroa
John Black
says...
> Well, taking your back to the busy surgeon (think car mechanic analogy)
> needs an addendum -- make sure he's a good golfer too. Mine needs a
> mulligan on my back (tee time 3:45PM tomorrow). It seems that the "cage"
> that acts as a spacer between my vertebra that were fused (10 weeks ago)
> has decided to come loose and slide up against the root of my sciatic
> nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> non-horizontal position :(
>
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
Hey dude, good luck. Hope you make a full recovery soon.
John Black
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Studeman
I'll try to visit on my next trip north....
Ray
David "The Hamster" Malone
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
This one's a freebie, though, right? After all it was his mistake.
> Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
> disappeared for a while this place went apeshit about it :D
Best of luck, Mark... hope all goes well.
David "The Hamster" Malone
Thyme3421
one too)
and I do hope this one's on the house...
-Duane Edwards << can't imagine
"Good enough to win money, not good enough to make it."
http://diamondstopockets.blogspot.com
On May 8 2008 10:16 PM, Mark0 wrote:
> Well, taking your back to the busy surgeon (think car mechanic analogy)
> needs an addendum -- make sure he's a good golfer too. Mine needs a
> mulligan on my back (tee time 3:45PM tomorrow). It seems that the "cage"
> that acts as a spacer between my vertebra that were fused (10 weeks ago)
> has decided to come loose and slide up against the root of my sciatic
> nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> non-horizontal position :(
>
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
>
> Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
> disappeared for a while this place went apeshit about it :D If I'm
> not back in a week, I got a permanent gig racking for Willie and Irving's
> race to a trillion!
>
>
> Bests,
> --Mark0 <--would rather be Lou's rack boy
>
> Author of Secrets to a Perfect Pool Table Recovering Job
> http://www.mccauleyweb.com/secrets.htm
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"Mark0" <markmc...@charter.net> wrote in message
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>
> He's confident I will make a(nother) full recovery in a matter of days.
> It's little solace that he's only had this happen in a handful of the
> 4-5000 surgeries he's done though....
>
> Anyway, just announcing my disappearance in advance since last time I
> disappeared for a while this place went apeshit about it :D If I'm
> not back in a week, I got a permanent gig racking for Willie and Irving's
> race to a trillion!
>
>
> Bests,
> --Mark0 <--would rather be Lou's rack boy
>
and Irving don't need you as a rack boy - Fats has that job.
Roger
Ratchet
>sciatic
> nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> non-horizontal position :(
>
>
Been there done that , didn't get the T- shirt :-( ........ Good Luck on
the re- do ! I decided adter they messed me up the first time to just say
no to the next offers to go back in and "fix" me !
Tom S .- Takes ass kicking pain killers !
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Mark0
balls being loose for *his* racks though.
Apparently, I had managed to keyhole the 6mm hole in my L5 vertebra up to
almost 8mm-- which of course caused everything else to loosen and the
titanium cage to slide back into my sciatic nerve root. Guess I don't
have a 'warranty work' claim. :) I tell ya though, judging by my
pre-surgery pain levels when I was upright, I can see why people decide
they would rather die then go on. The pain was virtually intolerable --
even the good drugs didn't cut it. Thank God I got relief when I lay flat.
My surgery could not have gone better. They loosened up the scaffolding,
pulled the cage out completely, ran an 8mm screw into the socket they
created last time, tightened everything back up, and closed me back up.
Took 'em maybe an hour and a half tops.
I feel great now. I'm gonna pay way more attention to what I lift and how
I bend (I'm not bending!) -- and of course wear the damn brace for another
month. Last time I was doing so well when he told me I didn't *have* to
wear the brace if I didn't want to, I quit wearing it completely. Live
and learn.
Now as long as my alignment fix wasn't corrected by the key-holing last
time I should be back on track. :D
Thanks to all for all the kind words and encouragement. I just have to
build my strength back up and just like Fast Eddie, I'll be baaaa-ack.
-Mark <--too soon old too late smart
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On May 12 2008 11:00 AM, Ratchet wrote:
> On May 9 2008 12:16 AM, Mark0 wrote:
>
> >sciatic
> > nerve. Fortunately only causing excruciating pain only when I'm in a
> > non-horizontal position :(
> >
> >
>
>
> Been there done that , didn't get the T- shirt :-( ........ Good Luck on
> the re- do ! I decided after they messed me up the first time to just say
> no to the next offers to go back in and "fix" me !
>
>
> Tom S .- Takes ass kicking pain killers !
--Mark0
Author of Secrets to a Perfect Pool Table Recovering Job
http://www.mccauleyweb.com/secrets.htm
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JakartaDean
> Well Fats got to keep the racking gig. Willie's still bitching about the
> balls being loose for *his* racks though.
>
> pulled the cage out completely, ran an 8mm screw into the socket they
> created last time, tightened everything back up, and closed me back up.
> Took 'em maybe an hour and a half tops.
>
Just curious, do you shoot pool in a very low position, close to the
cue? If so, does that bother your back?
Dean <-- now one more thing to worry about
Roger Orsulak
> Well Fats got to keep the racking gig. Willie's still bitching about the
> balls being loose for *his* racks though.
>
>
> Now as long as my alignment fix wasn't corrected by the key-holing last
> time I should be back on track. :D
>
> Thanks to all for all the kind words and encouragement. I just have to
> build my strength back up and just like Fast Eddie, I'll be baaaa-ack.
>
>
> -Mark <--too soon old too late smart
Great news Mark. Glad to hear that all went well. I'm sure that Fats is
relieved. They won't let him play with the big boys til he grows up, so
he's relegating for racking. And with that, is it any wonder that Willie is
complaining about the balls being loose?
Roger
Mark0
snip
>Glad to hear it went well Mark.
>
> Just curious, do you shoot pool in a very low position, close to the
> cue? If so, does that bother your back?
>
> Dean <-- now one more thing to worry about
I don't get real low (though I will take a 'look see' at a tough cut from
that position) but I'm not upright either. Ray prolly remembers my set up
from the few times we've played. I'd be curious if I'm as down as I think
I am....
--Mark0
Author of Secrets to a Perfect Pool Table Recovering Job
http://www.mccauleyweb.com/secrets.htm
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