The healing process begins!
Oct 28, 2016 23:39:22 #
Nothing heals back surgery quicker than standing next to a Union Pacific steam locomotive. But the surgeon lied. He said that he removed my bad disk completely, but as you can tell by looking just below my arms and above my belt line, all he did was push the bad disk toward the front.
Oct 29, 2016 00:06:35 #
Oct 29, 2016 00:14:00 #
Almost forgot, wishing you a full, speedy and painless recovery Tom...and don't let it happen again!
Oct 29, 2016 00:29:40 #
jederick wrote:
Will you shut up? Everybody says that! I don't look a thing like him. Well... perhaps as a Bad Santa.Boy, you look like Billy Bob Thorton! 
Oct 29, 2016 00:31:47 #
jederick wrote:
Just a few more vertebrae to go.Almost forgot, wishing you a full, speedy and painless recovery Tom...and don't let it happen again!
Oct 29, 2016 01:57:29 #
tainkc wrote:
Take your pick.Will you shut up? Everybody says that! I don't look a thing like him.
Oct 29, 2016 02:00:48 #
Oct 29, 2016 03:13:19 #
Strange that Tom...I had back surgery about three years ago, and I think the surgeon did what yours did..except he must have taken 5 discs out!!. By the way, that looks a beast of an Engine behind you.
Oct 29, 2016 03:14:33 #
Oct 29, 2016 03:17:15 #
Doddy wrote:
I guess we will just have to see what happens. Saturday, I plan on catching the locomotive on the run. By the way, How well did the surgery work for you? A lot of the initial pain has disappeared altogether for me. Now all I feel is the surgical pain... I think.Strange that Tom...I had back surgery about three years ago, and I think the surgeon did what yours did..except he must have taken 5 discs out!!. By the way, that looks a beast of an Engine behind you.
Oct 29, 2016 04:18:56 #
tainkc wrote:
I guess we will just have to see what happens. Saturday, I plan on catching the locomotive on the run. By the way, How well did the surgery work for you? A lot of the initial pain has disappeared altogether for me. Now all I feel is the surgical pain... I think.
Tom, I went for surgery because of bad back pain and numbness in my legs. After the op the surgeon told me because of the state of my spine he could only do one of the two procedures he had planned, he said he could guarantee the numbness would go but not the pain!. for about a month I was completely free of pain (I could have leapt over a six foot wall...well a 6" wall then) but unfortunately, the pain came back. since then I have had pain relief injections and opoid (palexia) tablets ...the injections were painful and a waste of time, and the tablets gave me severe constipation..so it's back to my tens machine and everyday painkillers!!.
Oct 29, 2016 04:28:25 #
Hope your feeling better soon Tom and I know what it's like to have bad back pains.I was laid up lots of times with it and on one occasion for 6 months so it's no joke . Great photo Tom.
Oct 29, 2016 11:15:31 #
You look pretty good after back surgery, just one question...how is standing next to a locomotive gonna make it heal faster?
Oct 29, 2016 11:24:12 #
A place to rest your tea plate on, who needs a tray. 
Pleased you are out and about and feeling better. Very nice shot of you and the train.
Pleased you are out and about and feeling better. Very nice shot of you and the train. Oct 29, 2016 12:18:56 #
ROTFL Maybe that's my problem. I'll blame the chiropractor rather than the chocolate. Hopefully you're feeling better. Back issues are...well...a pain.
Hopefully you're feeling better. Back issues are...well...a pain.
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