winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

It's a sad indictment on America when it's corrupted media is so entrenched to favor the equally corrupt establishment that even when the f**e news it dreams up in their relentless attempts to undermine the country's constitutionally elected President is so obviously nothing more than blatantly biased rubbish that even the dregs of its society such as we encounter in this fine section could and should be expected to dismiss they choose instead to do nothing more than ridicule the only real chance America has left.

I'll bet this doesn't go more than five minutes before the i***ts start with personal attacks rather than demonstrating that tallying their IQ actually requires them to remove their socks.

user47602 Loc: ip 304.0.0.33.32

this is the OP:

this is from another thread, aptly entitled Sad, but true...so you thought it so delightfully witty you would give your little string of words a shot at their very own thread?


I have to admire your cut'n'paste abilities!!!

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

You are most insightful and I thank you for your admiration and for looking in.

Sjfh

This may be a foreign concept to a large contingent of the population, but a good many people are actually consistent in what they think and say. Not everyone changes their opinion to suit their agenda.

Some applaud the former and have little to no respect for the former. Clearly you're not a member of that group.

Two weeks ago, I underwent spinal fusion surgery during witch complications ensued (the top of my spine slid completely off the bottom....keep in mind the spinal cord runs through the vertebrae and was bent and crushed as a result). My surgeon called it listhesis. I like to say he decapitated me 😝. My point.....I've told the story many times to friends, family and coworkers. Aside from the fact that my story doesn't change....the drug cocktail I'm on (15mg roxicodone 6x/day, 1,000mg Tylenol 4x/day, 5mg Valium 3x/day and 10mf flexeril 3x/day....and I still couldn't sleep tonight so took 2mg lunesta at midnite and here I am wide awake and in pain again 3 hours later and almost 5 hours until my next meds are due...I dropped the roxicodone and can't take Tylenol as I'm at the max dose per day already and nsaids interfere with healing and fusion) makes it difficult to type and so I copy/paste the story often (though not here). Does that make me somehow of lesser character? When the story remains the same, why not copy/paste?

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

I really feel for you Sjfh as, although nothing comparable to what you must be enduring, I have put up with chronic back pain for many years.

Your courage and positive attitude is obvious however and those attributes will undoubtedly go a long way to help to expedite your recovery.

My best regards, Rob.

Sjfh

Thanks, Rob.

I don't know the cause of your back pain, but this is my second ACDF in a year and a half (C4-7 March 2016 and just now C3-4). Major surgery, yes. Scary...you bet. Worth it....without a doubt. Pre-surgery pain gone immediately. Just need to recover from the cutting and manipulation. And then the dreadful PT.....but so worth it all.

And I get to watch Hail, Caesar at 4 am. Dreadful movie but it has some synchronized swimming in it and that is my passion. I'm missing three (likely four and maybe forever) years of it due to some broad who decided to turn left on a red light into 5mph traffic (me). Still, I'm extremely lucky. Godspeed.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

My initial injury was a result of being a passenger in a small Japanese car driven by a friend that rolled end over end an estimated 6 1/2 times exacerbated by a number of instances of incorrect lifting technique in later life. Now thankfully manageable however.

You will be able to do wh**ever you set your mind to.....

Sjfh

Thanks.....I know I can do it....and will in all likelihood. I just hope I get a blessing from the doc.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

In my experience Docs tend to pigeon hole their patients. Mine said that I'd probably end up in a wheel chair. When you feel ready just tell your PT what you want and go from there.

Sjfh

I'm right with you on the docs. I need to agree with him on this one. I'm a synchronized swimmmer. It may look cute and easy, but it's totally intense. Not to mention involves doing everything I'm supposed to avoid....quickly twisting, turning and bending my neck. Lifting heavy objects. I'm not lifting....but exerting enough force on the water to hold myself out of the water to my hips while upside down. Then there's lifting more than 10 pounds overhead. I routinely (along with 1-3 others) lift two people over my head, exerting enough leg and arm force (touching the bottom is forbidden) to throw the top woman 6-8 feet above the water surface. The swimmer in blue was, a second prior to this pic, standing on the shoulders of the swimmer in black. Pool depth is 15 feet. You can see the four "pushers" below the surface. http://yooying.com/p/1367418161875689869

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Oh! Right! Um! I see your point......Wellll, maybe you could take up coaching synchronized swimmers?

Sjfh

That's just what I'm doing. My masters team doesn't have a coach...we coach ourselves. It's such a great help to have someone on deck coaching. K**ls me to not be in the water but need to take this route for now.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Go for it! With your drive and dedication I'm certain that under your leadership the team will be strong and considerable competitors.

user47602 Loc: ip 304.0.0.33.32

most welcome, bud

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Bazbo Loc: Lisboa, Portugal

You lead with one hell of a run-on sentence Rose. You also complain about personal attacks while you launch one of your very own in the second paragraph.

Get a grip, man. And learn to use punctuation. Your rants will be easier to read.