My life has come to a hult for a few weeks. Had to have unexpected Laminectomy disc L4-5. Surgery Tuesday home yesterday. Sore and board. Can only sit 30 minutes at a time. Walk as much in the house as I want. So the holidays will be different but there are many that have bigger issues than this. Back to Doctor on 2 weeks post op check start physical therapy. Will be allowed to do more then.
Stop at Kennywood and see our modular display at Holiday Lights.
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Heel fast
and let us know your progress.
Thom heal up fast and take it easy!
Thom, we are certainly missing you at Kennywood, but we are glad you are on the way to recovery!
Andy
My mom said her laminectomy was like a miracle! Hope it works as well for you.
Pete
I had exactly the same surgery in 2000. Best thing I've ever done. I was on my back 2 weeks at a time 2-3 weeks a year for 5 years before. Then I blew it out sneezing! Since then I ski frequently, been on multiple 100 backpacking trips in NM and have even repelled. Only down side is I was laying in the hospital during the 2000 World Series. My wife and kids got to use my tickets.
Good luck with the recovery. It to me a little while but I was better than new after it. I can even crawl under the layout without an issue.
Good Luck
Listen to your doctor! I had a laminectomy two years ago. I felt great, so good in fact that I've done stupid things and now I'm back in physical therapy. Remember what Clint Eastwood said " a man has to know his limitations." Good luck and a speedy recovery.
Doc. Get well soon, hopefully fully recovered by Christmas. I know a few people in my age group that have had back surgery and they all came out fine. Recovery can be a bummer but the results can make up for it.
Get well soon. It's a lousy time of year to be sidelined.
Hey Thom - I feel your pain, literally. Hope you get relief and can enjoy the holidays. I had fusion of L5/S1 three years about (almost to the day). I've done very well with it and have been pain free most of the time, but started some intermittent pain a year ago due to bone spurs in that segment's foramen. It's gotten pretty bad the last couple of weeks....no back pain, just leg. Had an MRI this morning and am expecting to need a foraminotomy to "clean things up" in the next month or two, so I'm rushing to get my new layout done. Not looking forward to another surgery, but the doc says this is minor compared to fusion. Best wishes to you on a full recovery.
Get well soon !!!!
alex
Wishing you a fast recovery.
Get well soon. Hope you are better in a couple of months.
I too have some back problems but am putting off surgery for as long as I can.
Lee Fritz
wishing you a speedy and full recovery
Get better so you can play with your trains, back pain is the worst.
I m going through it now, not as bad as yours mine stem from arthritis and thinking that I m still 18 and moving heavy things bending wrong.
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