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Monday : 4/6/98 - Friday : 4/10/98 "Last week until work"
Well I lied , I wanted to write every 3 days
but I had gotten a little busy so I wasn't able to do this until Friday
.
I am very sorry to all of you that have been
keeping a close eye on my recovery . It has been very nice to wake
up without that much pain in my back . It
has been over 2 weeks and my recovery has been fast and I have been
able to do more walking and driving than I
have since the operation . I originally thought this recovery would take
longer but it has been nice . I still cannot lift over twenty pounds ,
by doctors orders , but that will only be for a few
more weeks . I still take Ultram , 2 pills
a day in the morning , but I am sure that it will only be for a few more
weeks . The scar on my back has healed nicely
and there is not much of a scar only about an inch and it is scabbing
so I am sure that will go away but leave a
small scar which I feel is a good trade off from pain .
I still cannot bend over that good without
it bothering me , but I cannot expect to be healed overnight .
This should take at least 2 more months to
heal to about 75-85 percent . Right now I'm about 65 percent which
is a great percentage and I'm am currently
happy with the procedure .
I'm going back to work on Monday and , as
weird as it sounds , I am very happy to go . It has been a great 3 weeks
off but was getting very boring because I
wasn't able to lift heavy stuff , so I wasn't able to do the house work
I needed to do . Everything takes energy and that is one thing I have not
gained back yet .
I have had Insomnia and have not been able
to get to sleep until about 4:00 am and that will be very crucial
when I try to sleep on Sunday . I really hope
that I am not late to work because that would look really bad .
I would like to take the time to thank everyone
for their support during this time and I am very grateful
for all of you that E-mailed
me during this time . I would still like to get more info. on different
back injuries
so that I can give others a free advice page
which is very hard to find on the web . It seems to me that every
site I go to has a book for sale . My intention
is not to make money , but to give others a choice of
different procedures for them to contemplate
for free .
I find it very displeasing when you go to
a site that will say they have info. and they try to sell you something
that could of been free for others to view . I would of wrote a book but
instead I decided to help out people with
these problems and to hopefully give a service
that would maybe be the deciding factor to their problems .
I urge anyone with back problems to E-mail
me so I can put these problems on my site . This would certainly
be of great help for others like me who do
not have the money to throw away to some jerk who writes a
documentary on his personal experiences .
It turns out to be a book on the persons life rather than the problem
at hand . I call those people scam artists
, and all they are doing is helping their bank accounts not you !!!!!
There are a mess of procedures out there that
are just a scam , so I urge you to really look into those companies
and to do a lot of researching into those
procedures . Not everyone out there is honest so be careful , and don't
jump into the first procedure that you see
. It took me about 2 years to go for this operation because I wanted
to see what my other options were . I chose
to get this operation because I felt that it was the only sure thing
to do .
Well I appreciate all the hits on my site
and look forward to hearing from all of you .
Thank you again and I will Update My weekend
on Sunday night before I go to sleep , I promise .
So until Sunday ,
Bye
Most uncomfortable positions,
at this time, would be:
Sitting and standing for more than a 5 hours
at a time
Bending down
Driving for more than 1 hour at a time
Walking for more than 1 mile
Saturday : 4/11/98 - Sunday : 4/11/98 My Last Weekend
Well , Happy Easter Past everyone , hope
that you all enjoyed this weekend . I sure did , knowing
that this is it until I go to work . I am
feeling a little pain because I was bending down to do some
yard work , bad mistake . I really felt ok
, but I should of been a little easier on myself . I had
developed a bad case of stomach cramps on
sunday which put a damper on my day , but I lived .
It must of been something I ate because it
was a bad pain that was like a knife cutting in my stomach .
Otherwise , it was not too bad of a weekend
.
I still have to take the Ultram and it seems
to help me move around better . The swelling on my back
has not gone down and the scar is light now
. I still have problems sitting for long periods and my
sleeping habits are still bad ( Saturday 3
am ) not the time I really wanted . Well go to Week 4 and find
out what time for Sunday , I really hope it's
early because I have to work on Monday .
Until then
Bye
Most uncomfortable positions,
at this time, would be:
Sitting and standing for more than a 5 hours
at a time
Bending down
Driving for more than 1 hour at a time
Walking for more than 1 mile
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