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On Feb 9, 4:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing

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Come on over to my house tonight and watch me glow
in the dark.
Radiation and bone scan today - WHOO HOO!!!
I wonder what color I will be. :)
You feeling OK today? I haven't seen any bizarre posts yet.
No - I feel like crap, thank you very much.

Chemo today and it didn't go well.

I hate chemo.

~~ mutter ~~

However, tomorrow is another day.
Damn.......it sounds serious. I wish you the best of luck in
getting
better and beating whatever medical condition you have Tom.

BTW: I spent close to an hour in an MRI tube today. I have
had difficulty walking since the operation due to the loss of
muscle control in my calf and quad in my right leg. I am hoping
that it is just swelling on the nerves that is causing the problem.
Did they fuse the disc?

Had a friend who had a L4/5 disc hernia - took him
about a year to get completely better after a fusion.
No. They cut away the herniation.
Have you started PT yet?

The nerves went whacko about 8 weeks after my laminectomy and
discectomy and they continue to give me problems two years later.
My surgeon did not want in house PT knowing they need to justify
their time and would have me doing things he did not want me doing.

I do leg lifts from the sitting and lying position, as well as
walking as much as I can.............PT ordered by the surgeon and
things I can do on my own without a therapist at my side.

This MRI will tell the story on what is wrong............hopefully
showing that it is all due to inflammation from the surgery. ;-)
An EMG and NCV will tell a better story about what the nerves are doing.

Thanks but I will stick to my doctors (my surgeon and my PC) advice. ;-)

Jim you are your own best advocate, waiting for the doctors to do
something may result in the loss of nerve function and use of the leg.
If you don't push them to find a cause and then a course of corrective
action you will be the looser and not them. You will be limping home and
they will be driving their big huge luxury cars.

Your surgeon only sees surgical solutions. Your PC passes out pills and
referrals.

Believe it or not the best thing you can do now is weight training and
aerobic exercise. You need to find a competent PT who specializes in the
spine.

Please don't sit around waiting for someone to tell you to do something.

You do understand this is the person who accepted his mechanics
suggestion that he did not have to change an impeller of unknown age,
because the engine was not overheating at that time. Many people gave
him very prudent advice, but his response was, I will follow the advice
of my mechanic. Only after having major expensive problems due to bad
recommendation by his mechanic did he chose to find another mechanic.

Doctors are nothing more than very well paid mechanics. I would go in
and ASK specific questions about moderate weight training or other
exercises. I would never go against my doctors advice, without getting
another opinion, but to sit back and wait for the doctor to tell you
what to do, will guarantees at best you will get mediocre care.