Dear all

in recent weeks i've been enduring debilitating issues that have left me with about 1/4 of the use of my body. basically, i have a right hand and sometimes only 4 of those fingers work. in recent days my life and mobility are measured in fractions of an inch. i am no longer able to my job as moderator and need to take off some time from my duties at c.c.

thanks for your understanding. y'all have been great and i look forward to returning one day soon. to my old buddy beave; keep the pot stirred--chump.

brian

Hope Ya get better real soon!!!

prayer sent up

Brother, I feel your pain. I hope things work out for you.

Prayers sent ......................

Keep in touch, Brian. Hope to see you back soon.

Sorry to hear that...

Get better!

Sorry to hear of your health issues, Brian. Take care of yourself first and foremost. Hopefully this is just a short term situation, and you will be back at the helm in no time at all. Take care my friend and if there is anything I can do just let me know. I will put in a good word for ya with Obama. :biggrin Take care Brian and keep in touch when ya can. EB

Hope you get better soon.

Go see that doctor and follow 'em instructions. Hang in there.

Saying a prayer for you.

Prayers sent.....don't worry about your mod duties we have your back. Take care of yourself......this will still be here when you get back.

I hope you get well soon Brian.

Sorry to hear about this Brian. You will be in our prayers. Take care of your self first, don't worry about us. And please let us know if there is any thing at all we can do to help in any way.

Prayers are being said in Gray, Ga. Get well soon.

I sincerely hope you have a relatively quick recovery, sir ! (Wouldn`t that suck if you actually ended up USING "ObamaCare" ? What would the NEIGHBORS think?)

We will stand with you my pal. Take care.

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Originally Posted by Lowellhturner

I sincerely hope you have a relatively quick recovery, sir ! (Wouldn`t that suck if you actually ended up USING "ObamaCare" ? What would the NEIGHBORS think?)

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Not funny. Our family doctor just shut his doors. He has had it with the regulations.

Thanks guys. All I really need right now is support and encouragement. Last Sept I started losing the use of let wrist and hand. Tuesday I was close to a heart attack from pain. Twice in the ER this past week, my spine has finally had enough. Sometimes my legs just go out from under me. Today was a pretty good. I was able to get up and move without my walker or the rollator. I live on 5 pills every 4 hours to cope. I see a spinal specialist tomorrow. Hopefully some promising news comes from that. The drugs have been great! I keep having dreams about food, and now I'm dying for a bag of pecan sandies and some milk. I WILL beat this.

Hope the specialist comes up with something for you.....hey....I would like some pecan sandies too dadgummit!

Sounds like some nerve damage some place. Take care Brian and don't lose hope. We are all pullin for ya. EB

Hope the doctors find the prolbem. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Hang tough !

You worry about yourself .... we'll take care of this bunch of rowdy gewbers !!

Hope you get'r fixed & come back with all cylinders firing at WOT !!

Take care of yourself, buddy ..... hoping for the best possible outcome.

... cp :kewl

Prayers sent. Good luck.

prayers from my family to yours....Gods got it

i hate to hear this tough news, get well soon

Here’s some support and encouragement for ya.
Jesus is still in the healing business!
And here are a couple pain relievers for you.
I Can Only Imagine (with lyrics) - MercyMe - YouTube
Nicole C. Mullen - My Redeemer Lives - YouTube
Rascal Flatts- Changed Lyrics (New Single 2012) - YouTube
You love me anyway- Sidewalk Prophets - YouTube
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman (Best Worship Song Ever) (with Lyrics) - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbBrlAVm20

I had my final diagnosis and today. The MRI shows a herniated and degenerating disc (L 4/5) is the cause of all this. I have "episodes" where it breaks down enough to cause a chain reaction in the nervous system that makes my lower back muscles go into extreme hyper-cramping. They pull themselves apart until I get treated (typically in the ER). That's the event that puts me on my back for about 3 weeks. There's no operation to fix it, so the answer for relief or a pseudo cure, will be cortisone shots. Until then I'm on a battery of drugs that's gets me on feet so I can at least putter around the house. After the shots I should be relatively normal soon.

Great news, wish there was a real fix for it. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Sorry to here this BTC. I myself had severe pain in my arm and upper back about 3 years ago. Had a MRI 2 disc L5 6 and L 6and 7 in same shape as you describe yours with a big bone spur to go along with 5 and 6. 1 week later had surgery double fusion when i woke up NO MORE PAIN. I am just fine and am good to go no problems at all dont even take any meds just have a plate in my neck. I thank you need to see a new Doc. If you need a name i can hook you up. God speed to loosing that PAIN.

Hey y'all. I'm doing much better these days. I woke up last Thursday and it was like a miracle had happened. I was able to walk again! And I mean really walk. I can't wait for the cortisone shots.

Thats good news......hope it keeps on working for ya

OMG, when I read about your back spasms my back almost went into a spasm. My back issues don't sound near as bad as yours, but I know a little of what that feels like. Yep, a three week outage. Been there, done that, hate to see that on on my worst enemy.

Not sure how long you've been having these bouts, but as far as mine go, you can kinda learn to manage it. And shorten outage times. I use a lot of ice on mine. I'm not trying to be a doctor here, just sharing my experience.

Heal well and heal fast back2.

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OMG, when I read about your back spasms my back almost went into a spasm. My back issues don't sound near as bad as yours, but I know a little of what that feels like. Yep, a three week outage. Been there, done that, hate to see that on on my worst enemy.

Not sure how long you've been having these bouts, but as far as mine go, you can kinda learn to manage it. And shorten outage times. I use a lot of ice on mine. I'm not trying to be a doctor here, just sharing my experience.

Heal well and heal fast back2.

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I've had 3 major attacks since 2006. The first one almost killed me and it was my son's birthday. I was given so many drugs to manage the pain and spasms that the ER Dr. overdosed me. My heart began slowly stopping. Then they resuscitated me minutes after releasing me. I spent the night in the hospital, and they wanted to keep me longer. I pretty much forced myself out the door. In 2010 I was on my boat brim fishing with my little one. I sat down in the pedestal seat and that was it. High winds, electric motor, with 200 yards of weeds between us and the ramp. I had to lay down and use a grappling hook to pull my way through the weeds. Crawled to the truck, and finally got enough altitude to make a call to my wife at work. My wife had neighbors waiting in my driveway. One parked the boat, one took my son, and my wife finally got home to help me. This last episode rivals the first. I was taken via ambulance the first morning, and my wife insisted I go back to the ER on day 3. Those are my war stories, and I'm stickin to em.

Currently, the kids think that because I can stand up and move a around that I'm ready to be DAD again. Nah... LOL I still have some very bad moments. Experience has taught me it takes about 3 solid weeks on my back before anything gets better.

Great B2!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up the good fight, Brian.

100% back on my feet!!

For 6 dang years these closed minded, know-it-all doctors have insisted my problem was on in the inside of my spine. It wasn't! It's on the outside! Yesterday I went to an appt at an "advanced pain management facility". This very knowledgeable foreign doctor walks in with a full scale model of the human spine. A 2 minute exam and he's done! He knows exactly what the problem is and how to fix the pain and reduce or eliminate future attacks. Most damaged and herniated disks do their work from the inside. Yeah, mine's very damaged and USED to cause that classic pain down the leg half of us have. My problem with these brutal attacks that earn me ambulance rides was the outer limbs of the vertebrae latching onto my left sciatic branch, then bearing down on it causing a subsequent uncontrollable attack that commands the muscles to respond. They essentially rip themselves apart through continuous spasms. THIS is is where the all the debilitating pain that makes you consider eating a bullet comes from. I've had all sorts of broken bones and trips to the ER for burns, lacerations etc.. etc.. . Nothing hurts like this. Nothing.

So.. while I sat filling out forms and waiting for over an hour, the diagnosis and resolution was quick, simple, and relatively painless. It came down to properly placed cortisone shots, which is more like an out patient surgery than just getting a shot. Man what a cocktail of packed-full syringes! I've never experienced a needle being directed on nerves then touching the needle to it, and waiting for the right response. No wonder they numbed me up so much.

End result- I woke up this morning feeling great! I got up around 3:00 and started picking up around the house, did the dishes etc. I'm ready for some fishin!

Today I say goodbye to all of the this stuff! Thank you everybody for your kind words of support. It meant a bunch to me.

Hope this is going to work for you Brian. Have been thinking of you lately! Hope that this is a lasting thing for you. EB