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[madmaxx]

Wow, I had my c7-T1 disk explode with absolutey no warning couple months ago. After I demanded immediate MRI, fuk the lets give it time sheet, I got them. I had excrutiating pain in my back running all the way down to my hand which no longer opened. After trying to make an appointement with a neurosurgeons and being told 3 weeks I once again said fuk that and by the grace of God found one of the top neurosurgeons in Hosuton. He said "you may not regain use of your hand but you will be in surgery Friday. So one week to the date of initial pain had surgery. When awoke all pain was completely gone, was back to work the following Wednesday. Right now hand is about 60% useable.

I still say my "surgery" was better than this story. I would never ever suffer for years. The year is 2011, solutions exist just go to world renowned doctors and medical centers. My neighbor had a 3 level neck fusion, he was back to work in three weeks.

Originally Posted by avanti-176

I just spent the last 3 years with a dull headache at all times, anytime I did anything as physical as raking leaves I would end up in bed for 2 to 3 days with a headache that makes a migrain feel like you bumped your head against the shower, I would throw up every 20 min's like clockwork, had to drink ginger ale and eat crackers every 20 min's just to have something in my stomach to throw up.
3 months ago I had surgery to fuse a few cervical vertabrate together because I had a burst disk that had calcified and was badly pinching my spinal chord. Had a nice collar to wear for 8 weeks and have been enjoying physical therapy for the last 4.
I would trade Tin-man his problimatic tranny and motor in a heartbeat, any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

It suck's what he has to deal with after all that time and money, I feel for him, I really do, but , like Patrickt said, lets not blow it out of proportion..........

Here is my reminder...

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Wow, I had my c7-T1 disk explode with absolutely no warning couple months ago.

Uhhh, had Voss Performance installed that for you?

[madmaxx]

Laughing my ASSSSSSSSS oFFF

Originally Posted by patrickt

Uhhh, had Voss Performance installed that for you?

[avanti-176]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

I would never ever suffer for years. The year is 2011, solutions exist just go to world renowned doctors and medical centers.

I agree with you there, believe me I tried, problem was that I had none of the normal symptoms such as the pain and tingleing in your back,arm and hands. The neurologists kept telling me they were just bad migrains and would really not listen to me when I told them it was physical not phychological, kept telling me they were stress related. I like my life at the moment, I have no stress!!

Finally got tired of the doctors here and got ahold of the woman that grew up next to me and was my babysitter, her husband just happens to be one of the foremost spinal reconstruction surgeons in the country, he talked to me for ten minutes on the phone then called my nuerologist got them to give me the MRI I had been asking for, took one look at it and said,"get down here (he is 5 hours away in maryland), get down here RIGHT now."
Went down a few days later had the surgery, all the pain is now gone and I get to play golf this week for the first time this year.

He told me another month or two and I may not be walking anymore.

Just goes to prove "its not what you know, it's who you know."


I will still take any amount of engine trouble over having my neck open with my spinal chord, trachea, jugular veins and whatever else exposed to the elements......maybe that is just me.

[madmaxx]

You just made my day, I was afraid to ask how your recovery was going sounds like you will be 100% Neurologist = idiot, she wante to wait 3 months, my surgeon said my hand would have been dead and should have had surgery immediately. I told him to fix my lower back, he said come back in 6 months after doing core exercises. He dont care about pain only loss of motor skills, told me I had a propensity towards surgery, i told him no sheet it works, the guy is my hero.

Originally Posted by avanti-176

I agree with you there, believe me I tried, problem was that I had none of the normal symptoms such as the pain and tingleing in your back,arm and hands. The neurologists kept telling me they were just bad migrains and would really not listen to me when I told them it was physical not phychological, kept telling me they were stress related. I like my life at the moment, I have no stress!!

Finally got tired of the doctors here and got ahold of the woman that grew up next to me and was my babysitter, her husband just happens to be one of the foremost spinal reconstruction surgeons in the country, he talked to me for ten minutes on the phone then called my nuerologist got them to give me the MRI I had been asking for, took one look at it and said,"get down here (he is 5 hours away in maryland), get down here RIGHT now."
Went down a few days later had the surgery, all the pain is now gone and I get to play golf this week for the first time this year.

He told me another month or two and I may not be walking anymore.

Just goes to prove "its not what you know, it's who you know."


I will still take any amount of engine trouble over having my neck open with my spinal chord, trachea, jugular veins and whatever else exposed to the elements......maybe that is just me.