February 02, 2006
Home Day 2
Well, I am much less groggy than when I made that last post. And I have felt exponentially better each of the last two mornings. But I guess spine surgery takes a lot out of you, because I am not exactly out throwing bales of hay down from the loft, or shoveling compost. I am not sure what I expected, but I am still at the "take a few ginger steps then need to lie down because I am exhausted" stage. But hey, I don't have the level 6 or 7 (out of 10) daily pain that I had been living with for the last six months, so I will take this, even with the slow recovery, over the chronic pain experience.
Somewhere in here there is a post about how this experience has changed my view of the medical establishment, but I think that will have to wait, because I am actually going to go lie down for a while.
Posted by peter at February 2, 2006 09:37 AMI am going in for Phy Therapy today for my back- troubled since I helped daughter Sara move to an apartment and aggravated by the minimal work I took on when my office moved the following week. Hoping for better prognosis than what you experienced.
May try to get up and see you in early March....
Oh yeah, lovely children you folks feature!
Posted by: Jay Wilkinson at February 2, 2006 11:00 AMhang in there Peter. we are thinking of you in texas.
Posted by: rae at February 2, 2006 11:01 PMHi Peter,
I had disk surgery 1998, L-4 / L-5, back pain, butt pain, leg pain, foot pain. Surgery is the way to go. It may take a little longer than 4-6 weeks just from a mental stand point as you will be more aware of lifting and bending so as not to re-injure yourself. I can work pretty hard now,
but I still keep it in the back of the mind to take a couple extra seconds and just work SMART.
Good luck,
John, Carver,MA
