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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | Well, once again my spine has failed me. I started playing hockey when I was five all the way through high school and beyond. Then, I have lived my childhood dream of being a firefighter/paramedic for many years. This is not a good combination of athletics and career for ones spine. To add on to that I have this crazy obsession of muskie fishing, throwing large baits in a bobbing boat for hours and years on end. I hurt my back initially in April 2003 on a Wildland fire in Stevens Point of all things. I had my first surgery, a Minimally Invasive Microdisectomy that July and was back to things full swing after few months. Fast forward to mid 2005 and the same disc (L5-S1) went out again, plus L4-L5 to boot. I had another Microdisectomy in May of 2005, once again a few months later back to normal. For some reason that fall my disc between C5-C6 decided it wanted to join the party and I had Laminectomy on that one in early November 2005, two weeks after our wedding as a matter of fact! We will fast forward again to December 2008. L4-L5 herniated once again, this time with no injury to speak of. It actually started with just parathesia in my left great toe. By the end of December I actually landed in the hospital for a few days for pain control. After the usual conservative treatment of injections, PT, and medications I have come to a much more serious decision and will be having a TLIF (Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion) of L4-L5. This is going to be very hard for me and especially hard for my wife Julia since we have a beautiful 10-month old daughter Malia. I won't be able to pick her up for over 3-months after Monday the 15th. I have taken this part the hardest, since she means the world to me. Fortunately, though I will still be able to hold her in my lap all the time, and this is one of her favorite things to do. I feel bad that Julia will have to do everything, for many weeks including cooking, laundry and taking care of my little peanut, and me. If I waited any longer, Malia would be that much heavier and I would have to wait even longer to lift her etc. The good news, is of course this should put an end to all my troubles down there as long as I stick with the program. I know there are several of you guys and gals out there that have been through this before. Beaver comes to mind, I know we've chatted about this before. I am by no means a religious person, so I am not asking for prayers. Just good old fashioned luck. Another good thing to come will be spending a lot of time on MuskieFirst where I can lend my experience more often and create new and lasting friendships as I have since the site was started. Thanks Steve, Andrew and Mike for providing the top notch site that it is today. My goal is to be back on the water mid-October at the latest. Wish me luck and see you around. Tight lines and go stick a slob for me. P.S. I attached a pic of my daughter for your viewing pleasure, and mine of course! LOL! Attachments ----------------  Malia2.JPG (60KB - 79 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 16632 Location: The desert | Good to hear Medic. Grab some waders this fall and really put the doc's handy work to the test in the river | ||
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Posts: 2091 Location: Stevens Point, WI | Well, I'm over three weeks out from my surgery and I am doing better than most people at this point. I've been pretty hardcore with my rehab. I've been walking like crazy and am now doing to 1.5 mile walks per day. I'm incredibily bored most of the time, but well on my way to being able to chuck some baits this fall. In about 4 weeks I'll be able to fish from a pontoon boat for panfish and the father in law has been limiting out everyday at their house so I can't wait to at least get a line wet that way. I'm hope I don't gross you out too much but I attached a pic of my op site that i took today. It's hard to believe that they were able to put a cage between the vertebrae, four titanium screws and two new high tech rods through those two 3-inch incisions. Dr. Bunch in Wausau is fantastic and I would highly recommend him to anyone. He has patients come from all around the midwest. Good luck everyone and I can't wait to get the Tuffy wet, it's very sad to see it sitting in the garage. Later! Attachments ---------------- 4th of July 2009 073.jpg (36KB - 81 downloads) | ||
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