Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Well, it finally happened. They installed titanium rods and did a bone graph and fusion on L3 and L4 this morning. I got here about 530 am, surgery at 8 am and was in a room by noon. The pain is not too bad and i have been up walking with a walker some. I have a drain in my back and and they are keeping me until Saturday or Sunday. I did sleep some but now wide wake and bored. I hope to be shooting next year and looking forward to seeing all of you. Maddog McCoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Praying for a quick recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Pray for you pard if I can ever get neck working again doc wants do my L 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Hang in there. Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Please follow your doctor’s and therapist’s advice. I hope you have a quick uneventful recovery. Uneventful in a medical sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Praying for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Howdy, Boring is very very good. Enjoy boring. At least you have the web to entertain. Lean back and let your body heal. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Glad you are bored! A boring recovery is usually a good recovery. "Exciting" recoveries are the scary ones. I gotta repeat what Pat said, listen to your doctors and do what they say, and dont try to push it past the limits they set for you, even if you feel you can. Hoping for your great recovery. I've been there, C5/C6 with a titanium plate and some zombie bone (cadaver bone matrix). Any my wife had it much lower in the L region, except with ceramic rather than the zombie bone. MIne hers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Do what the doctor says to do! DO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY RELIGIOUSLY!! They did my surgery on Dec. 13th, L1 to L5, and I shot the March 1st match at Wartrace the next spring, wearing my back brace and staging my shotgun shells because my shotgun belt wasn’t big enough to go over the brace! I was riding my old Harley before the end of May and have been pain free in that area for 16 years! Great doc and the therapists were fantastic! Relentless, but altogether fabulous! Again! DO THE THERAPY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Adding you to the prayer list. I feel for ya. About 15 years ago my L4-5 disc blew into my spinal canal. The sawbones was able to fix it without installing any hardware thankfully, and I pretty much fully recovered. Hoping yours is successful as mine. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Had mine done (L4-L5) end of April this year. Back to 100% already. Hope yours does the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Praying for you here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 Thanks everyone. This morning they checked me and gave meds. My blood presure was 117 over 70. About 5 mins after they left, i got sick and cold sweats really bad and hit the nurse button. N I the time they got back ( 2-3) they i had lost all my color ai had a massive headache and my vision was blacking out. My blood pressure had dropped to 63 over 30. Fortunately after few minutes, it started to come back up on it's own. I was messed up for about an hour ( seeing stuff they claimed was not there)or so and slept most of the day. I am better tonight and although I hurt, they reduce the meds i am taking. I should get out tomorrow. Thank for the messages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 follow the recovery program for best results and get well soon , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Got out of hospital Sunday afternoon, at home with lots of restrictions, tylenol, no pain meds as they made sick friday. Thanjs for the messages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I hope the news is all good in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Prayers up to get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Still praying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Prayers for your recovery headed your way Maddog. And another exhortation: DO THE THERAPY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Prayers up for your recovery. Listen to what others have said and do the pt for a complete rehab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Standing up on my knees for you, pard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Hope you are recovering fast Maddog! Prayers for you! SCJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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