Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 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 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Praying for a quick recovery 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Pray for you pard if I can ever get neck working again doc wants do my L 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Wyatt Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Hang in there. Get well soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Please follow your doctor’s and therapist’s advice. I hope you have a quick uneventful recovery. Uneventful in a medical sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Praying for ya! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 (edited) 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!! Edited October 15 by Blackwater 53393 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 (edited) Had mine done (L4-L5) end of April this year. Back to 100% already. Hope yours does the same! Edited October 15 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Praying for you here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 16 Author Share Posted October 16 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 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 follow the recovery program for best results and get well soon , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog McCoy SASS #5672 Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 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 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I hope the news is all good in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Prayers up to get well soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Still praying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Prayers for your recovery headed your way Maddog. And another exhortation: DO THE THERAPY! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Prayers up for your recovery. Listen to what others have said and do the pt for a complete rehab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Standing up on my knees for you, pard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Hope you are recovering fast Maddog! Prayers for you! SCJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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