Good for you bassman, I wound up with surgery and pain management and damn near ruined my life.
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curious old fart
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My advice would be to find another doctor. A good surgeon can repair a disc in outpatient surgery. It only takes about 45 minutes.
I don't like pain meds and only take them when there is a major problem. Doc knows this, and the fact that I'm a daily consumer of mj and often asks, "Is there anything you want?", knowing I'm going to say no. I still have some from 4 years ago.
cof
bassman999
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Trying to get another MRI, PT was causing more pain and I quit, and trying to get Chiropractic adjustment to see if that helps. The Dr said injections not surgery, I said hell no.
I have Kaiser btw
I have Kaiser btw
bassman999
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How is back now after disc surgery and recovery?My advice would be to find another doctor. A good surgeon can repair a disc in outpatient surgery. It only takes about 45 minutes.
I don't like pain meds and only take them when there is a major problem. Doc knows this, and the fact that I'm a daily consumer of mj and often asks, "Is there anything you want?", knowing I'm going to say no. I still have some from 4 years ago.
cof
I have all the pills minus one they gave me.
He doesnt like to offer me pills anyway since I was honest and told I smoke weed. They act like I am a drug addict now lol.
bassman999
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Surgery didnt work out well for you?Good for you bassman, I wound up with surgery and pain management and damn near ruined my life.
I heard horror stories from that Lassr Spine Institute (LSI) thats always on TV
curious old fart
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The back is better than it's been in 50 years...except for an area at the incision site that sometimes causes some pain...my fault, I stressed it during recovery. There's a 120 day appointment this week. There have been major advancements in back surgery in the last 10 years.
I had a well qualified young surgeon who did his residency in Cali, so he has an open opinion about mj....I found the best orthopedic docs are the ones the specialize in sports medicine.
cof
Javadog
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To be sure!my good friends are some of my best customers
he definitely needs help.
cof
I agree that it can feel creepy charging friends, but really this is stupid
as they were going to buy it anyway and are very likely happy to have
a safe source. :0)
JD
whodatnation
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Howdy dootie bassman!?!
been a while
whodatnation
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lines in the new dry room should be hung by late tomorrow or next day. Nice to get this knocked out sooner than later-
Lines will be on 8" centers-
Lines will be on 8" centers-
whodatnation
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Late to the party sorry to hear man.Howdy dootie bassman!?!
I had c2 - c7 fused with plates, rods and 12 screws holding everything together also t1 - t4
need fusion with the same hardware, lumbar probs also it's been a nightmare of pain and Dr's.
and to top it off hardly any Dr wants to see me because of the shape of my spine.
bassman999
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I think Kaiser programs Drs to have a neg opinion of weed.The back is better than it's been in 50 years...except for an area at the incision site that sometimes causes some pain...my fault, I stressed it during recovery. There's a 120 day appointment this week. There have been major advancements in back surgery in the last 10 years.
I had a well qualified young surgeon who did his residency in Cali, so he has an open opinion about mj....I found the best orthopedic docs are the ones the specialize in sports medicine.
cof
Did you have to pay for your surgery or did insurance pay?
I see NFL players trash knees and they fix it, I see so much fixed in sports, but someone is paying for it.
Should I leave Kaiser to find a better doctor?
Thanks man seems like I am not the only one, and that this is really common. That Dry-room looks great!
Man thats crazy!I had c2 - c7 fused with plates, rods and 12 screws holding everything together also t1 - t4
need fusion with the same hardware, lumbar probs also it's been a nightmare of pain and Dr's.
and to top it off hardly any Dr wants to see me because of the shape of my spine.
Are you better off or worse after all that in the end?
The Drs wont even tell me exactly whats wrong with my back, but I do know there is lumbar herniation in at least one disc, thoracic wedging (whats that?) spinal stenosis, disc degeneration, and the Dr says arthritis.
All I know is I cant sit down for more than 10-15 min, cant stand long, cant bend over and cant lift much.
My hips are extremely tight esp my right one, and I cant even put on my socks without pain, so I wear sandals all the time.
numberfour
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10x Fat Cherry x Sunshine Daydream, Bodhi testers
Such a thick beautiful full bodied aroma from these and they are still in veg. Doubling up my flower space and lighting for the next run. Will run the above testers, usual cuts and some new gifted cuts.
Such a thick beautiful full bodied aroma from these and they are still in veg. Doubling up my flower space and lighting for the next run. Will run the above testers, usual cuts and some new gifted cuts.
They gave me 0% survival chance past a year, all c's were herniated and 3 points on the cord.
I have perm nerve damage in my rt arm, hand and rt leg (lumbar herniation) I also have Erb's Palsy
in my left arm which makes it almost useless. FUBAR big time.
skunkwreck
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I used to build those for a living , thought about a 10 x 20 for grow room .
curious old fart
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You definitely need a second opinion from another medical clinic.
Medicare covered all but about $700. Doc billed almost $10k and they paid less than $2k and the doc wrote off the difference. It a medical billing game.
cof
(not biased at all)