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FirstCavApache64 · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
saw my "new" back doctor this morning. I saw him from about 2010 -2017, but when he joined the hospital in 2017 things went downhill bigtime.

Today I saw his nurse practitioner, who said "yep, we can fuse those SI joints together the rest of the way". There's only 2 things that can be done for SI joints....injections of fuse them. She did order some genetic testing to rule out some common genetic thing....and I have an MRI scheduled for August 2, and then a follow up the end of August. So basically I am fu@@ed, just trying to see how badly with some fresh imaging.

Oh boy do I hate MRI's....I'll take many many xanax and have a driver.

See if your doctor can get you in an open MRI. They're way less stressful than getting stuffed in that little tube. A lot of places near colleges have them as athletes can be too big to fit in the regular ones. That's my problem, I have a 54" jacket size and I'm just too wide in the shoulders to squeeze into a lot of them. University of VA has a large diameter regular one that works but I really like the open one. Fusion is on deck for me too eventually but I'm just trying to hold off as long as I can before getting it done. Hope everything goes well for you.

raratt · Jul 17, 2023

I did a demonstration with my grandkids of how sedimentary rocks are formed. We put water, dirt, sand, and some gravel in a clear water bottle and shook it up. After about 2 hours it all cleared up and the layers were visible.

shnkrmn · Jul 17, 2023

Then I was high and remembered this guy used to adulterate his oil paintings with food and other substances, a practice which led to some hilarious surprises for some owners years later when the paintings either coagulated in weird clumps or just drooled off the canvas and over the frame itself. bongsmilie

Albert Pinkham Ryder | Curfew Hour | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jeffislovinlife · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
saw my "new" back doctor this morning. I saw him from about 2010 -2017, but when he joined the hospital in 2017 things went downhill bigtime.

Today I saw his nurse practitioner, who said "yep, we can fuse those SI joints together the rest of the way". There's only 2 things that can be done for SI joints....injections of fuse them. She did order some genetic testing to rule out some common genetic thing....and I have an MRI scheduled for August 2, and then a follow up the end of August. So basically I am fu@@ed, just trying to see how badly with some fresh imaging.

Oh boy do I hate MRI's....I'll take many many xanax and have a driver.

That sounds like my wife they give her volume and if that ain't the way you spell the pill form of it I don't know lol and I know a lot of people say don't do the fusion well I'll say one thing from experience from standing for at least a half a year in a L shape after having my Fusion done that was one best choice of My Life

TCH · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
I bought a box of these over the weekend and made short work of them!
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Samoas are the superior gsc!!!!! If you have dollar general or aldi around, they both sell knockoff samoas that are good. They are normally in the neighborhood of $2 a box.

TCH · Jul 17, 2023

TCH said:
I just passed a sign for a new dispo coming soon. The name of it is "Oui D" with a fleur-de-lis between oui and d.

I lied. It was actually a pot leaf, not a fleur-de-lis. Sorry, guys. Lol. The name is still great though!!

DCcan · Jul 17, 2023

Laughing Grass said:
No whippets?

I think 3 whippets is my limit, those are cookie crack.

DCcan · Jul 17, 2023

I can't believe it's only Monday still...this is going to to be a long week!
I have to drive up to Quebec border on Thursday also, that's going to be a long haul. :???:

manfredo · Jul 17, 2023

Jeffislovinlife said:
That sounds like my wife they give her volume and if that ain't the way you spell the pill form of it I don't know lol and I know a lot of people say don't do the fusion well I'll say one thing from experience from standing for at least a half a year in a L shape after having my Fusion done that was one best choice of My Life

Valium but close enough

OK I gotta ask.

Were you in a L shape for half a year before or after the fusion?

So it worked for you? No more constant SI pain?

My aunt had one and hers worked.

My pain dr. said they are bad, but he also said he's biased as he only sees the ones that didn't work out, which I guess is a large number.

Oh I just caught a good after lunch nap....One of many lately. Damn Amazon woke me.

Jeffislovinlife · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
Valium but close enough

OK I gotta ask.

Were you in a L shape for half a year before or after the fusion?

So it worked for you? No more constant SI pain?

My aunt had one and hers worked.

My pain dr. said they are bad, but he also said he's biased as he only sees the ones that didn't work out, which I guess is a large number.

Oh I just caught a good after lunch nap....One of many lately. Damn Amazon woke me.

Before

DarkWeb · Jul 17, 2023

Two minutes!

DCcan · Jul 17, 2023

killing roaches....

Laughing Grass · Jul 17, 2023

DCcan said:
I think 3 whippets is my limit, those are cookie crack.

DarkWeb · Jul 17, 2023

DCcan said:
killing roaches....

I used to keep a little jar full of them :blsmoke:

Jeffislovinlife · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
Valium but close enough

OK I gotta ask.

Were you in a L shape for half a year before or after the fusion?

So it worked for you? No more constant SI pain?

My aunt had one and hers worked.

My pain dr. said they are bad, but he also said he's biased as he only sees the ones that didn't work out, which I guess is a large number.

Oh I just caught a good after lunch nap....One of many lately. Damn Amazon woke me.

But unfortunately not all my pain will ever be gone and I will hafta go under the knife again so make sure that you get a good surgeon :hump:

StareCase · Jul 17, 2023

According to last week's Beer Theory, there goes 18 minutes!

manfredo · Jul 17, 2023

Jeffislovinlife said:
But unfortunately not all my pain will ever be gone and I will hafta go under the knife again so make sure that you get a good surgeon

I am thinking you had a different fusion. You broke your back didn't you? They probably fused your spine.

Just watching the news....those Canada fires are still burning heavy

Jeffislovinlife · Jul 17, 2023

manfredo said:
I am thinking you had a different fusion. You broke your back didn't you? They probably fused your spine.

Just watching the news....those Canada fires are still burning heavy

Kinda blown disk and the bones are falling apart I also have rods in my lower back and plates in my neck had a battery in my ass for 5 years shocking my spine small peace of advice do not go and weld or go anywhere close to one not a good time long long story just trust me on this one lol

Jeffislovinlife · Jul 17, 2023

Going to a show tonight 4 or 5 bands at the rust belt should be a good time so you all have a goodnight

raratt · Jul 17, 2023

I'm missing the inside part of my right calf due to nerve damage from my exploded disk. My Dr said my spine was pink from irritation, it is supposed to be white. He never saw that before. He chose to not fuse it because he said it had already been riding bone to bone anyway. I spent 4 hours on the table. I guess they can put synthetic disks in now, would have been nice if they had that in 99. I'm hoping it will realign itself and get off the nerve it is on at the moment. Been a couple months now.

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