[Athena E.]

Yes I would love to see the sequel of the Lion King which comes out on the 19th December.

Yes! I look forward to seeing that one too!

 

[Frodo Bella1964]

Oooh! What's keeping you busy on your long service leave?

Spot of vege garden. Mowing. Tinker in garage. Ride my electric scooter…

 

[saundy]

I am so sorry to hear about what you're going through, member @saundy. It must be incredibly difficult to live with that kind of pain everyday. I really hope you hear back from your surgeon soon, and that the operation brings you the relief you deserve.

We'll be thinking of you!

Thank you for the concern I hope it will happen in about 2.5 weeks, It seems like 2.5 months the time goes slow for me but I am very happy that I have been giving a date.
Thank you all for your kind words it is greatly appreciated.
This will be the second operation on the spine the first time was L 1 & L 2
This one will be L 3 L 4 & L 5
The surgeon said he can fix me I hope so
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[novezar]

Hi there, Saundy,
I wish you luck.
I've had 4 done right down to the tailbone. 2 X L3-4, in the same year. The 2nd had the whole disc removed, then L4-5. Had probs with my Cervical & Thoracic as well, T1,2&3 1st Neurosurgeon did 1st 3 operations at the Mater in North Sydney, '96 &'99. For the 4th, was L5-S1. At the time, my neuro., informed that there were only 4 neuro's in NSW who could perform that particular op. He fully described to me what was involved, also with coloured diagrams etc. He gave me the names etc. of those neuro's, &, said that the choice was mine to make. Had it done at the St. Vincents Pvt Clinic in Darlinghurst in year '01.

My 1st Neuro., described me as a "Surgical Impossibility" with numerous disc prolapsings down the length of my spine. He picked the major ones to operate on.

I still get the "Odd" tickle down my legs, but, other than that, I'm travelling at the proverbial 99MPH, &, not holding back. I must have had at least 6/7 pre & post op CT scans, plus the same with pre & post op MRI scans. On another, I was was put under anaesthetic, &, also performed under X-Ray, had Gadolinium dye inserted into the spine.

In yr 2000, I had a trial "Spinal Stimulator" inserted as well in Royal Nth Shore Hospital at St.Leonards by another Neuro. That was prior to 4th op. He wanted to do a "Spinal Block" on me to lock up the vertibraes. I opted out of that suggestion by him.

All expenses covered by workers comp, thankfully.

I havn't looked back. Also had 2 new knees put in as well, down along the line.

Anyone who is suffering from bad Sciatica, you can bet that you have prolapsed discs somewhere down your spine. And, I know how bad you feel as I was real "Crook".

That's it for me.