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    I caught a nice size large mouth bass in the weeds last night. I have a super light rod so it was a blast reeling 'em in! But we must have been in beaver territory, cuz all of a sudden there was a huge splash right by the boat, and it scared the out of us! We retreated and found another fishing hole!
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    Nice catch! Have fun!

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    Thx Justin. Boy, the fish were biting today. I caught a pretty large northern pike, a crappie, a bluegill and a few sunnies. Tonight, it's a little spooky being up late by myself, as my husband already went to bed, and I've got a big fat racoon making alot of racket out on the deck. He's going after the birdseed in the feeders, dining rather well on black sunflower seeds, I might add. I've chased him off half a dozen times but he's a persistent fella. Oh well, I guess he needs to eat too.
    • January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
    • June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
    • April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
    • April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
    • July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
    • July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
    • August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
    • March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
    • April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
    • September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
    • December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
    • December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
    • February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
    Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
    July 18, 2011

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    Hi Cindy Lou

    Sounds like you are doing O.K.

    Glad the fishing has been good, did you eat the pike?

    Take Care

    Gil
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    Cindy,

    Sounds like a great time!!!
    Do you have any pictures of your time away?

    You know me.... I love to live and see Adventures...

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    Cindy,

    Awesome. The thrill of fishing on inland lakes in the mid-west is great. We have a cabin on Big Star Lake in Baldwin, MI, so I can relate first hand. Not many things better than catching Bluegills during the day and feasting on them in the evening.
    Dave

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    I know. I love to fish. I grew up fishing with my Dad and siblings at my Grandma's lake home in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. My Dad's been gone for over 20 years now, but whenever I am out fishing I feel close to him. Yesterday was my best day yet. I caught a kazillion fish! Well, maybe not a kazillion, but I stopped counting after 17. I caught another northern, several crappies, a bunch of bluegills, a bunch of large mouth bass, and a whole handful of sunnies. What a blast. My poor hubby was not having quite the luck as me. But he told me he had fun watching me reel them in. What a guy. We released all of them Gil. Didn't eat any. My husband is a huge catch and release guy, but pretty soon I am going to start keeping some of them and clean and fry 'em. When my son and his wife and baby come up in a few weeks, Christy really wants to keep them and eat them, so we definitely will.
    One thing I was keenly aware of out on the boat was how well I was doing too with pain levels. I bet we were out 5 hours, and I spent a good bit of that time standing. I'm cutting back on the Vicodin too, so I probably had 2 yesterday. I have been taking a good amount of anti-inflammatories, which is really helping me more than the Vicodin anyway. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it felt good to feel so good. Todd, I will definitely download some of my pictures to share. Thanks for asking to see some. I am a huge picture person too.
    • January 2000 MVA passenger, used jaws of life to retrieve me, neck injury and months of PT
    • June 2001 Bicycle accident, 2 compression fractures at T12/L1, Vertebroplasty Sept. 2001
    • April 2006 right hip, labral tear and repair
    • April 2007 3 level ProDisc @ L3/4, L4/5 & L5/6✷ ✷Lumbosacral transitional vertebra; Dr. Rudolph Bertagnoli
    • July 2, 2008 ALIF & Laminectomy @ L6/S1
    • July 30, 2008 re-opened 28 days later to remove bone cement that had leaked onto S1 nerve root
    • August 2008 Pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, re-hospitalized 1 week
    • March 10, 2009 Right SI Joint Fusion
    • April 27, 2010 2nd right hip arthroscopy to remove adhesions and release psoas muscle
    • September 30, 2010 lumbar facet rhizotomy
    • December 9, 2010 12 bilateral lumbar trigger point and steroid injections
    • December 23, 2010 12 more bilateral trigger point injections w/o steroid
    • February 15, 2011 ESI bilaterally in lower lumbar...relief only for few days. Considering 1 more.
    Did Spinal Cord Stimulator trial from 5/11/11-5/17/11 with excellent results; Spinal Cord Stimulator surgery is Monday,
    July 18, 2011

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cindylou View Post
    I know. I caught a kazillion fish! Well, maybe not a kazillion, but I stopped counting after 17.
    Holy cow! That's a lot 'o fish...

    One thing I was keenly aware of out on the boat was how well I was doing too with pain levels. I bet we were out 5 hours, and I spent a good bit of that time standing. I'm cutting back on the Vicodin too, so I probably had 2 yesterday. I have been taking a good amount of anti-inflammatories, which is really helping me more than the Vicodin anyway. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it felt good to feel so good.
    This is absolutely wonderful news CL! I'm so glad to hear this!!!

    Justin Averna
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    • 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
    • 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
    • 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
    • 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
    • 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDiscฎ L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
    • 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
    • 5/14/2009: Dynamic Stabilization System L4/L5, Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
    I'm here to help.
    Questions? Suggestions? Need help with registering, creating a signature, etc.?
    justin (at) spinepatientsociety.org


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