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  1. 07-31-2009 08:53 AM #1
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    Default It's almost August...

    I can't believe it's almost August. Time sure is flying by. Yikes!

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  2. 07-31-2009 09:05 AM #2
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    Yes it is and summer is almost gone. The city of Grand Haven is known as "Coast Guard City, USA", so every year we throw a huge week long party honoring the Coast Guard. This weekend caps things off with a large parade and fireworks extravaganza(some of the best in the country).

    You will find that as you get older, that time seems to go by faster. Seems like yesterday I was in high school, but our 30th reunion is this year.(Dang I feel old again.)

    Enjoy your young years, they go by in the blink of an eye.
    Dave

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    Surgery 06.04.08--C5/6 and C6/7 w/Prodisc
    C4/5 deterioration progressing quickly
    MRI on lumbar shows disc herniation at L5/S1, stenosis at L3/4, L4/5, spondylosis and DDD at L2 through S1 in July, 2009
    Nerve Root, Facet Injections and Epidural every 3 months. Ongoing treatment for continued degeneration.

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  3. 07-31-2009 10:14 AM #3
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    Oooh, I know. Around this time I almost feel a little panic set in, as summer winds down. Way too short this year. June was still cold, so we really just started summer weather in July, and now here comes August! Hopefully, we'll be able to extend the season with a nice Indian summer in September.
    • 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,
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  4. 07-31-2009 11:05 AM #4
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    Yes time does seem togo round so quickly, on the 25th of August I will have been married for 46 years, it only seems like yesterday.
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  5. 07-31-2009 11:32 AM #5
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    Wow! That's alot of years of marital bliss! Congrats to you Alastair and your wife!
    • 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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  6. 07-31-2009 09:53 PM #6
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    Yes Summer is almost over.
    it was a balmy 35 this morning and a high of 82 that is mountain living.

    The bugs are gone or frozen

    Take Care All

    Gil
    L5-S1 lam 1994
    L2 to L5 DDD
    L3 -L4 hern Dec 2007.
    L4-L5 Annular fissure with mild central stenosis and moderate facet hypertrophy.
    L5-S1 bilaterial neural foraminal narrowing with inferior effacement.
    L2-L3 Right-sided neural foraminal narrowing
    L3-L4 related to posterolateral hypertrophic spurs and facet hypertrophy.
    C3-C4 limited DDD
    15 injections Depo. P.T. 18 months 9 dose packs,
    Nerve Block Injections.4 ESI S1
    L5-S1 Foraminotomy 09
    L4-L5 Microdiscectomy 09 ReHerniation 4-2010
    Surgery 6-29-11 L4-L5-S1 Decompression Fusion L5-S1 and Coflex F implants

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  7. 08-01-2009 01:45 PM #7
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    Wow, not summer in June? I can't fathom that, it starts heat here in May, March and April are our spring. In July, we have had like 20+ days of 100+ temps. August will be a bit cooler, 90's. September, October and November will be 70-80's, our fall. I love summer; but the heat is getting old, have to keep my kids indoors most of the day, because it is just too hot for them to be out (unless we are swimming).
    31 years old-
    1/06- In wreck with 18 wheeler at 25 years old; 6/06- Head on collision on Interstate, both wrecks other drivers fault. Numerous MRI's, PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS therapy, massage therapy, facet injections, epidural injections, Nerve study, Discogram, confirms pain in L4/5, IDET, decompression, Bi-lateral neurotomy L3/4/5, denied by insurance twice, in Active L clinical trial, had surgery March 17, 2009 in Miami, FL- received Active L disc at 29 years old. Pain and medication free as of October 2010!
    Mommy to Emma- 8 years, Ava- 5.5 years & had baby Eli after ADR, via c-section on March 25, 2011 , completely pain free still!
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  8. 08-02-2009 09:55 AM #8
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    That's why I left Texas after living there for 28 years. Couldn't take the heat anymore! Course, didn't help that I was in the throws of peri-menopause at the time! Also didn't hurt that hubby got a promotion that entailed moving to twin cities, my home town. I think I would have left even without the promotion! A few things that I will always miss about Texas tho are: a great plate of Tex-Mex; no state income tax; my Mom; my best friend; 6th Street in Austin, Tx where the music scene is HOT! and the awesome hill country around Fredricksberg, Dripping Springs, New Braunfels, and Wimberely Texas....where they have some of the best tubing in the world down the Guadalupe River! and.......finally, some of the gosh darndest nice people you will ever meet.
    • 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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