In case anyone reading this doesn't look at the comments, here is one the Skald left me,
The Skald said...
Hey buddy, figured to drop in and follow your story here. I thought you were getting the weight surgery done first. Losing the weight is good for the back too. I just spent a bit of time in the hospital this past week, and the doctor kind of made that plain... "Lose some weight ya fat viking."
As always, best of results for you my friend!
First, thanks bud. If I know nothing else, I know I can count on my family, and two people that I consider brothers, The Skald and Gravebinder.
To answer your question, after some serious consideration and after having talked to the surgeon, I have decided to have the back surgery now. The reasoning is twofold:
1) I am SOOOO tired of hurting all the time.
2) I need to be able to exercise after the WLS.
This is an important step. Yes, PERHAPS after losing 100 lbs the back pain may subside, but the disc will still be protruding. UNTIL I lose that first hundred pounds though, exercise will be difficult, and I will always be worried of blasting that nerve and having all that pain again. I don't want to be hampered in my efforts to make the WLS successful, because I have back pain and can't exercise. So I decided I am going to have it done, hope to hell I am one of those people that can say afterwards that I have no more back pain, and get on with it.
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It seems me wife is "urging" me to follow the doctor's advice... I'll be doing the physical therapy for the back AND joining the @#$%^ gym across the street. But, ummm, give up Mt. Dew??? *sigh*
I retired from the military and stopped (happily) working out. Seems I'll be back to it, and in the not too distant future, so will you! So then, apart from the motorcycles, after you finish this back surgery, we gotta get you a bicycle and we'll ride those on a few day trips, hey? ;-)
The best to you.
"urging" meaning hitting you about the head and shoulders with a big stick? HAH!
Sounds good. I think a little bike riding sounds great.
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