Just got out of hospital

[NastyD]

I was in hospital over the weekend with a prolapsed disc in my lower back. Boy did that hurt. I did some heavy lifting Friday and got stuck coming down the stairs on Saturday morning. The ambulance crew had to give me 10 ml of morphine just so I could make it the rest of the way down the stairs, then another 10 when I got settled on the ward. Now I'm home and relatively pain free, but I've got reduced sensation in my left leg and a constant tingling. It's going to take weeks to get back to normal if ever!

Anyone else with dodgy backs (or other arts of their body - knees are always a favourite).

[Kamal]

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holy shit.....

cant imagine how painfull that must have been..... guess we're gonna be seeing a repeat MJDub post performance on here ?

[speciale]

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you faked it for the morphine

[KinKyJ]

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Damn ND, sorry to hear that.

I've always had a dodgy back, but I got rid of them by training my abs and the muscles in my back. It's already a good thing the pain has gone. Imo back pains are the worst: no matter what position you take, it keeps nagging...

[Kobe]

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sorry man, I hope you feel better soon!

[asdf_admin]

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bummer.

no but my bro got into an accident going @ 65. his necked is fucked. i was in pain just looking at him. shit is terrible. hope you feel better bro.

[geoffgulley]

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sorry man, I hope you feel better soon!

ditto mate.... nothing sucks worse than a constantly sore back. I did the same thing Kinky did and it's done wonders. I also do stretches/execises on a pilates ball for 5 to 10 minutes every morning....

[peloquin]

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Ouch!

my knees are all fucked up from playing soccer (especially indoor soccer.) always get pains in them, but havent had any surgery or anything.

[threehills]

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Be sure to go easy on the for a while, thats sure to only aggrivate things

[BureOne]

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About 7 or 8 years ago, I worked for a playhouse doing maintenance and ganatorial work. I carried a very big long ladder one day (metal or aluminum) down the alley way and thought nothing of it.

Well 3 days later my whole body was stiff. I was a piece of wood for one week. I was pretty much paralized. Luckily I was only working on the weekends and doing nothing else.

It was horrible. I could not move at all. Once the feeling and stiffness left; my back would give out in the most terrible pain I have ever felt in my life. I just tried to hold on to anything around me but no position would help, unitl the pain would gradually leave.

Now, at present time. I cant stand for a long period of time. Whenever I go to Tower Records to read magazines (just down my bldg where I work) my back feels as if there are tiny needles stabbing me and it begins to stiffin just a little. I have to lean on something to be ok.

[hulkhuss]

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backs are made to get messed up

[DreamGirlie]

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i have really bad knees. I hung by my left knee between a balcony slot when i was 13 they wanted to do exploring surgery to find out exactly what to fix but i declined...now i have pain when i run too much, stand too long, or when it rains.

my mom has a bad back and i feel bad for her. i hope yours heals well

[speciale]

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i have really bad knees. I hung by my left knee between a balcony slot when i was 13 they wanted to do exploring surgery to find out exactly what to fix but i declined...now i have pain when i run too much, stand too long, or when it rains.

my mom has a bad back and i feel bad for her. i hope yours heals well

my right knee is fooked too. torn cartlidge under the knee cap. They don't recommend surgery so it hurts like hell when running, standing too long and rain.

[griffin]

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i feel your pain, man! i had 3 crushed vertibrae in the lower part of my spine back in 6th grade. thanks to that, i've had arthritis (noticable) in it since around 18 give or take. wish i still had the x-rays to look at.

have a titanium plate and 7 screws in my wrist! already have arthritis in that, and it's only a few years old. sucks, but at least i have a cool scar that looks like i tried to kill myself.

[Corven]

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dude .. that looks like a bottle opener in your bones