I am finding that maybe my most difficult part of this recovery is the pure exhaustion I feel from simple walk etc. My body has become so weak from my lifestyle (last 3 yrs). I am intentionally taking a day off tomorrow to help my sore knees and sore feet from the walks. I've been working hard for 3 weeks and deserve a break. I am starting to tentatively plan a Labor Day party to celebrate my rebirth. I have found out who my true friends are thru this ordeal. I have no room in my life for the fair weather friends who abandoned me in my darkest hour. My own brother, some from my wife's family etc. That's why this gathering will be a joy. True friends who are genuinely happy about my comeback
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2001 bad fall on ice playing hockey
Apr 2001 lami/discectomy L4/L5 (large rupture)
Aug 2001 lami/discectomy L5/S1
Coccyx dislocated / same fall (Cannot sit)
Aug 2011 pull-start generator - unrelenting low back pain - can only stand for 30 min
Nov 2011 -rhizotomy - makes things worse
22 hours/day in bed
June 2012 - present receiving facet injections every 4 months, only last one helped somewhat
L3-L5 ActivL Surgery w/Dr Zeegers April 16th
Doing great!!!!!
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