wendell said:Happy Birthday!!
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I just saw and read this thread. Sorry I'm late in wishing you well. Looking forward to hearing about your full recovery. Hope you have a great birthday too!
wendell said:Happy Birthday!!
tfdchief said:DR. APPOINTMENT UPDATE
Thank you to all of you who just read the thread (I know it is long) and thanks for all the thoughts and prayers......it has surely helped me everyday.
And thanks for the Birthday wishes.
I got pretty good news from the doctor today. He still wants me to take it very easy, little or no bending, squatting, or kneeling, and no lifting over 10 pounds. But he is going to let me go back to work with those restrictions. Next appointment December 12th. I am so happy to be able to go back to work and do something meaningful after 4 long months of staring at 4 walls. Thanks to all of you who helped me get through those 4 months. I could not have done it without this forum and all of you.
Gratefully,
Steve
I hope so Zap, that would be fun it that beautiful country.fdchief; congrats on the good news, keep following the Doc’s directions and you’ll be at our place cutting in know time. zipper
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rdust,rdust said:Great news! I know it's hard to keep following all the rules but the doctor hasn't lead you wrong yet. Keep following the rules and you'll be 100% or close in no time in the scheme of things.
I had my 12 week follow up for my microdiscectomy today and doc said I'm doing good. He said "I like you, you wanted to get better and followed my rules". Even for something small in comparison to your injury I'm still taking it easy. I don't plan on cutting any wood for some time. I'm back to my day to day stuff, moving wood, stacking, loading the stove, carrying the kid around and working but still don't think I'm ready to be hauling big heavy logs around yet. After my 6 week restriction(bending, lifting, twisting, 10bls) was over I was allowed to slowly get back into things I couldn't believe how fatigued my back would be from the easiest tasks. Heck even 12 weeks after I still think my back is a lot weaker than before I herniated my disk.
Thanks muncybob. Today was my first day back to work. Being a fire chief and inspector, I can easily stay within the restrictions. I took it easy today, and although I am tired, I don't feel any different than I have been feeling by the end of the day at home.......where I had little if anything to do. So far so good, thanks for the advise.muncybob said:Wow, I don't know how I didn't see this thread earlier.....I would say you are going through one of those ordeals in life that can only make you stronger. Good to keep reading how your recoevey is on the right track.
Having recovered from a back injury myself(but nowhere near the extent of your situation) please be very careful and give things lots of time. I know it's a hard thing to do but you don't want to mess up the progress you have made. For me, my body let me know when enough was enough on any given day. If I didn't listen to my body's warnings I surely would pay the price the next few days.
tfdchief said:Thanks muncybob. Today was my first day back to work. Being a fire chief and inspector, I can easily stay within the restrictions. I took it easy today, and although I am tired, I don't feel any different than I have been feeling by the end of the day at home.......where I had little if anything to do. So far so good, thanks for the advise.muncybob said:Wow, I don't know how I didn't see this thread earlier.....I would say you are going through one of those ordeals in life that can only make you stronger. Good to keep reading how your recoevey is on the right track.
Having recovered from a back injury myself(but nowhere near the extent of your situation) please be very careful and give things lots of time. I know it's a hard thing to do but you don't want to mess up the progress you have made. For me, my body let me know when enough was enough on any given day. If I didn't listen to my body's warnings I surely would pay the price the next few days.
firefighterjake said:tfdchief said:Thanks muncybob. Today was my first day back to work. Being a fire chief and inspector, I can easily stay within the restrictions. I took it easy today, and although I am tired, I don't feel any different than I have been feeling by the end of the day at home.......where I had little if anything to do. So far so good, thanks for the advise.muncybob said:Wow, I don't know how I didn't see this thread earlier.....I would say you are going through one of those ordeals in life that can only make you stronger. Good to keep reading how your recoevey is on the right track.
Having recovered from a back injury myself(but nowhere near the extent of your situation) please be very careful and give things lots of time. I know it's a hard thing to do but you don't want to mess up the progress you have made. For me, my body let me know when enough was enough on any given day. If I didn't listen to my body's warnings I surely would pay the price the next few days.
Wait a minute . . . Fire Chiefs actually work? I thought they just kind of waved their arms around a lot and sent the rookie out to get them a coffee and some donuts at break time. Again . . . glad you're feeling better.
You are right Jake, In fact, that is the only reason I got to go back to work.......'cause I don't do anything, and the Doc made me get that in writing from my boss, the city administrator.......which was no problem at all ;-Pfirefighterjake said:Wait a minute . . . Fire Chiefs actually work? I thought they just kind of waved their arms around a lot and sent the rookie out to get them a coffee and some donuts at break time. Again . . . glad you're feeling better.
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