A LARGE needle in my back today......WTF!!!!:whackin:
A little nervous...:( :spidey:
Wish me luck..

A LARGE needle in my back today......WTF!!!!:whackin:
A little nervous...:( :spidey:
Wish me luck..

Good Luck Dave!!!!

Good luck dude...

Ouch! Feel better Dave!:rolleyes:

Thanx guys.
Getting a Discogram to see if they are gonna do back surgery on me.
A discogram is an enhanced X-ray examination of the intervertebral discs. Dye is injected into the center of the injured disc(s). The dye makes the disc clearly visible on X-ray film and on a fluoroscope (special X-ray TV screen).

good luck dave

Good luck

Good Luck...you'll be fine

good luck dave. i thought you and canalman were going to perform a jackass type stunt with some new vmc's.:crying:

good luck dave. i thought you and canalman were going to perform a jackass type stunt with some new vmc's.:crying:

LOL We've done that, have to do it again and video it, after he heals.:gorez:

Good luck Dave
I know it's hard to not be nervous but do your best to relax and have confidence in the doctors and you'll do fine. I know, it's easier said than done but the less anxiety the better.

I got a bad back too Dave....makes all that casting tough sometimes doesn't it?:doh:

Hurry up and get better cause I expect you to be doing the wave at Fenway when Matsuzaka pitches!!:laughs:

best-o-luck Dave........

i hope everything goes well... prayer sent.

Made it, wasn't good. Worse pain I've ever been through. Over an hour of needles in my back. He says I have a ruptured disc so I guess surgery next. Thanx for the good thoughts guys, it helps.:btu:

Yikes, sorry to hear that Dave :(
have a beer, you'll feel better:gu:

I feel for ya.

4 spinal taps when I was 14.Bacterial Meningitis.

And people wonder why I ain't right.Four of the most painful things your body can go through combined with a disease that makes you pray for death.

The 4 taps are what I remember most.I would really prefer to die than have those again.

It sucked, I can barely walk right now. I had 4 epidurals in the last couple years and the $#@! pain didn't come close to this crap. Wife is picking up my meds now, can't wait.:humpty:

hope you feel better dave....

you are a better man than i, dave. i got sick last year and had a tap. took him 3 times to get it right. if your pain is worse and i had it i'd be typing like this. fiduhicvia v 784 vunio zcjnj

Good luck Dave - Do as the Doc says or you will have a head ache like your head is exploding. I had a couple of those done before surgery many years ago. I hope they can operate with the scope, much better results recovering. Good Luck.:hs:

Hope you feel better Dave

Dave. I know that sh!t's extremely painful. I hope they can do something for you and ease your pain for the long term. Best of luck.

Good luck on the outcome.

Dam dude..hang in there. Every time I seen "You had a date with a needle ect." I was thinking needle(plug)...didn't read the whole thing:smash: not needle neeedle. Tough times don't last tough people do! Pray for the best and you'll get it.

Has anyone ever heard of a procedure called IDET? It's an experimental procedure that the Doc is reccomending I try before surgery.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/tn9268.asp?printing=true

hope you feel better dave

Has anyone ever heard of a procedure called IDET? It's an experimental procedure that the Doc is reccomending I try before surgery.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/back_pain/tn9268.asp?printing=true

Dave, i hadn't heard of it before but took a good hard look at the procedure and how "less Invasive it is" compared to a major surgery and it doesn't look that bad and relatively safe. I would want to talk to people that have already had this done and see what they say.....
if i were you. If they say they are free of pain...go for it.

Now to see if the %$#@ insurance co. will approve it..Right..:nailem:
Heres more info on it:
http://www.orthoassociates.com/IDET.htm

http://www.spinalcord.org/

seems like: for such a less intrusive procedure...

i wonder how that compares with the other surgery. the biggun.

was looking at those cage deals they put in there :hs:

wow dude... i feel bad for ya...:(

iv'e been using the thermal-care heat wraps for a few weeks
just pulled muscles... it doesn''t compare.... of course.

I feel your pain LITERALLY !!!
Went through herniated disc several years ago. i ended up getting cut open to "trim" the disc. All went well though, recovery time was only a couple of weeks. Now I only have slight pain now and then and usually only when I have to sit too long.

But worth it, the pain was so bad, a bullet was nearly an option.

I wish you luck, they can do amazing things, you should be better. NO you will be better....