Prayers appreciated: Surgery Thurs AM 3/3-UPDATE 3/26

[Doc Nock]

Been around 3 weeks. Pain has been very manageable without their dreaded gnarly narcotic drugs! Thank you, Lord!!!

still unable to do much and have to be so very careful to not twist, bend, lift---cause I don't think it would hurt pain-wise, but they say it'd do "damage." Now that's scary!

Thanks for all your prayrs and support! Anyone with stenosis or pressure from discs in their spine, don't hesitate to have this lamenectomy type surgery done.  Jury's still out on permanent fix to the constant low back pain and sciatic pain, but I'm being positively hopeful!

Doc

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Been fighting Uncle Arty Ritis for a long time. He's winning! With all the shoulder rebuilds posted, brought back memories of one torn rotator repair from arthritis build up and one impingement surgery on other one couple years back.  Now...ain't enough that Arty Ritis fused my thoracic spine with bone spurs, it's now trying to narrow my lumbar spinal colum and pushing on nerves.

Going to get them to roto rooter out my one vertabrae and then clean up the gunk and sew me back together. In Thursday at 8:45, cut at 11:30 AM and out of the hospital by Friday AM.

Whenever I wake up, I'm gonna wiggle my toes! If that goes well, I figure they didn't mess up nothin!    

Can't shoot for a month... maybe I'll have forgotten all my bad habits and can start clean by then?    

Thanks for the prayers.

[pronghorn23]

Prayers sent for a quick and speedy recovery Dave.

[Nosight]

Doc, Prayers from here..

Just do as they say after and you will do fine...

Later....Buzz

[Stone Knife]

Prayers to the father to guide the surgeons hand.

[BenBow]

Definitely got my prayers doc

[Big Ed]

Prayers sent

[Rookie@51]

I'm in too. I pray for you and Pop all the time anyway so I'll just add you another line for your back. Thanks for asking us to do this for you Doc.......Dusty

[olddogrib]

You got 'em Doc.  And I'm always so in need of strength, I've got a "hot line"!

[Danny Rowan]

You are in my prayers Doc. Hang in there and listen to the doctors.

Danny

[GRAYBEARD]

Best of luck, Dave. After you wiggle your toes, try goosing a nurse! If you live thought that, you're on your way! Will hold you and your doctors in prayer.

[Doc Nock]

Thanks, Guys!

Jed, I think I'm a bit too vulnerable in that post-operative condition to give that one much serious thought, but it sure made me smile!

Family doc gave me some good cough meds to get rest tonite and hopefully keep from coughin after.

Got into some nasty chemical stuff at work after they did some epoxy based floor covering on one room... tore up the allergies. Coughin my head off. Surgeon said long as no fever, I'm good to get cut!   :eek:  I made a plative call to ask for some heavy cough meds so's not to jar the stitches loose!

Between allergies and Arthritis, I'm plumb sick of malise with the letter "A".  

One more day and a wake up and it's all history!

Trusting in the Lord to see me through and get some life back with less pain and more activity!

[stringstretcher]

Dock, my prayers are going out for you and a full and healthy recovery.  I wish you the best brother.

Charlie

[magnus]

Prayers sent for a successful surgery and a quick and full recovery.

[monkeyball]

Praying for a successful surgery and a quick recovery for you Doc. It is a good time to take care of it.
                  Good Shooting,
                            Craig

[Doc Nock]

Thanks, Guys! I appreciate the encouragement and words of prayer.

Came home to 3 messages. One from the hospital insurance dept... telling me to bring money. I've met my deductible, but they wait to call my HOUSE till the day before I go in! Amazing.

Then "pre-admissions" calls. I had all that done a week ago! Tell me to call them...they're there till 3:30. I get home at 6pm, thank you.

Anyone that I've met thru this process has my 2 cell #'s and knows to use them...but these yahoos call my house!  :(  Amazing!

And this is health care... OMG...I wasn't worried before, but if the front office staffing is any indication of the clinical care...I'm toast!   :(

[chopx2]

Doc, best of luck and you know I'm always willing if not always able to help, but if you need some nursing you know I know a few  

[BenBow]

Praying that you can maintain your sanity when dealing with the non-support staff.
I had been told I was scheduled for a ct scan yesterday but I get a message asking why I hadn't gotten my blood work done that she had talked to me about a few days before. Only she had never called me nor had she gotten me the paperwork. Then I find out that ct scan is for today at 2 instead of yesterday. I call the ct scan people and find out I'm supposed to be there at 11:45 not at 2. I talk to my surgeons people again and they said they called my wife and she told them to fax the paperwork to the lab only thing is they never called my wife. The last time I went through this they made an appointment for me to meet with the surgeon but forgot to let me know that I had an appointment. SCARY. Praying you wake up feeling like a new man course that could mean you might feel like you've been squeezed through a long tube. ;^) Prayers sent bro

[gak]

Prayers sent up from Oklahoma for you Doc. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[chopx2]

Hope the surgery went well today and this finds you home recuperating and well on the way to mending.

Let us all know how you're doing whenever you're up to it...

Remember don't push it and follow all th epost-op instructions and therapies!

[pronghorn23]

Dave,
Hope you're doing well. Prayers sent for quick recovery. You're an inspiration in this forum!