I do plan to get a followup with my surgeon soon. My insurance wouldn't cover physical therapy, so I did without. Last night I did some internet research and found some simple stretch exercises. I...
I forgot the term for my surgery. It was a 3 level laminectomy....
The surgeon said my spine was stable and should do fine without fusion. If I had been fused, my range of motion would have been very limited as with 3 fusions in a row, 4 of my 7 cervical would have...
Thanks Suzie. Yes, age had slowed me already in some ways, but I was still used to being highly physical in my life of farming. And yes, being a stubborn man, I did not follow rules after surgery. 5...
I am 57 years old and used to be very capable of any physical job needing done. I was a dairy farmer, but had to sell off the cows. First I had massive saddle pulmonary embolisms (worst they ever saw...