Injuries Really Really Suck

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three bulging lumbar
discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI scheduled next week. At work
on Friday-an orthopedic surgeon took one look at me and wrote me the MRI
prescription on the spot. Maybe I need a Lever Action 30.06 and start
shooting out neighbors' porch lights.

On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:58 GMT, vincent walker
wrote this crap:

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three bulging lumbar
discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI scheduled next week.


My heart bleeds for you. I've had two MRIs, three EMGs, and a CAT
scan, over the last five years. The only thing that doctors can give
me to stop the pain is percocets.





My T-shirt says, "This shirt is the
ultimate power in the universe."

On Jul 2, 7:13 pm, Harry wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:58 GMT, vincent walker
wrote this crap:

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three bulging lumbar
discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI scheduled next week.

My heart bleeds for you. I've had two MRIs, three EMGs, and a CAT
scan, over the last five years. The only thing that doctors can give
me to stop the pain is percocets.



My T-shirt says, "This shirt is the
ultimate power in the universe."

That explains a lot!. If you really want to forget about that pain 1.)
take off your right shoe 2.) take a hefty claw hammer 3.) Proceed to
bash your big toe three or four times with said hammer. That way you
won't need to take percocet to ease the other pain.

Harry Weiner wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:58 GMT, vincent walker
wrote this crap:

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three bulging lumbar
discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI scheduled next week.


My heart bleeds for you. I've had two MRIs, three EMGs, and a CAT
scan, over the last five years. The only thing that doctors can give
me to stop the pain is percocets.


Percocet, eh? Wasn't that what Sonny Bono was on when he tried to do
his lumberjack thing?

//Walt
//
// yes, there's an obski here

Walt wrote:
Harry Weiner wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:58 GMT, vincent walker
wrote this crap:

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three
bulging lumbar discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI
scheduled next week.


My heart bleeds for you. I've had two MRIs, three EMGs, and a CAT
scan, over the last five years. The only thing that doctors can give
me to stop the pain is percocets.


Percocet, eh? Wasn't that what Sonny Bono was on when he tried to do
his lumberjack thing?

for some reason, I'm thinking they are pills you put up your bum.

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ant
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On 7/3/07 9:55 AM, in article , "ant"
wrote:



for some reason, I'm thinking they are pills you put up your bum.

Percocet is a combination of Tylenol and Oxycodone (a narcotic). They can
make people a bit loopy. The thing that scares me more than the narcotic is
that Tylenol can be devastating on the liver if taken in high doses.
Saturday, I was running Charge and they brought in a 41 year old woman who
they thought had hepatitis B - turns out that she had been been popping
Tylenol well beyond the proper dosage levels for a long period of time. She
was a walky talky upon admission - by the middle of the afternoon, she was
tanking, a total mess. We had to helicopter her out to Hopkins to save her
life. She now needs a liver transplant. Sheesh.

vincent walker wrote:
"ant" wrote:

Percocet is a combination of Tylenol and Oxycodone (a narcotic). They can
make people a bit loopy. The thing that scares me more than the narcotic is
that Tylenol can be devastating on the liver if taken in high doses.

Those damn pharmacists - ruining a perfectly fine opiate by mixing it
with acetaminophen. You can't take enough for a decent buzz without
waxing your liver. Bastids.


for some reason, I'm thinking they are pills you put up your bum.

I'd prefer not to speculate on the administration technique used by our
recently returned prodigal sailor.

//Walt

In article ,
vincent walker wrote:

Percocet is a combination of Tylenol and Oxycodone (a narcotic). They can
make people a bit loopy. The thing that scares me more than the narcotic is
that Tylenol can be devastating on the liver if taken in high doses.
Saturday, I was running Charge and they brought in a 41 year old woman who
they thought had hepatitis B - turns out that she had been been popping
Tylenol well beyond the proper dosage levels for a long period of time. She
was a walky talky upon admission - by the middle of the afternoon, she was
tanking, a total mess. We had to helicopter her out to Hopkins to save her
life. She now needs a liver transplant. Sheesh.

Hi VInnie,

I told you this before, but all the best nurses hurt their backs.
They're the ones who want to see their patients clean and comfortable
and don't want to wait for for help moving them.

I've known a lot of people who've gotten back surgery and a lot who have
not. Many of the surgical patients have had great results - so if you
need surgery, you need surgery.

The thing about ruptured disks is that when they rupture, they can get
what I like to call "disk juice" all over the nerve roots. That stuff
is irritating and even removing the physical disk that is clearly
compressing the nerves may not allieve the symptoms.

My wife had a huge disk that she treated conservatively with exercise
and NSAIDS. The disk shriveled up and went away, but she still has some
calf muscle wasting and weakness, but is completely pain free. She also
strengthens her core muscles constantly, does yoga religiously, and
looks like a fitness model now.

One option you might want ask about while you're avoiding surgery is
"lumbar epidural steroids," It's basically an epidural, but instead of
local anesthesthetic the anesthesiologist injects cortisone right on top
of the nerves irritated by the disk and the "disk juice." This can help
some like yourself through the acute painful stage until the disk begins
to shrivel up and get off your nerve root. The results can be
spectacular (just like any cortisone injection and the risks are very
low.

Ask your orthopedic surgeon about that. Also GET A SECOND OPINION.
Don't worry that you are going to insult the guy who is treating you.
Pick somebody that you've heard good things about who practices in
another hospital and go see him.

As for the Tylenol, I never touch the stuff and when I see it I always
think "liver poison." When I was in college (and before liver
transplants) we had a young football player kill his liver and die
because somebody told him that if you took a whole bottle of Tylenol
everyday for five days, marijuana wouldn't show up on your drug screen.
They were partially right as YOU'D BE DEAD!

Personally, if your stomach can tolerate it, I think ibuprofen (motrin
and about 60 other names) is right up their with penicillin as far as
wonder drugs of the last century go. Otherwise, there are those fancy
Celebrex type drugs.

Find a doctor you trust and follow his advice. You may also write me at
this email if I can answer anything specific for you. Offer not valid
in California or Maine, At Participating Red Lobsters Only.
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Dave

vincent walker wrote:
On 7/3/07 9:55 AM, in article ,
"ant" wrote:



for some reason, I'm thinking they are pills you put up your bum.

Percocet is a combination of Tylenol and Oxycodone (a narcotic). They
can make people a bit loopy. The thing that scares me more than the
narcotic is that Tylenol can be devastating on the liver if taken in
high doses. Saturday, I was running Charge and they brought in a 41
year old woman who they thought had hepatitis B - turns out that she
had been been popping Tylenol well beyond the proper dosage levels
for a long period of time. She was a walky talky upon admission - by
the middle of the afternoon, she was tanking, a total mess. We had to
helicopter her out to Hopkins to save her life. She now needs a liver
transplant. Sheesh.

Tylenol's paracetamol, isn't it? Someone told me paracetamol was banned in
the US, because it doesn't take a big overdose to destroy your liver. Well,
turns out Actominaphen (spelling) is paracetamol!

It's sad when people try overdosing on paracetamol/actominaphen to kill
themselves. It'll kill you, but it's SLOW and horribly painful as your liver
curls up and dissolves.

--
ant
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Walt wrote:
Harry Weiner wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:58 GMT, vincent walker
wrote this crap:

I've finally done it. My fat ass is injured from work. Three
bulging lumbar discs and sciatica in both legs. I've got a MRI
scheduled next week.


My heart bleeds for you. I've had two MRIs, three EMGs, and a CAT
scan, over the last five years. The only thing that doctors can give
me to stop the pain is percocets.


Percocet, eh? Wasn't that what Sonny Bono was on when he tried to do
his lumberjack thing?

for some reason, I'm thinking they are pills you put up your bum.

That's because nobody will **** you from the front. Too ugly. Only gay
guys will. Their way.