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In Reply to: RE: National Auto Sport Association (NASA) HPDE @ Summit Point posted by Audioquest4life on September 23, 2021 at 03:49:04
Sorry about the back problems. They seem to be one of the limiting factors for a lot of us older farts.
Sounds like the new Z06 will have the flat plane crank overhead cam engine. It should be a awesome track car with some preparation.
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Mike,
Thank you. Yeah, it sucks getting old for sure. I just tried a stroll with the wife and dog and only lasted about 10 minutes into the walk before hip starting burning. I had surgery on the hip (torn labrum) nearly 3 years ago. I never really learned how to walk properly since the hip surgery because 6 months after the hip surgery, my back went south and I started getting severe sciatica in my legs.
Doctor says I need a good year of physical therapy and general good health to be able to walk normally again if all goes well with the back and hip. I am no longer the mean green fighting machine that I was when in the Army.
Good for you on the Summit Point deal. That sounds like an absolute blast.
Sorry to hear about your back problems. I've had 23 "procedures" and over 70 office visits for damaged L3-5 so I know it's no church picnic. The last time I talked to an ortho surgeon about disc replacement he said replacements can be done for cervical discs but they haven't got the material right yet for lumbar disc replacement. It has to be soft enough to flex yet stiff enough to handle some heavy loading. Was your surgery a complete disc replacement and did your doctor say it was a newer type of surgery? If so maybe I need to do some research. I think my back got so bad because I tried to put off knee replacement till I retired but had to have it done at 63yo. Two years after that it was a R hip replacement which I knew was coming. I think quite a few people put off hip and knee replacement for a long time and it does some real damage to their spines.
As you know meds don't help sciatica, at least none I've ever tried did. As I'm sure you also know with L5 issues it depends on what "nerve of the day" gets pushed against as to how the pain manifests. My acupuncturist got me started with the linked product below for when the nerve of the day is the sciatic and it's the only thing I've found that does settle it down. I've been using it for 5 years and it will calm down the sciatica every time. It also helps with back pain. Not sure if it's the menthol, camphor, or cbd in it that makes it most effective. Likely all 3 to varying degrees. The strongest concentration they have is their Level 5 product. It also worked for my son-in-law for pain with a bursitis issue he had a couple of years ago.
Holy cow, 23 procedures. I guess over the years they add up. I have 7 procedures so far. I hope you are able to get around somewhat.
The spine surgery was artificial disc replacement on the L5/S1 lumbar disc region. The device was approved by FDA in 2015 and is called Active L. Vet Affairs did a referral to Georgetown. FED Blue Cross denied, they only do Spinal fusions.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf12/P120024d.pdf
The activL Artificial Disc consists of two endplates
made of a mix of metals commonly used in spine
surgery (cobalt-chromium metal alloy with a titanium
coating) and a plastic (polyethylene) insert that fits
between the two endplates. The plastic insert is flat on
the bottom and round on the top and is designed to
move as you move during daily activities.
The two endplates are held to the top and bottom
surfaces of the involved vertebrae (the bones of the
spine), and the plastic insert fits between them.
The activL Artificial Disc is designed to allow motion
at the treated level of the spine as the plastic insert
can move front to back within the metal endplates but
not side to side; however, not all patients will achieve
motion after treatment with the activL Artificial Disc.
The activL Artificial Disc is available in different sizes to
fit different patients
Thanks for the tip regarding the pain relief. Unfortunately, I can't take a chance until I give up my affiliation with the government because I am worried about trace elements getting in the system and caught in the government controlled substance testing program.
I have cleaned up my diet and have been eating lots of onions, using curry powder and ginger, collagen, and reduced my sugar intake, to help with inflammation, and some random nerve regenerative supplement from Amazon which is supposed to help with nerve growth. Therapists says to still eat meat, so I eat bacon on weekends and either a steak or burger, but during the week, its all veggie meals, per the wife's commandments, LOL.
Well I'll be darned! Thank you! I forwarded the link to my pcp doctor to start with. So far I've still been able to get around. Lifting more than 20 lbs is not recommended and that's been the biggest pain. Plenty of people a lot worse off and just being careful has gone a long way toward stopping progression.
Good luck. Like you, I always remind myself that there are others with far worse ailments than me. I am grateful for the things I did in the past when I could walk, and grateful that I can still pull records from the record racks and place on record player, and still setup up cartridges. Oh the little things that we now cherish.
The prescreening for the artificial disc replacement included som of these things:
1. Bone density evaluation (signs of OA) / different types of MRIs / I hate those things
2. Deformation of the spine which would not allow placement of an artificial disc
3. Weight and general overall health and fitness
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