Riding days are over for awhile

I hope you get better!!!!

So glad things are going well for you. The body has a funny way of telling you pushed too hard and the message is loud and clear. Heal well and get back in the wind!!

Man, I'm gone for just a few days, and now I hear you're in the hospital? Sorry to hear all this. But be positive FLHT....I think you will be thankful for having the surgery as pain pills will kill you over the long run.

40 years ago this week, I was hit with a trip-wire mine while running through the jungle at night. Luckily, I didn't get fragged too bad, but the concussion threw me head over heels a few times, and I landed hard on my back. Blew out 3 discs, and they hurt worse than the hot metal in my legs. Docs just gave me morphine for a few days, and I didn't care about my back (or anything else) after a couple weeks. 20 years later, the pain was so intense, my legs just gave out. Had those 3 discs removed and vertebrae fused together. Amazingly, I was back to work in 2 weeks. Best decision I ever made. Only side effect was that I was 1 1/2" shorter.

The nurses had me walking around the room 3 hours after the surgery, and told me that walking each day was what would make me free of pain after going home. They were right. Now I just need a couple generic naproxen (reduces joint swelling) after an 8 hr. day in the saddle, but hell, I'm old! You can get naproxen at any Wal-mart (cheap), but DON'T keep using the prescription pain meds.

You'll be back on 2 wheels in no time FLHT. Besides, you're too damn young for a Winnebago!

Alex is my loyal old dog....best hound and friend I ever had. So's my Harley.

Well, my work was sitting at a desk, so no stress on the back. But do be gentle with the back (absolutely no lifting or deep bending for awhile). Let your wife do the fetching and she'll love you for it now.

Heck, you may still have some good riding in November there. Don't give up on that, it's what keeps you young.

Cool to hear you have a great wife to help you through this. I am new to this, but is neat to hear all the support you get from these guys. Hope you can stay off the heavy meds ... good luck!

The pain meds will lull you into a false sense of security. Be very careful doing anything for awhile. Walking is good, though. My doctor had me on Methodone for nearly 5 years over a back injury. It was pure hell getting off of it. They give Methodone to junkies to ween them off of heroin. Before that, they had me on several different pain meds. In the long run they are not good for you. They'll eat you alive.

Had my Dad with me years ago on Oxycodone for back pain. Lot of side effects, sure you will be off soon as possible ... pulling for you.

He's got a limited, ain't a whole lt to upgrade man. They run pretty dang good as they are and even have chrome wheels, heated hand grips and a nice radio:gah:

Loritab man.

I took those for a couple months after my injury - I was getting 90 at a time -one month's supply! When my ex-doc (a pill pusher for sure) put me on Methodone, I had nearly a whole bottle of Oxycodone. Flushed 'em all. I could have gone to the corner store where all the blacks hang out and made a small fortune selling them at $10 a pop.

Yea, when I had my Dad on it, only two drug stores in the area would fill it. Most of the chains said they did not want to deal with keeping Oxycodone on the premises. Never occurred to me it would be an issue filling the prescription.