Guess who has a buldged disk :(

[wifehatescar]

Well got some MRI results today for my FUBARED back, looks like a bulge in the L5-S1 disk.

Found this cool pic :google :

http://www.emedx.com/emedx/diagnosis_information/back-neck_disorders/low_back_slipped_disk_mri.htm

My films look very similar, see the attached pic, it's a cross section through the disk area. Well, off to the chiropractor (again!) :wall
Guess I shouldn't have been doing squats with 300+ lbs the past 10 years... :lol
Past my prime at age 27... :doh

 

[MS22]

Sorry to hear about your back that really sucks. Did you look into the shots that pretty much kill the nerve fibers in that area? I know a few prople who have had them done in order to continue their regular activities, which one was a marathoner I occasionally train with and the other was a competitive basketball player from one of my leagues. BTW thanks for discouraging me away from lifting legs, that is by far the worst part of my week even though I quit going heavy a few years ago with my legs (lately its been a wide recivers workout I read about on the Giants website). Look into some alternative treatments that stay away from the knife, there are new invasive outpatient procedures coming out all of the time.

 

[wifehatescar]

I don't plan on surgery at all right now. A shot that KILLS nerves doesn't sound very wise either :dunno
I'm hoping the chiropractor or P/T can put the disk back where it belongs :huh

 

[awd330]

Wow, sorry to hear about that Steve. Hope everything works out with the chiropractor.

 

[norahcrv]

Geez, Steve, that hurts to look at it!!!

Hope you find speedy relief with your chiropractor!!!

 

[mtodde]

:yeah Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

 

[Nickc0844]

You'll be back on a rotary and extracting in no time Steve~~get well soon!

 

[wifehatescar]

Thanks guys, recently I have not felt as bad as the picture looks. I hurt it back in January, it has just not completely healed. I am mostly better but it still does not FEEL right, now I can see why. I have still been detailing away though as best as possible in this Spring-like Michigan weather lately. Duty calls!

MRI's are so cool, I keep checking out my films to see if I can find what I had for lunch that day in there :lmfao