Morning all. This week after suffering with major back pain most of the past year, I've scheduled to have a spinal fusion the end of July. I'll be down for a few weeks with a lot of restrictions but I hope that it will give me some better quality of life. I'm already planning on using some of my down time posting some of my vehicle clinics to the forum and finishing some of the projects on the bench. As for now, I'm trying to get people in place to help care for my mother while I'm healing.
Morning Dan and others,
Dan I wish you well on your upcoming back surgery and that you have a successful recovery. Hope all goes well also with finding help for your mom.
I've been working on the layout for the past couple of weeks and have accomplished much.
Have a great day ya'll.
Tom ;D
Howard Zane layout -
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Morning everyone
Dan wish you well with the surgery.
Weather in South Jersey cloudy/65. Later much the same but 91.
Looks like a storm coming in to.
Maybe if my hands cooperate I can get some work done on the Mill.
Everyone have a great day!! :)
Jerry
Good morning, all. Bob, if you're out there, our PI planning starts next week. Even better, jury duty at the end of the week. Could life get any better?
Good morning! Dan our thoughts and prayers are with you for your back surgery and recovery. I'm in the middle of a 6 day stretch of working on my layout, I'm really enjoying it. ;D ;D This summer has been so busy that this is the first real work I have been able to do on the layout. I hope everyone has a great day. F&SM Picture of the day.
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Hot and Humid through midweek. Our favorite contractor is coming over Monday to do the shutter replacement on the 2nd story windows, on the hottest day. Glad I won't have to do anything more than supervise...
Yesterday I put the missing ties underneath gaps in the tie strips (e.g. underneath the rail joiners). That's a little thing that has a big improvement in the look of the track. Then I started planning a section house to fill a spot between the yard and the main line. So it'll be good to do what I like doing.
dave
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Dan I am 8 weeks post back fusion on L4/5 Doing well post op have none of the prep pain I was experiencing. I get stiff if I sit too long and the restrictions on what they call the BLT's ( bending,lifting ,twisting) is hard because you feel better and want to do things but listen to them give your self a chance to heal . Good luck and I hope things go smoothly for you
Good luck with the medical encounter, Dan.
Off to the traffic jam and the Atlantic City Raceway which will be anything but that today.
Quote from: Mecrr22 on June 19, 2021, 09:20:25 AM
Dan I am 8 weeks post back fusion on L4/5 Doing well post op have none of the prep pain I was experiencing. I get stiff if I sit too long and the restrictions on what they call the BLT's ( bending,lifting ,twisting) is hard because you feel better and want to do things but listen to them give your self a chance to heal . Good luck and I hope things go smoothly for you
Thanks for the info Scott. That's the same area that I'm having done. I was told I wouldn't be able to pick up more than a gallon of milk for a while.
Thanks for the well wishes everyone!
Good morning. Welcome to the L4-5 group Dan. Do what the Dr and the physical therapist says. The procedure is so much better than mine 15 years ago. My advice is to build up your core muscles as much as possible beforehand. Jim
Today is Rea and my 56th wedding anniversary. :)
Morning all,
Dan - Thoughts and prayers with you for the coming weeks. Sure hope you get some relief from your suffering.
Vince - :( Ouch. Jury duty is more fun than PI planning.
Jim - Happy Anniversary to you and Rea! :)
A live steam Thomas the Tank Engine at the Strasburg Railroad. I always seem to time it that we get here on the week they bring him out. ::) We'll be starting our trip back to FL tomorrow. I get to spend Father's Day driving.
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Have a great one!
Quote from: ReadingBob on June 19, 2021, 12:01:49 PM
We'll be starting our trip back to FL tomorrow. I get to spend Father's Day driving.
Good luck on the road, Bob. We just got back yesterday, and the construction and accidents on I-95 were very annoying. But as a consolation for the over 2300 miles behind the wheel, we did get to see our new granddaughter for the first time!
Good Afternoon,
It is way too hot and humid to be outside, especially when we had rain yesterday. We are expecting to have rain off and on for the rest of the week. My thoughts go out to the farms who are in drought conditions.
Quote from: jrmueller on June 19, 2021, 10:57:52 AM
Today is Rea and my 56th wedding anniversary. :)
Congratulations to you both. Looks like smooth sailing on the seas of matrimony.
Tom ;D
Dan - I had fusion at L4/L5 on March 2 due to spinal stenosis. The surgery was at 1:30 and I was home by noon the next day. The incision was less than two inches long. I have no idea how my surgeon inserted the appliance that holds my spinal cord in place with that size of an incision and I didn't ask. I don' know it is there. I had a nurse 3 times a week for a couple of weeks and a therapist about that often. I tried to limit the narcotics and had some sharp pain when I moved a certain way for about two weeks. I was told the pain was a muscle spasm. I am much better now. I had six weeks of physical therapy three times a week and that helped. But I think the passage of time has had as much to do with my recovery as the therapy. I still use a walker to go further than just around the house. I am using a cane about half the time. I have been told to be patient because it takes from six months to a year to fully recover from this kind of surgery.
I had a stroke in 2015 and my left side is a little weak as a result. I used a cane before the surgery and I will be happy to return to using only a cane - hopefully soon.
Best of luck to you.
P. S. In case you haven't noticed, getting old sucks!
Quote from: Judge on June 19, 2021, 02:59:33 PM
Dan - I had fusion at L4/L5 on March 2 due to spinal stenosis. The surgery was at 1:30 and I was home by noon the next day. The incision was less than two inches long. I have no idea how my surgeon inserted the appliance that holds my spinal cord in place with that size of an incision and I didn't ask. I don' know it is there. I had a nurse 3 times a week for a couple of weeks and a therapist about that often. I tried to limit the narcotics and had some sharp pain when I moved a certain way for about two weeks. I was told the pain was a muscle spasm. I am much better now. I had six weeks of physical therapy three times a week and that helped. But I think the passage of time has had as much to do with my recovery as the therapy. I still use a walker to go further than just around the house. I am using a cane about half the time. I have been told to be patient because it takes from six months to a year to fully recover from this kind of surgery.
I had a stroke in 2015 and my left side is a little weak as a result. I used a cane before the surgery and I will be happy to return to using only a cane - hopefully soon.
Best of luck to you.
P. S. In case you haven't noticed, getting old sucks!
Thank you Judge for your input and what you said has been what I've been told by the Dr..My hope is to be better by the time the Amherst Train Show happens the end of January, but I might sneak out to a couple in the fall.
I thought I'd show a photo of my wiring... The bus lines are 14 gauge. The track feeders are 25 gauge. I use Wago Lever Connectors for the track-to-bus, and Suitcase Connectors for the taps on the bus. I really like the lever connectors, in part because it's easy to disconnect a piece of track for debugging.
This has a 5-slot connector. The 2 red wires are the frog wires from a single crossover. When I add the switch machines, the power feeds to the switch relay will go into those 5-slots. I'll add 2-slot connectors for the relay output to the frog wire.
dave
Evening shift checking in...
Jim & Rea Happy 56th wedding anniversary !
Dan...good luck on your back surgery...will send you my shopping list for the Springfield show...and will look forward for those car and truck builds...
Great photos today too...
Vince enjoy your Jury Duty...maybe bring some kits and razor blades with you so you will get sent home.
All others...we are hoping for rain tomorrow after 30 days without any here...70 today felt like a cold front came in...
Here's a photo of a layout from a dentist in Madison, Wisconsin that was posted on Facebook last week...
Tommy