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Ennui preps for OSH. I'll not get there, due to my back. I will not be
having surgery this summer, as too much of it has gone by without getting
the recovery started before school starts again. As is, I still don't (and
the doctors, also) what is going to happen and when, but there is no way I
could stand the travel to get there, or even sitting on top of PMC II. How
I will deal with a full school workday is beyond my comprehension.

I'm sorry to hear it, Jim. You seem to be caught between a rock and a
hard place, if it's too late in the year for an operation that might
make working in the fall possible? That's a pretty bad spot to be in.

And if you can't sit on PMC II, or even drive, how in the world can you
expect to teach?

You might check out this month's Flying magazine, and read Dick Karl's
column. (Karl is the guy that owns a Cheyenne.) He discusses his own
medical problems with a bad back, which sound nearly as nasty as yours.
He's apparently received some relief with pain therapy and some bed
rest.

We'll drink a toast to "The Jims" this year -- Weir, Morgan, and Fisher
-- all AWOL, but not forgotten...

:-(
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

And if you can't sit on PMC II, or even drive, how in the world can you
expect to teach?

Grit and determination, and knowing the end of each day is near. The rock
and a hard place is right. I can't afford to not work, and lose my medical,
that is the one biggest fact, plus earning a living.

You might check out this month's Flying magazine, and read Dick Karl's
column. (Karl is the guy that owns a Cheyenne.) He discusses his own
medical problems with a bad back, which sound nearly as nasty as yours.
He's apparently received some relief with pain therapy and some bed

I'l look at that. I am already going with pain therapy, but have gone
through all of the injections, and even done a long course of accupuncture.
I am getting mostly bed rest this summer, but it is not enough. If I were
to go through an operation now, I would not have sick leave enough, ond lose
pay and possibly lose my medical and job. Rock, meet hard place.


We'll drink a toast to "The Jims" this year -- Weir, Morgan, and Fisher
-- all AWOL, but not forgotten...

Thanks. That really means something., :-))
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote

And if you can't sit on PMC II, or even drive, how in the world can you
expect to teach?

Grit and determination, and knowing the end of each day is near. The rock
and a hard place is right. I can't afford to not work, and lose my medical,
that is the one biggest fact, plus earning a living.

You might check out this month's Flying magazine, and read Dick Karl's
column. (Karl is the guy that owns a Cheyenne.) He discusses his own
medical problems with a bad back, which sound nearly as nasty as yours.
He's apparently received some relief with pain therapy and some bed

I'l look at that. I am already going with pain therapy, but have gone
through all of the injections, and even done a long course of accupuncture.
I am getting mostly bed rest this summer, but it is not enough. If I were
to go through an operation now, I would not have sick leave enough, ond lose
pay and possibly lose my medical and job. Rock, meet hard place.


We'll drink a toast to "The Jims" this year -- Weir, Morgan, and Fisher
-- all AWOL, but not forgotten...

Thanks. That really means something., :-))
--
Jim in NC

Hey teach! To add to Jay's suggestion, maybe you might try
accupuncture. I know it sounds "out there", but I've tried it and it
works. Don't go expecting it to cure anything though. It is only a
temporary relief not a cure, good for one to three days depending on
your reception to the treatment and the expertise of your practitioner.

I have a very severe neck and back ache, and at times it is unbarable.
That's when I get my treament. I've tried physical, massage and what's
that other therapy where they stretch and bend you into contortions?
None seemed to work on me. I refuse operation and my doctor doesn't
believe my pain is real anyways.

Be careful with the Chinese guys, I hear they tend to overcharge.

Give it a try...

Monk

"Flyingmonk" wrote

Hey teach! To add to Jay's suggestion, maybe you might try
accupuncture.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

I went to a full MD acupuncturist, for about 7 months, two times a week.
She said that I had her using more needles than any other patient she had
ever had. She even had to buy a new electric stimulator box, to hook all of
them up.

It helped, but the relief was not all that great, and very temporary.

Any treatment or possible non surgery cure you can name, I have done. Still
no relief. Sigh. :-((
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

Any treatment or possible non surgery cure you can name, I have done. Still
no relief. Sigh. :-((

Sorry to hear that...

Monk