Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

A few more brewing components showed up. 15 gallon kettle, recirculating pump and fittings and connectors.

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Also got a Blink Mini on Prime day, which I have set up as FermentCam for now to check it doesn't explode.

 
Megahurtz400 said:
I bought an MRI scan to find out my back was a write off!

Ruptured disc, seeing a consultant next week, looking like I may need spinal surgery, fun and games :D

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ouch... I had a very similar rupture.. 5 years of pain before I got it sorted properly..

I was offered keyhole or open surgery, obviously key hole is cheaper but the consultant said open is better since he can get a good look and make sure it’s well and truly sorted.. I went for that and so glad I did, whilst most of the damaged nerves never repaired, I have no pain and no repeat issues.. Friends who went for keyhole due to cost have been back twice and still not quite sorted.
 
Demon said:
ouch... I had a very similar rupture.. 5 years of pain before I got it sorted properly..

I was offered keyhole or open surgery, obviously key hole is cheaper but the consultant said open is better since he can get a good look and make sure it’s well and truly sorted.. I went for that and so glad I did, whilst most of the damaged nerves never repaired, I have no pain and no repeat issues.. Friends who went for keyhole due to cost have been back twice and still not quite sorted.
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Good to know about the different surgeries thanks! :) Believe the consultant i'm seeing is a specialist in keyhole so will see how Tuesday goes. Also believe he likes to avoid surgery at all costs, so will see.

How was the recovery from the open surgery out of interest? How long were you out of action?
 
R-evans said:
A few more brewing components showed up. 15 gallon kettle, recirculating pump and fittings and connectors.



Also got a Blink Mini on Prime day, which I have set up as FermentCam for now to check it doesn't explode.
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What are you brewing? I keep thinking about getting back into homebrew, maybe this will be the push to do it...
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Good to know about the different surgeries thanks! :) Believe the consultant i'm seeing is a specialist in keyhole so will see how Tuesday goes. Also believe he likes to avoid surgery at all costs, so will see.

How was the recovery from the open surgery out of interest? How long were you out of action?
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I was quite fortunate, the surgeon/consultant I used also did some quite prominent Rugby players and from my MRI it was quite a bad prolapse which prompted the switch from Keyhole to open surgery.

In terms of recovery, pretty much within a day I was up and about, however I did require 4 weeks off work..

As a procedure it was hilarious, I've not had any major op's prior to that so had no idea what to expect (other than pain), however, when I as anaesthetised all I remember was starting a count, then a really nice/deep sleep, when I woke up I was still on my back and felt absolutely zero pain (the best sleep I've ever had!), I actually asked the nurse what had gone wrong (assuming they wouldn't have laid me on a fresh wound, and with zero pain or sensation, I assumed the surgery had been aborted).. She said, oh no, it all went really well and I'm now in recovery.. I was genuinely surprised!

I was in hospital for 1 night and left the following day, they gave me a morphine line to self administer, which was great! but I didn't really need it, just a tiny bit of soreness with the wound knitting, but honestly pretty much nothing compared to my previous back pain!

For reference, my Mrs had her gall bladder removed via keyhole last year, she had 4 weeks off work to recover and if anything had more pain/issues due to bruising/scarring of tissue/muscle around the keyhole sites (5 in her case). Obviously open surgery carries a slightly greater risk of infection and is slightly more expensive but carries the benefit of being able to visually ensure they've opened things up as much as possible, this isn't easily done with keyhole.. but that is only if you have a severe prolapse as I did.

I had got to the point I lost 70% of the strength in my left foot (could not stand on my toes on that foot), this has not recovered due to the severity of the prolapse.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Good to know about the different surgeries thanks! :) Believe the consultant i'm seeing is a specialist in keyhole so will see how Tuesday goes. Also believe he likes to avoid surgery at all costs, so will see.

How was the recovery from the open surgery out of interest? How long were you out of action?
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Demon said:
I was quite fortunate, the surgeon/consultant I used also did some quite prominent Rugby players and from my MRI it was quite a bad prolapse which prompted the switch from Keyhole to open surgery.

In terms of recovery, pretty much within a day I was up and about, however I did require 4 weeks off work..

As a procedure it was hilarious, I've not had any major op's prior to that so had no idea what to expect (other than pain), however, when I as anaesthetised all I remember was starting a count, then a really nice/deep sleep, when I woke up I was still on my back and felt absolutely zero pain (the best sleep I've ever had!), I actually asked the nurse what had gone wrong (assuming they wouldn't have laid me on a fresh wound, and with zero pain or sensation, I assumed the surgery had been aborted).. She said, oh no, it all went really well and I'm now in recovery.. I was genuinely surprised!

I was in hospital for 1 night and left the following day, they gave me a morphine line to self administer, which was great! but I didn't really need it, just a tiny bit of soreness with the wound knitting, but honestly pretty much nothing compared to my previous back pain!

For reference, my Mrs had her gall bladder removed via keyhole last year, she had 4 weeks off work to recover and if anything had more pain/issues due to bruising/scarring of tissue/muscle around the keyhole sites (5 in her case). Obviously open surgery carries a slightly greater risk of infection and is slightly more expensive but carries the benefit of being able to visually ensure they've opened things up as much as possible, this isn't easily done with keyhole.. but that is only if you have a severe prolapse as I did.

I had got to the point I lost 70% of the strength in my left foot (could not stand on my toes on that foot), this has not recovered due to the severity of the prolapse.
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I had a prolapsed disk as well. Had it shaved somehow - microdiscectomy I think - and it was incredible. I was up and walking on the same day with no pain. I know avoiding surgery is often the best option, and I'd recommend you strengthen your back (not a doctor, but it helped me), but the surgery really was incredible. It gave me instant relief.

Feel free to message me if you've any questions.
 
Demon said:
I was quite fortunate, the surgeon/consultant I used also did some quite prominent Rugby players and from my MRI it was quite a bad prolapse which prompted the switch from Keyhole to open surgery.

In terms of recovery, pretty much within a day I was up and about, however I did require 4 weeks off work..

As a procedure it was hilarious, I've not had any major op's prior to that so had no idea what to expect (other than pain), however, when I as anaesthetised all I remember was starting a count, then a really nice/deep sleep, when I woke up I was still on my back and felt absolutely zero pain (the best sleep I've ever had!), I actually asked the nurse what had gone wrong (assuming they wouldn't have laid me on a fresh wound, and with zero pain or sensation, I assumed the surgery had been aborted).. She said, oh no, it all went really well and I'm now in recovery.. I was genuinely surprised!

I was in hospital for 1 night and left the following day, they gave me a morphine line to self administer, which was great! but I didn't really need it, just a tiny bit of soreness with the wound knitting, but honestly pretty much nothing compared to my previous back pain!

For reference, my Mrs had her gall bladder removed via keyhole last year, she had 4 weeks off work to recover and if anything had more pain/issues due to bruising/scarring of tissue/muscle around the keyhole sites (5 in her case). Obviously open surgery carries a slightly greater risk of infection and is slightly more expensive but carries the benefit of being able to visually ensure they've opened things up as much as possible, this isn't easily done with keyhole.. but that is only if you have a severe prolapse as I did.

I had got to the point I lost 70% of the strength in my left foot (could not stand on my toes on that foot), this has not recovered due to the severity of the prolapse.
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Nice to know you're up and about pretty much straight away!

Having had my knee meniscus repair under general anesthetic, I was convinced I could try and get to at least 3/4 on the countdown and I think I got to 8 haha :p

Cheers for the reply :)

dirtychinchilla said:
I had a prolapsed disk as well. Had it shaved somehow - microdiscectomy I think - and it was incredible. I was up and walking on the same day with no pain. I know avoiding surgery is often the best option, and I'd recommend you strengthen your back (not a doctor, but it helped me), but the surgery really was incredible. It gave me instant relief.

Feel free to message me if you've any questions.
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Yeah I feel like surgery will be the way things go, the physio said that if he was just looking at the MRI he'd be saying surgery is the only option now.

And yeah, back strength will be my aim in life to avoid something happening again! Never take your back for granted people! :p
 
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