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Sunday, March 30, 2014

What to do with back pain????

Yee gads, is today Sunday? Ok, somebody 'splain to me where Saturday went. Yesterday I got up an' I knowed that Friday sucked to a certain degree. There ain't no way two days in a row can suck. Try to figger that one out.

Ok, so yesterday was a flop at Billy Bob's house.....so what? I had me all kinds of things planned to do yesterday, "what the hell is go'n on"? Get'n out of bed ever morn'n all bended over for the next two hours is get'n to be a "morn'n riticual". I don't like this kind of stuff.

So.....let's talk a bit bout back problems this morn'n. Ain't much else to talk bout so it may as well be my back. I heared plenty of people talk bout back problems as just a way of life....git used to it....you'll be fine tomorrow. Well, I had used that concept for right bout 10 long aching years an' I was get'n along with it somewhat. Do'n what I could an' tak'n a break when I needed it. Weren't in too bad a shape consider'n. It ain't like that no more. Things have took a rapid decline to the worse. I have to "sit" longer hours. I don't sleep well. My outlook on future life has changed. I git all grouchy for no reason.

Ok, let's change the subject an' take us a trip to Georgia. I don't have to be there at no given time, so I can take it easy along the way. I'm talk'n bout road time ya know....stop here an' there, smell some daisies, look at stuff....you know what I'm talk'n bout, lay back an' enjoy life. I usually jump on the interstate (I-20) at Shreveport, La. an' head east. Get to destination Douglasville, Ga. in bout 3 days or four (thousand mile trip). But what would happen if'n I took me some extra time to get there? It ain't like I'm gonna go find some doctor to visit the first day I get there.

Everbody that reads me knows I'm go'n to Georgia in hopes of get'n my back fixed. Well, I done talk to lots of people an' done me a ton of research on "fix'n backs" an' I come to the conclusion that my chances are right at bout 40/60 of being a young wippersnapper again. It just ain't gonna happen. I spoke earlier bout surgery, but lately, surgery is out of the question. Even most back doctors agree to that.

No I ain't talk'n bout chiropractor doctors. Grrrrrrr....to chiropractors. They got only one thing in their mind....your bank account. How do I know? Well, let me tell ya. My first meet up with a chiropractor I was 19 year old. I hurt my back push'n that damn 1946 Ford try'n to start it an' then sneek'n it back in the yard at midnight. The only relief I got from that chiropractor was the relief of bout a couple hunnert dollars out my wallet. This happen on many occasions up till bout 1989 when I hurt my back at the University of Texas. The chiropractor I got this time put me on some kind of physical therapy....like a gym. I feeled like a hunnert dollar bill when I walk out of there. My back was strong an' I could run a mile...if'n I wanted to. What I didn't want to. In my book, an' from my experiences with bout 15 or 'em, chiropractors suck.

I been do'n some arm exercises....what don't help my back....but they help my backswing an' ball swak'n. I'm gonna have me some arm muscles what gonna skeer hell out of Gypsy. Ain't no way she gonna beat me in a arm rassle match. Today she probly could. So....part of my Georgia trip will be to find a gym that has the kind of equipment to "fix" my back. That's my plan anyhows.

Of course, I have other plans too. Have ya ever been to the north Georgia mountains? Most every trip, me an' the sons, with a herd of wives, grandkids an' dogs, go to the mountains. Camp'n an' stream fish'n for rainbow trout. This has always been my highlight of every trip. Damn, I can hardly wait. Did I mention the bass lakes not too far from Atlanta? An' then there's Decator Alabama I want to visit.....only 200 miles away.

Ok, this is Sunday, so I gonna cut it short. Maybe get off my ass an' do something. Laters.....

12 comments:

  1. I know someone who uses marijuana. Says it works.

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    1. I don't want to cover the pain Rob. I'm think'n long the lines of fix'n it.
      Ha....I tried that marijuana stuff one time. Ended up in a expensive restaurant with two pretty wimmins. Costed me a hunnert dollars.

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  2. Oooh-eeee! I get a little shiver of excitement when I think about your arm muscles. But I'm not letting you off the hook easily - I'm building my arm muscles little by little! I love the mountains of Georgia up around Dahlonega - close to the Appalachian Trail. I'd give anything to be going there this summer, and I hope you take lots of pictures and it'll be my turn to be jealous.

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    1. You better calm yerself down bout my arm muscles. I got more hang'n off the bottom side than I will ever have on the top side.
      We camp bout 30 miles due north of Dahlonega in the Chattahoochee Nat. Forest. Love it up there. Find'n a camp'n site big enough for "Sally da house" is a chore though.

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  3. Now you have a plan sure sounds like you gonna have a fun summer. Think taking your time for trip is a good thing, maybe catch some cajun music and food along the way.

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    1. I like the idea of a fun summer, but it's still gonna depend on how my back feels. It's easy to sit here an' talk bout all the excit'n stuff I'm gonna do, an' then I got to consider "what I can do". It all "boils" down to how hot the water is.

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    2. I live 20 miles south of Decatur, AL. You will practically pass my house on the way to GA. Do you fish in Smith Lake? I have a torn rotator cuff, so you could have beat me arm wrestling when you were nine-years-old.

      I have back pain that will never go away, only lead to the inability to walk ever again and the loss of bladder and bowel control. So, fixing is the best idea for my back.

      Wave when you go by!

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    3. Now I don't know bout beat'n anybody at arm ressle when I was nine. I was a pretty small, malnourished little boy back then. What's a torn rotator cuff???
      So ya know what I'm talk'n bout when I mention back pain. I feel for ya. I know what ya talk'n bout that "control" thing. That sucks.

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    4. Billy Bob,
      I am weaker than a small nine-year-old boy because of the torn rotator cuff in the shoulder.

      I hope you are kidding about being malnourished.

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  4. Gosh! Hope your back isn't the same as Linda's. (No offense to her) I just hope when you do see the Dr. you can figure out how to be more comfortable. Do get checked before you start with the physical therapy.

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    1. No offense taken. I wish there was something else going on besides what there is.

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  5. Billy Bob, Sorry to hear of your ongoing issues with your back. I have had some back issues, minor compared to yours, and being a do-it-your selfer I bought one of those inversion beds - tables that I am sure you have seen on TV. Basically you hang yourself upside down at varying degrees for a few minutes a couple times a day. It allows your spine to decompress and feels wonderful. I would use it for a few days at a time when I felt the back and shoulder pain coming on. Maybe 5 to 10 minutes once or twice a day. It is something that worked for me. My cousin takes one with him in the motorhome and puts it outside for use. Hope this helps. I know if your back hurts, you hurt all over. Good luck. Max heading home to Illinois from a winter in La Feria, TX..

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