The Front Porch Swing

[BDBoop]

@Pogo - returning the 'laughter' favor.

 

[IlarMeilyr]

The porch swing broke.

It got removed.

But now it's back?

Or is eye seeing thangs?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I want to share this with any folks who have chronic low back pain.

I have had degenerative disc disease for 50 years, progressing so badly that for the last 10 years, I have had unrelenting back pain. Then, 5 months ago, the sciatica began, and there were days that my biggest fear was that I was NOT going to die. I have been told by my neurosurgeons for the last 15 years that the degeneration was so bad that there was not enough left to work with, surgically. That's when They put me on oxycodone. I knew that was bad stuff, so I was finally motivated to go to a pain clinic, where I met with a doctor of anesthesiology. We tried physical therapy (again), but the sciatica quickly put an end to that. I am in the process of going to a new neurosurgeon for another opinion. In the meantime the pain doctor had me in the day before yesterday. He gave me an epidural in my lower spine, L5-S1. I got off the table, and the pain was COMPLETELY gone. Yesterday I did all my shopping a Wal-Mart without having to use an electric cart. I caught up on weeks of housework. I did not have to cook dinner sitting down. It is a little cool today, but next Wednesday I go back to playing water volleyball. Today, I am going to go through my physical therapy exercise book that I have accumulated of the last 30 years, and set myself up a daily exercise program to bring back my muscle tone. My girlfriend tells me that I am running around like a little boy on a brand new set of roller skates. I honestly can not remember the last time that pain was not my constant companion...at least 10 years

This is not permanent. I will need three separate shots, and the doc says that they will wear off. so I will need a booster a couple of times a year.

My message to you all is simply this. You do NOT have to live with chronic back pain. Get referred to a pain clinic staffed by a doctor of anesthesiology, and have an epidural. iI they could put this stuff in a bottle and sell it, oxytocin would disappear due to lack of a need for it!

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

 

[Pogo]

I want to share this with any folks who have chronic low back pain.

I have had degenerative disc disease for 50 years, progressing so badly that for the last 10 years, I have had unrelenting back pain. Then, 5 months ago, the sciatica began, and there were days that my biggest fear was that I was NOT going to die. I have been told by my neurosurgeons for the last 15 years that the degeneration was so bad that there was not enough left to work with, surgically. That's when They put me on oxycodone. I knew that was bad stuff, so I was finally motivated to go to a pain clinic, where I met with a doctor of anesthesiology. We tried physical therapy (again), but the sciatica quickly put an end to that. I am in the process of going to a new neurosurgeon for another opinion. In the meantime the pain doctor had me in the day before yesterday. He gave me an epidural in my lower spine, L5-S1. I got off the table, and the pain was COMPLETELY gone. Yesterday I did all my shopping a Wal-Mart without having to use an electric cart. I caught up on weeks of housework. I did not have to cook dinner sitting down. It is a little cool today, but next Wednesday I go back to playing water volleyball. Today, I am going to go through my physical therapy exercise book that I have accumulated of the last 30 years, and set myself up a daily exercise program to bring back my muscle tone. My girlfriend tells me that I am running around like a little boy on a brand new set of roller skates. I honestly can not remember the last time that pain was not my constant companion...at least 10 years

This is not permanent. I will need three separate shots, and the doc says that they will wear off. so I will need a booster a couple of times a year.

My message to you all is simply this. You do NOT have to live with chronic back pain. Get referred to a pain clinic staffed by a doctor of anesthesiology, and have an epidural. iI they could put this stuff in a bottle and sell it, oxytocin would disappear due to lack of a need for it!

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

Thanks but for the record I'm not suffering back pain. I don't envy those who are or take it lightly but it's not something I'm cursed with.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

I want to share this with any folks who have chronic low back pain.

I have had degenerative disc disease for 50 years, progressing so badly that for the last 10 years, I have had unrelenting back pain. Then, 5 months ago, the sciatica began, and there were days that my biggest fear was that I was NOT going to die. I have been told by my neurosurgeons for the last 15 years that the degeneration was so bad that there was not enough left to work with, surgically. That's when They put me on oxycodone. I knew that was bad stuff, so I was finally motivated to go to a pain clinic, where I met with a doctor of anesthesiology. We tried physical therapy (again), but the sciatica quickly put an end to that. I am in the process of going to a new neurosurgeon for another opinion. In the meantime the pain doctor had me in the day before yesterday. He gave me an epidural in my lower spine, L5-S1. I got off the table, and the pain was COMPLETELY gone. Yesterday I did all my shopping a Wal-Mart without having to use an electric cart. I caught up on weeks of housework. I did not have to cook dinner sitting down. It is a little cool today, but next Wednesday I go back to playing water volleyball. Today, I am going to go through my physical therapy exercise book that I have accumulated of the last 30 years, and set myself up a daily exercise program to bring back my muscle tone. My girlfriend tells me that I am running around like a little boy on a brand new set of roller skates. I honestly can not remember the last time that pain was not my constant companion...at least 10 years

This is not permanent. I will need three separate shots, and the doc says that they will wear off. so I will need a booster a couple of times a year.

My message to you all is simply this. You do NOT have to live with chronic back pain. Get referred to a pain clinic staffed by a doctor of anesthesiology, and have an epidural. iI they could put this stuff in a bottle and sell it, oxytocin would disappear due to lack of a need for it!

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

I'm very happy for you Vandal but, actually, there are intractable cases and mine is one of them. I'm so fed up, so completely depressed about it. I have done the injections, PT, massage therapy and, most recently, surgery. Nothing has even touched the pain.

We have canceled our trip to France because I know I could not do it. We'll go to the Caribbean for a couple of weeks because its a lot less walking and standing. I know this is best but damn, we have both been looking forward to seeing the prehistoric art caves in the south of France but I also know I just have to accept this.

BTW, the reason mine cannot be cured or treated successfully is because its trauma-related. That's a big wad of toothpaste you just can't cram back in the tube.

I also have to remember that the are a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Uh, isn't this the thread that Boop supposedly nuked?

Gawd, I'm always so far behind all the soap opera melodrama .....

 

[Vandalshandle]

I want to share this with any folks who have chronic low back pain.

I have had degenerative disc disease for 50 years, progressing so badly that for the last 10 years, I have had unrelenting back pain. Then, 5 months ago, the sciatica began, and there were days that my biggest fear was that I was NOT going to die. I have been told by my neurosurgeons for the last 15 years that the degeneration was so bad that there was not enough left to work with, surgically. That's when They put me on oxycodone. I knew that was bad stuff, so I was finally motivated to go to a pain clinic, where I met with a doctor of anesthesiology. We tried physical therapy (again), but the sciatica quickly put an end to that. I am in the process of going to a new neurosurgeon for another opinion. In the meantime the pain doctor had me in the day before yesterday. He gave me an epidural in my lower spine, L5-S1. I got off the table, and the pain was COMPLETELY gone. Yesterday I did all my shopping a Wal-Mart without having to use an electric cart. I caught up on weeks of housework. I did not have to cook dinner sitting down. It is a little cool today, but next Wednesday I go back to playing water volleyball. Today, I am going to go through my physical therapy exercise book that I have accumulated of the last 30 years, and set myself up a daily exercise program to bring back my muscle tone. My girlfriend tells me that I am running around like a little boy on a brand new set of roller skates. I honestly can not remember the last time that pain was not my constant companion...at least 10 years

This is not permanent. I will need three separate shots, and the doc says that they will wear off. so I will need a booster a couple of times a year.

My message to you all is simply this. You do NOT have to live with chronic back pain. Get referred to a pain clinic staffed by a doctor of anesthesiology, and have an epidural. iI they could put this stuff in a bottle and sell it, oxytocin would disappear due to lack of a need for it!

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

I'm very happy for you Vandal but, actually, there are intractable cases and mine is one of them. I'm so fed up, so completely depressed about it. I have done the injections, PT, massage therapy and, most recently, surgery. Nothing has even touched the pain.

We have canceled our trip to France because I know I could not do it. We'll go to the Caribbean for a couple of weeks because its a lot less walking and standing. I know this is best but damn, we have both been looking forward to seeing the prehistoric art caves in the south of France but I also know I just have to accept this.

BTW, the reason mine cannot be cured or treated successfully is because its trauma-related. That's a big wad of toothpaste you just can't cram back in the tube.

I also have to remember that the are a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do.

I'm surprised that an epidural would not help you Luddly. Mine is trauma related, too. I herniated a disc at ager 15, working in a grocery store. I only weighed 115 pounds, and I was told to pour a 100 pound bag of potatoes on a counter top. Over the years, the injury just continued to reoccur, until finally, there was no disc left between L5 and S1. I gave up a free two week trip to Italy that my brother gave me, all expenses paid, in 2006 because I could not walk more than 100 yards. Please, if there is any doubt, ask for a referral to a pain management clinic. The epidural for me was performed by an anesthesiologist. My relief is so palatable that I want to make absolutely sure that anyone who is enduring what I did gets the same relief I did

 

[JakeStarkey]

Bad backs are bad things

 

[katsteve2012]

I just got a letter from Walmart telling I'm banned for life ... a list of my transgressions ...

1. June 15: took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5- minute intervals.

3. July 7: made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted in management getting involved causing management to lose time and costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to reserve a bag of chips.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers they could come in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department - to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' Emergency Medics were called.

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while I picked my nose. 10. September

10: While handling guns in the Sports department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the Store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department,I practiced my 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, I assumed the fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!

15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where the fitting room was. And last, but not least:

16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the Staff passed out.

I can relate to number 2. On the list I mean. Some friends of mine did this in Atlantic City--

In the train station there was a line of pay phones, let's say 27 of them. Somebody went in and got all the phone numbers from these phones, handed them out to 27 different people, and instructed them,

"on the 14th, turn on the 11 o'clock TV news. As soon as you see the news start, call your number, let it ring once and hang up. Then call back, ring twice and hang up, then three, four up to eight and then work backwards back to one. If anyone answers during this, just read random numbers out of the phone book until they hang up".

Five minutes before 11 on the appointed night they had a local vagrant come into the bus station and do a bizarre costumed dance. Then five minutes later the ringing commenced.

Next day the phone company had something like ten trucks out there.

Lol. Sounds like something out of a Stephen King story, with Rod Serling narrating.

 

[Pogo]

I just got a letter from Walmart telling I'm banned for life ... a list of my transgressions ...

1. June 15: took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5- minute intervals.

3. July 7: made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted in management getting involved causing management to lose time and costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to reserve a bag of chips.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers they could come in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department - to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' Emergency Medics were called.

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while I picked my nose. 10. September

10: While handling guns in the Sports department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the Store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department,I practiced my 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, I assumed the fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!

15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where the fitting room was. And last, but not least:

16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the Staff passed out.

I can relate to number 2. On the list I mean. Some friends of mine did this in Atlantic City--

In the train station there was a line of pay phones, let's say 27 of them. Somebody went in and got all the phone numbers from these phones, handed them out to 27 different people, and instructed them,

"on the 14th, turn on the 11 o'clock TV news. As soon as you see the news start, call your number, let it ring once and hang up. Then call back, ring twice and hang up, then three, four up to eight and then work backwards back to one. If anyone answers during this, just read random numbers out of the phone book until they hang up".

Five minutes before 11 on the appointed night they had a local vagrant come into the bus station and do a bizarre costumed dance. Then five minutes later the ringing commenced.

Next day the phone company had something like ten trucks out there.

Lol. Sounds like something out of a Stephen King story, with Rod Serling narrating.

Another prank they pulled, these merry pranksters --

Went into an office building carrying a shopping bag. In the bag was a pair of pants, pair of shoes and a newspaper. This they took to the men's room, where they arranged it in a stall so that from the outside it looked like someone sitting in the stall reading the paper. Then they crawled out under the door and left the dilemma to Security.

 

[Pogo]

"People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy....... in a glass jar on my desk." -- Stephen King

 

[Vandalshandle]

One of my favorite pranks was that a bunch of us had a boss who was about 5 feet tall...kind of like the guy who was on Taxi, was it Danny DeVito? Anyway, we all went to the office on a Saturday morning and moved all of his furniture out to another office and replaced it all with child's furniture, including a little rocking chair, a 2nd grade kindergarten desk, etc., etc.

Oddly enough, he did not seem to find it as humorous as we did....

 

[Vandalshandle]

About 2 years ago, when that nut was predicting the raptor on a certain day, I laid out on my driveway a pair of old shoes and socks, pants, shirt, and even underwear. The neighbors, who did not know me well yet, saw it, panicked, and called the police. I happened to be on duty at the sheriff's Auxiliary and took the call. I told them that I knew VH, and that he had been called home (of course, before they hung up, I had to let them in on the gag). . By the time I got off duty, somebody had stolen the shoes.

 

[BDBoop]

 

[Derideo_Te]

Sanday's Pooch on a Porch!

And about time for Easter Bonnets to make their appearance on the Porch.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

I'm very happy for you Vandal but, actually, there are intractable cases and mine is one of them. I'm so fed up, so completely depressed about it. I have done the injections, PT, massage therapy and, most recently, surgery. Nothing has even touched the pain.

We have canceled our trip to France because I know I could not do it. We'll go to the Caribbean for a couple of weeks because its a lot less walking and standing. I know this is best but damn, we have both been looking forward to seeing the prehistoric art caves in the south of France but I also know I just have to accept this.

BTW, the reason mine cannot be cured or treated successfully is because its trauma-related. That's a big wad of toothpaste you just can't cram back in the tube.

I also have to remember that the are a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do.

I'm surprised that an epidural would not help you Luddly. Mine is trauma related, too. I herniated a disc at ager 15, working in a grocery store. I only weighed 115 pounds, and I was told to pour a 100 pound bag of potatoes on a counter top. Over the years, the injury just continued to reoccur, until finally, there was no disc left between L5 and S1. I gave up a free two week trip to Italy that my brother gave me, all expenses paid, in 2006 because I could not walk more than 100 yards. Please, if there is any doubt, ask for a referral to a pain management clinic. The epidural for me was performed by an anesthesiologist. My relief is so palatable that I want to make absolutely sure that anyone who is enduring what I did gets the same relief I did

You did the right thing letting others know about it, Vandal. This is news to me. I thought an epidural was for labor pains. I never heard of an epidural that would last for months. Chronic back pain is an awful thing to suffer with. If they have these injections available they have to be working on one for people in Luddly's condition. I hope develop one soon that works for everyone.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

This is such great news, Vandal! I know there are people here who either know someone @Luddley [MENTION=39664]Jimbo[/MENTION]wie [MENTION=41527]Pogo[/MENTION] who is suffering from back pain or mentioned it in the past on the board. If anyone knows anyone suffering from back pain this news definitely needs to be passed along to them. It's great news, Vandal. Two or three shots a year to be pain free is fantastic. I have a neighbor who will be interested to hear this news too.

I'm very happy for you Vandal but, actually, there are intractable cases and mine is one of them. I'm so fed up, so completely depressed about it. I have done the injections, PT, massage therapy and, most recently, surgery. Nothing has even touched the pain.

We have canceled our trip to France because I know I could not do it. We'll go to the Caribbean for a couple of weeks because its a lot less walking and standing. I know this is best but damn, we have both been looking forward to seeing the prehistoric art caves in the south of France but I also know I just have to accept this.

BTW, the reason mine cannot be cured or treated successfully is because its trauma-related. That's a big wad of toothpaste you just can't cram back in the tube.

I also have to remember that the are a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do.

I'm surprised that an epidural would not help you Luddly. Mine is trauma related, too. I herniated a disc at ager 15, working in a grocery store. I only weighed 115 pounds, and I was told to pour a 100 pound bag of potatoes on a counter top. Over the years, the injury just continued to reoccur, until finally, there was no disc left between L5 and S1. I gave up a free two week trip to Italy that my brother gave me, all expenses paid, in 2006 because I could not walk more than 100 yards. Please, if there is any doubt, ask for a referral to a pain management clinic. The epidural for me was performed by an anesthesiologist. My relief is so palatable that I want to make absolutely sure that anyone who is enduring what I did gets the same relief I did

I had several epidural injections and none of them were effective. Part of my problem is that one leg, fractured when I was young, healed shorter than the other. Its not a huge amount and I do put a little lift in the heal of one shoe but it still throws everything else off and causes great pain.

On top of that, I also have horrible foot pain. Long story but I've dealt with that for more than 30 years.

I used to have to book stores, was on my feet for 14 hours a day and got up the next day to do it again. Now I can't even make it through an entire grocery store.

When we travel, I get steroid injections in my feet. Very helpful but the effects don't last a long time and too much can be toxic, contributes to osteoporosis, among other things.

Really happy for your relief though. Since I had spine surgery, I just might try the injections again. I'll have to find a different doctor though. The one I was seeing, young guy, half my age, runner, worked out, in excellent condition, told me that since I'm vegetarian I should be taking Vit's B and C and that I should eat red meat and that the Atkin's diet is healthy. He's now dying of colon cancer, no longer able to work.

 

[Pogo]

"Pooch on a porch" --- oh, a wiseguy, eh?

I'll see your pooch and raise a peach... for anyone who's ... parched:

 

[IlarMeilyr]

"Pooch on a porch" --- oh, a wiseguy, eh?

I'll see your pooch and raise a peach... for anyone who's ... parched:

Needs a parrot on a perch.

 

[Derideo_Te]

"Pooch on a porch" --- oh, a wiseguy, eh?

I'll see your pooch and raise a peach... for anyone who's ... parched:

You have only found out about the PonP now?

It has been happening for at least a couple of weeks now.

So you can put your peach where the pun don't pine!