Originally Posted by ted (Post 11486579)

Agree on all the above...
But I refuse to made my health issues fodder for social visits.
Yesterday good friends visited and shared some health issues and I listened.
Then they asked me how I was doing.
I kept it short, just fine except for the stupid C-pap every night.
Beyond that I'd rather BS about fun stuff.

Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 11486416)

I think the lesson to take away from this is, no more cleaning up my shop!

Originally Posted by drcoastline (Post 11486479)

Here Nick I'll make you feel a bit better.

A few years back around my fiftieth. I was doing my business in the bathroom. The TP was sitting on the vanity with a little tail of TP hanging. The cat started playing with the TP and knocked the roll off the vanity where it rolled behind the toilet. I reached back but couldn't reach it. It was just outta range. So I reached again and gave it a little extra effort.

I reached a little further got my head between the toilet and vanity, just a little further, my finger tip could touch the edge of the roll, just a little more. BOINK a shooting pain across my lower back. WTF was that? I couldn't move. I'm stuck arm reaching down behind the toilet my head jammbed between the toilet and vanity.

No one is home and I am stuck. Breathing sent a shooting pain across my lower back.

It took I'd say a half hour to get myself straightened out to face front. The tinest little movement was excrutianting. I couldn't stand up which didn't matter anyway because I didn't get the roll of TP. It was difficult to adjust because of the pain. So there I sat for I guess another hour with the dog sleeping on the floor in front of me and me doing my best imitation of Rodin's thinker. Now my a$$ and legs are going numb. Slowly I inched my way forward and eventually fell to the floor landing on the dog. He gave a growl and left. I lay there until my wife came home to help me to bed.

The fifteen or so feet from the bathroom to the bed was easily the most exruciating pain I have evr felt. I have shot myself with a nail gun more than once. Had to be pried off a 2x4 in one incident, no comparison. Ran a circular saw through my knee that required 33 stitches, not even close. Fallen out of trees, broken bones you name it.

Reaching for the TP while on the throne beats them all. I still feel the effects from time to time. You can bet one thing for sure, the TP is always secured before the process begins. I ain't doing that again.

Originally Posted by KC911 (Post 11486494)

I've never "tweaked" my back doing heavy lifting, etc. .... it's usually picking up a feather "wrong" ;).

Originally Posted by KNS (Post 11486505)

I have two back stretches that have pretty much eliminated any surprise lower back spasms/zingers.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 11486588)

One of my buddies is a fit and active guy. He was working on a sprinkler system in the far back of his yard, and something in his back went pop. He was in agony, his cell phone was in the house and it was scorching hot day. He was bent over and finally managed to get to his hands and knees and crawled like a very slow baby to his house. He said it was the slowest most painful thing he ever did. He finally got to the door and fortunately the door was not locked. He managed to crawl over to the phone on a charger, pull the charge cord and get the phone to the edge of the cabinet. He called 911 and told them to come to the back door.

As he was waiting he managed to drop to the floor and slowly lay flat on his back. They took him to the hospital and with the right pain meds and help got him back on his feet.

After that he got a waterproof phone case and a belt clip and never went anywhere without his phone. He said he used to laugh at the old commercial "help I've fallen and can't get up" commercial but he understands now.

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11486593)

...and? Those are?

Originally Posted by masraum (Post 11486592)

Years ago I worked for a company that had techs that went out and did installs. Because of those guys, we had a monthly "safety training" meeting. One of them was about back issues, and the guy teaching the class said that most back issues are triggered while brushing your teeth (I guess leaning down to spit or something).

Originally Posted by ted (Post 11486615)

Most of my injuries happened in my back yard.
Lifting stuff, slip and fall and hitting my head diving into the pool.

Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 11486580)

I'da looked at em' and said "I have a terrible case of limpdick" just to see the expression on their faces. :D

Originally Posted by cabmando (Post 11486622)

You should consider avoiding your back yard!

Originally Posted by creaturecat (Post 11486756)

in the words of Randy Bachman. "you ain't seen nothin' yet" ........

Originally Posted by Tobra (Post 11486872)

Man, y'all are old and broken down