TO ALL MY AWESOME FAMILY & FRIENDS...NOW THAT MY SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS CRUSHED THE TORONTO ARGONAUTS 37-9...I WILL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS!!! THE POST-BACK-OP EVENT THAT HAS BEEN THE ONE I HAVE BEEN JONESING FOR...HAS HAPPENED AT GLASS CITY REHAB, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014!!! DESPITE MY LEGS STILL BEING WEAK AND TONS OF NORMAL, INCEDIBLE POST-OP PAIN.......I WAS ABLE TO WALK UP AND DOWN TWO(2) FREAKING STEPS FOUR(4) TIMES!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GLASS CITY REHAB HAS BEEN BOOTING ME IN THE ASS AND SCOLDING ME FOR TRYING TO RUSH THINGS, AND WORKING WITH HORRIBLE PAIN!!! THEY BRUTALLY REMOVED MY NO PAIN, NO GAIN CONCEPT, WHICH IS BULLCRAP IN THIS CENTURY, AND PUT ME ON THE RIGHT PATH! I AM DOING THE TREADMILL AND A PEDAL MACHINE QUITE WELL, DOING 20 MINUTES ON EACH LATELY!!! MY KNEES ARE BENDING BETTER THAN THEY HAVE IN YEARS!!!! THEY PUT ME THROUGH QUITE A REGIMENT OF EXERCISES THAT ARE PRODUCING RESULTS...SLOWLY BUT SURELY...THE RIGHT WAY...NOT THE GRIZZLY WAY!!!! MY LEGS ARE STILL WEAK, ESPECIALLY MY LEFT LEG...THEY GET WOBBLY AT TIMES...HAVING SOME VERY FEROCIOUS HOT SPOTS IN MY SURGERY AREA IN MY BACK...BUT...WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT THE CORRECT WAY, AND IN A COUPLE WEEKS, (I GO BACK TO SURGEON ON AUGUST 15TH), I SHOULD....LET ME EDIT THAT...I WILL BE DOING BETTER!!! SO, MY GOAL IS TO RETURN TO THE AIRWAVES ON MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2014!!! I DO WORKOUTS AT HOME ON DAYS AWAY FROM CLASS CITYS FACILITY...AND I HAVE TO PACK MY BACK IN ICE PACKS AND ICE THREE(3) TIMES A DAY. STILL HAVING TO PUT PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT ON INCISION AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE I STLL HAVE A SCAB OVER AN INCH AREA WITH NO INFECTION, AND TISSUE IS THIN ON INCISION, WHICH IS SCAR TISSUE. AND SINCE COMING OUT OF SURGERY....NO SCIATICA IN MY BACK AND LEGS...NO INCONTINENCE...AND DESPITE THE SEVERE NEUROPATHY I HAVE, I HAVE SOME FEELING IN MY LEGS THAT HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS!!! EVERYTHING GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AT A POSITIVE (NON-GRIZZLY) RATE!!!! THE LEG WEAKNESS WILL GET BETTER...THE PAIN WILL SUBSIDE...AND I WILL REACH THE POINT WHERE I NEED TO BE IN DUE TIME...WITH PATIENCE BEING MY PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT!!!!! I JUST HAVE TO KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT THE NASTINESS FROM THE BOWELS OF HELL THAT SOME CALL PAIN...WILL ONE DAY...BE GONE!!!! SO, AGAIN...THANK YOU A-ZILLION-TIMES OVER EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!! WITHOUT YOU, MY WONDERFUL FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SENDING THE GREAT VIBES, KEEPING ME IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND ALL YOUR KIND WORDS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE PROGRESS THIS FAR!!! I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU...AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO SAY I HAVE TEARS FLOWING FROM MY EYES AS I RIGHT THIS...AND I SEND A GODZILLA-SIZED BEAR HUG OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION FROM MY HEART AND SOUL OUT TO YOU!!! NOW THERE WILL BE SOME ROUGH DAYS YET TO COME...SO A COUPLE OF OTHER GUYS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THOSE KIND OF DAYS AS WELL...DAN ARMSTRONG, BYRON WARVEL, WHO HAD HIS BACK SURGERY JUST FRIDAY, AND I...HAVE FORMED A MINI-SUPPORT GROUP FOR THOSE TYPES OF DAYS...BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING THEM AND LEAN ON EACH OTHER. SO, EVERYBODY, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...AND PLEASE, NEVER FORGET HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ANDS LOVE EVERYONE OF YOU OUT HERE!!!!! OH...AND BYRON...BEHAVE YOURSELF, SINCE YOURE THE ROOKIE BETWEEN THE THREE OF US...OR WELL BE BY AND STEAL YOUR CANE!!!!!! APRIL WILL KEEP US INFORMED!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~[Tom Grizzly Momsen]
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 06:38:51 +0000
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