Two Herniated Disks and some Good News

[Latimeria]

Well, it appears that I have TWO badly herniated disks that need fixing.  I was expecting the worst, but got some good news.  They will be doing a minimal invasive surgery on me that will have me back on my feet in a week and back to normal in a month or so.  They will cut some 1" openings in me and drill through the bone (transverse process I think).  They will arthroscopically cut away the protruding disks against my nerve and clean up the area.

This is great news for me as I was getting nervous that I was going to have similar surgery to my neighbor which would have side lined me for 4+ months!   I don't have an exact date since I'm waiting for approval again, but it looks like the end of April i will be going under the knife which means I should be back in action for big game hopefully by June! 

[raychavez91]

Awesome

[WheresMyBeer]

That is good news Tom! 

[Eric H]

Best of luck, hope everything goes as planned.

[Sticks]

Good to hear, I hope your back to 100% soon.

[Tim524]

Glad to hear it will be a short recovery

[xpoc]

The number one thing I can recommend is to start a yoga routine, it does wonders.

[HalibutJoel99]

Glad to hear the great news Tom!

[Latimeria]

April 16th I go under the knife.  I will hopefully be casting my new jigstick on May 15th (or maybe sooner depending on how I heal).   

[Pinoyfisher]

Great news! Hoping for a speedy and seamless recovery!!