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The Guz- At 6` 1" I bet you`d can carry 200lbs *really* well! I like the idea of taking a year (or two...or three 
) rather than six months, but it`s easy for me to be patient with somebody else`s progress!
jrock645- I was just doing my usual poke-Ron-with stick, and I agree 100%, most *everything* we`re discussing is easier said than done and I sure don`t want to trivialize anybody`s challenges.
And I hear you on the "steal your will" aspect of back problems. My pal Bob (he of the Jag MKII) was facing spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair and it was really messing with him. Fortunately, a new Doc (incredibly) diagnosed a completely different problem from what they`d always thought and one additional surgery later he`s better than he`s been in decades. He`s walking/standing normally now, which he`d never done since I`ve known him.
Eh, I do know a *little* bit about back problems first-hand, having spent a while hospitalized (in traction and on a Demerol drip) over *my* back problem back in the `90s. That was, uhm...a wakeup call for me, but it was only a few weeks out of my life and then I was OK most of the time (still kept some meds handy though, but haven`t needed `em for years now). Note that when I was going through that the Medical Professionals were saying I had to stop lifting when they should`ve said how I just needed to do things differently, which was the real, long-term solution.
DOMS- I`m weird I guess with DOMS as I actively seek it and consider it great. But then DOMS is very different from injury. And I can just take it easy for a few days and recover if I overdo things, not so easy for people who have jobs.
) rather than six months, but it`s easy for me to be patient with somebody else`s progress!jrock645- I was just doing my usual poke-Ron-with stick, and I agree 100%, most *everything* we`re discussing is easier said than done and I sure don`t want to trivialize anybody`s challenges.
And I hear you on the "steal your will" aspect of back problems. My pal Bob (he of the Jag MKII) was facing spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair and it was really messing with him. Fortunately, a new Doc (incredibly) diagnosed a completely different problem from what they`d always thought and one additional surgery later he`s better than he`s been in decades. He`s walking/standing normally now, which he`d never done since I`ve known him.
Eh, I do know a *little* bit about back problems first-hand, having spent a while hospitalized (in traction and on a Demerol drip) over *my* back problem back in the `90s. That was, uhm...a wakeup call for me, but it was only a few weeks out of my life and then I was OK most of the time (still kept some meds handy though, but haven`t needed `em for years now). Note that when I was going through that the Medical Professionals were saying I had to stop lifting when they should`ve said how I just needed to do things differently, which was the real, long-term solution.
DOMS- I`m weird I guess with DOMS as I actively seek it and consider it great. But then DOMS is very different from injury. And I can just take it easy for a few days and recover if I overdo things, not so easy for people who have jobs.
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