Dave, Linda has that motherly instinct about her. Better give her all details or you will totally hear about it later. Yes Linda I love you!!!
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Dave, Linda has that motherly instinct about her. Better give her all details or you will totally hear about it later. Yes Linda I love you!!!
I switched batteries & finished updating what the doc had to say, so hopefully she's satisfied if she reread the entire post thats now been updated. Doc said so far so good, keep walking, taking it easy, can start ryding short trips daily again :yes::yes::yes: & start physical therapy next week :thumbup:
:yes:Y'all have NO CLUE how much being able to ryde again means to me :yes:
Dave, glad to hear the good news. You are correct when the dogs were on the bike for the parade I was told we were the hit of the parade. Take it easy and hopefully you will be ready for Spyderfest and all the attention YOU will get this time!
:joke:So, Weds Teddy & I rode to the Drs and stopped by the park & the dog-shop and home we came with :DTHAT smile:D (U know what I'm talk'n about) plastered on my face:p I coulda won the lotto & I wouldn't have been any happier :yes::yes:
I didn't take any pain meds Tues or Weds and was feel'n fine. Taking it slow, still no BLTs and doing my walking like I'm supposed to :thumbup: & just laying around :thumbup: Well, today I felt a lil sore, but still did without meds as I could handle it just fine :rolleyes: I noticed we're due for rain tomorrow, so I figure since I've been given the OK by my surgeon that short Spyder Rydes are a go, well, geared up the Tedster and off to the park we went. Walked a short bit there, talked with his fans while he posed for pics & even let him play with a couple of other dogs. I wanted to grill :bbq: a couple hot-dogs but was out of propane, so we stopped by HomeDepot to pick up a cylinder & well, yeah, Here comes Brad Pitt :doorag:(Teddy) into the store & you woulda thought we set off the fire alarms :yikes:or something :chill: Suppose to be a quick short lil trip & we were in there almost 2 hours with pic requests, questions, well, you get the gist. I really didn't think about how much standing I was doing in helping Teddy mingle with his fans, and when everyone was happy, we went to take our leave on his Red Sled :spyder2: Upon my mounting, thats when the pain really started. The ryde home wasn't bad, as the Utopia Back rest gives me relief of most the pressure on my back. Once home, and dismounting, and walking up the steps, well, yeah, Percocet time :shocked::shocked: & since I haven't taken them in a while, well, lets just say its a good thing you can't see how bad I'm actually typing this right now & having to go back correcting this over and over again.
Also, I had read a thread earlier in the day that someone posted with a Link to a Harley Forum about them trashing the Spyder. I've never been on a Harley a day in my life & have nothing against them, besides some (any MC for this matter, even Spyders, but mostly MC in general) have pipes that are WAY TOO DAMN LOUD & they really stress Teddy out, thats the only thing I have against "SOME" other MCs out there. But yeah, anyways, that thread stuck in my F'd up head, & well, you add "legal" drugs to my F'd up head, and this is what you get :shocked::shocked::roflblack::yikes:
I feel bad, as a new guy to the SL forum (He's an HD ryder but his wife just bought an RS that he rode home, & actually was impressed for the most part) was asking questions and I welcomed him to the site & answered his questions, but I kinda also gave him a lil good natured rib'n:chill: (sorry bud if yur read'n this, I really didn't mean anything bad:lecturef_smilie:) but thats not really like me at all :shocked: I blame it on the drugz:roflblack::bbq::cheers:
Dave, please do what the doc tells you too. Want you to be able to make the trip to Cuba!!! Hope you have a quick recovery, know that Teddy wants that. You have the Spyder family all praying for you!!!
& Coz just made me split a stitch laughing at his new Avatar :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:
Bob Denman was nice enough to send us his old 2010 Lower Wind Deflectors after he upgraded. (Thank You BTW Bob) I liked the added wind/rain/snow protection from the larger 2010 shield that we had on our 2010 Spyder, but felt like there was little protection when we traded in our 2010 RT-S for Teds Red Sled which is a 2011 model & had all of the more arodynamic shield & deflectors. Since the Spyder is our ONLY mode of Transportation, I thought it would be nice to have both sets of deflectors for Summer/Winter ryding & am glad I thought along these lines. I was Amazed by the difference, not so much in size, but more so in the angle of the new compared to the old. I think you can see a major difference in these pics that I have posted, as I have one of each mounted. If I hadn't seen it for myself, I wouldn't have believed it. True test will be once I can get out ryding more & see how they do in a downpour. All of us ryding home from SpyderFest 2011 know ALL ABOUT THAT, don't we??? :wrong:
We had some impressive thunder storms over night & they thankfully brought down our temps some. We've been having record highs for our area, in the 80's, but only got into the upper 60s and mostly sunny today, just beautiful. Teddy & I got up early enough to make it to the post-office today before they closed. So Tink & Bob, you should be recieving Tinks package on Monday & Teddy threw in something extra, just for you guys;) After the post office, we stayed local & paid a visit to my brothers for a quick little catch up, then stopped by the general store to pick up some flowers, then stopped by the cemetery to put the flowers on mom & dads stone. Then we came home & took a nice little mid-day nap. We woke a couple hours before dark & had to take a nice little ryde to the park, so we could get our (my) requesit walking in, then we came back home & are now (Hopefully) watching Ohio State make it to the Final 4, as the rest of our local Cincinnati Teams have bowed out. Another Great day to be a Spyder Owner. Oh, by the way, Teddy's Spyder Ran Great again Today :yes::yes:
Teddy is a smart doctor! If at all possible, you should not be using a staff, cane, or other aid in your walks. It alters your posture and can cause more problems than it cures, and it doesn't allow your muscles to work as hard and through as full a motion as they should. Leave the staff at home, or let Teddy play with it.
Been gone a few days. Sounds like you are doing great post surgery, Dave. Keep up the good work!!! Glad you have Teddy to keep you company! He's great motivation for you to get better. Well, him and the Spyder!!!
Dave, he just took the stick so he can knock the treat bag off the counter, they are smart like that (Moxi literally knocks over things at times to dislodge food she wants from places she cant reach). I am just glad she doesnt have thumbs, or who knows what she would do!
Hi Dave & Tedster...just checking to see how attending Spyderfest is looking for you two...:pray:
My head is in a much better state than my body :sour: This lay'n around most the day is a double edged sword :shocked: as I know I've gained at least 12 pounds so far & that can't be good for a recouping back, but til I start PT tomorrow, I was told only walking (a lil more each day) is my only acceptable form of excercise. We did a mile yesterday when Teddy smartly took my staff away:bowdown: & did a mile again this morning & will go out for another small walk later today;) Never thought I'd be admitting that just walking a mile would kick my butt :sour: but WoW, I'm feel'n it, thats for sure, but Im do'n as instructed & need to be up to 3 miles by 6 weeks. I'm slated to return to work, if all goes as planned:pray: on May 1st, the very Monday after SpyderFest, So I'm pretty confident that we'll be making it to SpyderFest:yes: Sadly, we'll probably be ryding by ourselves, as I don't want to be slowing down any of the other local Spyder Ryders that are going, but we're used to going it alone anyways :doorag: as Teddys Fame has its price :roflblack:
Dave, keep up on the healing process.............lookin' forward to seeing you and Teddy again at Spyderfest!:2thumbs:
I can see he's enjoying the ride and hope it picked up the spirits Dude!
Best not to post in my present frame of mind, maybe tomorrow will enlighten me.
I knew I was gonna be feel'n it today, but WoW, just trying to get off the couch is rough, less alone walking or moving otherwise. They were sad that I didn't take Teddy with me to PT as my therapist had heard all about him from the rest of the office staff & she was look'n forward to meeting him for herself, but I figured it best to wait & see what all I was in for & how busy the place was.Good news, bad news. The good is that my incission is healing well & I surprised my Therapist with my range of motion.The bad is that she couldn't get my left foot to react properly to her little hammer thingy test. Tried over & over again, different ways & positions, but to no avail. This concerned her enough that she went and had a pow-wow with my surgeon, as it could be a sign of nerve damage, or more probable, just inflamation from the surgical site causing slight inpingment of the L5S1 nerve root. Ice & Ibuprofin reccommended, along with the advice that if I feel pain from doing something, stop immediately. I asked if I could get that in writing so I could send it to the IRS instead of paying all these taxes which causes me great pain-lol-
Hope your reflexes return. That is indeed a sign that the nerve is still not happy. I have that condition permanently. But, I function pretty well. I have numb spots in various places in my leg too. Most of the time, I don't even think about it.
I hope your situations is only temporary. Nerves are very touchy. They bruise so easily and don't recover that quicly. I hope rest and anti-inflammatories do the trick for you.
Glad to hear of your progress. Will continue to keep you in my prayers.
Hang in there. Ice was a miracle worker for me. Inflammation from the surgery was a long time for me. Hang in there it will get better Hope to see you soon at Spyderfest