Hello
 

Is any body out there? I feel so loney

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Is that the sound of the echo you heard?

:D

A nice echo, not heard in awhile :)

OMGoodness: Three B Here ;).

hello!
 

I have been sooo bummed with the boards being down.. I had my 2 level ACDF in July, came home to post and it was gone! :eek:

.....and what part of Texas are you at?

I have to find a doc, my ol' spine is acting up.

I'm glad you made it here

Hey! I'm here...

Thanks for the "heads up," Bobbi! You're a real sweetheart!

So, where is everyone else at? :confused:

Much love and

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Regards from,
ponyboy

Bobbi girl!!! I've been looking for you...I found this site a couple of hours after it was started and put a post in at the gluten forum because there wasn't a spinal disorders forum yet....

I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YA GIRL!!! AND EVERYONE ELSE!!!

Hellooooooooooooooo!!!

So, how goes it with everyone? :p

Blessings,
Kathe

It's gettin' louder here :D. No more echo, huh! And... this sure beats watching the grass grow :cool:.

JanM
 

I am in Fort Worth.. My NS is great if you want his name PM me..
I am about 6 weeks out and doing great! :)

Hi everyone
 

Hi everyone!

It's great to see so many here already! :D It sure has been a long time hey?

Shirl:D

That's a 3 hour drive for me. I'll check in Abilene. My favorite "back guy" is in Green Bay WI. But, we moved here in 2000 and I do get to see him whenever we get back to the GB area. I am having more and more problems back there. I tell people that if I was 6 inches taller, I'd be a pain in the ........errrrrr.....Donkey, ya that's it, a pain in the donkey! :) :) :)

Hi JanM ~ :)

Who is the doctor you see in Green Bay if I may ask? I live in Wi south of Green Bay. How often do you get to WI?

Shirley:)

I do know where you live, I am "Jan" on Spine & Beyond

It's Dr Christopher VanSaders at the Prevea Clinic/St Mary's site

We usually come to WI every summer, my sister has a cabin we can use on the Peshtigo River. We had some unexpected costs this summer and didn't make it there. Next summer is my --th class reunion near there and are planning to make it for that.

Hi Jan ~

Oh I am so sorry! Now I feel stupid. I was wondering why your first post here sounded so familiar. Well DUH on my part! :rolleyes: So your not going to say which reunion hey. Silly girl! I just had my 25th. ;)

Gosh I am so sorry again!!!!
Shirl:)

Carly,
I am doing really well...I still have some intermittent burning in my shoulder..
Other than that I am thrilled with my results..

Has anyone heard from slipnslide?? She had her ACDF right before me and then had the hernia operation...

Valerie

Hello and Welcome Back.....
 

Hi,

I just notified a few friends...about 25 or so this board is up until John fixes the old forum........http://bestsmileys.com/cheering/2.gif .I had heard from someone that spoke to John that it was supposed to be up and running later in the week. Maybe that person will post something later so that we have a better idea of when it will be up...It is great to see so many friendly faces here as always...It is good to see so many of you here already...
http://bestsmileys.com/waving/4.gif

Bobbi...People kept asking about you...and Kathe I was wishing I had your e-mail as well......I did see Jan at another board, but I did not have e-mails for so many people that I care about....I think we should try to make an e-mail list of people so that we can talk when the board is down...I started a board, actually two, before my last surgery. I needed something to keep me busy before the surgery, so if you want to visit and leave messages ever, please do not hesitate....One is for the Tarlov cyst and the other is for the spine...There is lots of information on both boards...so if you need to look for something I am certain it is there....I am still working on the spinal board, but the Tarlov cyst board has a lot of spinal information as well...


Gloria

Wow, some names I recognize!!!! I'm kind of one of the lurkers, but true enough you don't realize how much you rely on something till it's gone. So happy to see the names I remember. :D

Hey, don't apologize (sp?) I'm not the only Jan in the world! Add 20 on to yours and that the one, YIKES! I just made Hank (hubby) a t-shirt that states "How can I be old? I haven't grown up yet!" Does anybody else make their own personalized t-shirt here using heat transfer sheets?

/waves to the gang

So good to see you all. I finally got the 'puter up and running after the move and found the old forums down. What a bummer!

Glad to see you all again. Its true that you don't realize how much you rely on something till it's gone.

<BIG GROUP HUG>

Theresa

Nice to see you:

Theresa, Gloria, Carly & All :).

I'm here, too
 

Yes, I am here, too. Wow, I go away to have my surgery and I guess BT couldn't exist without me because just about the time I felt like getting on again, I discover BT couldn't exist without me. Man, talk about feeling important!

Anyway, the surgery is 2 1/2 months past, I'm going through what the nurses called "waxing and waining", where the pain goes away for a few weeks, then comes back for a few weeks.

And just when I thought I was suppose to be pampered and catered to, my hubby comes down with severe pancreaitis which has developed diabetes, too. So, I waiting on HIM!

Ok, I'm back, I'm alive.

Karri

What a relief.......to see friendly faces and know that we can reunite again. It's been really lonely. Although I post mostly on CP forum, this is where I began back in 97-98 and still read. When I realized my spine was far too gone to do any fixing, I found myself gravitate to CP, as managing my pain is my only option. Unless, of course, a medical emergency arises from spinal issues.

All of you have helped me in many more ways than I could list. BT has truly been my lifeline to get and give support.

Now is a good time to just say THANK YOU all...........you have been missed immensely. Looking forward to the resurrection!!!

Peace, Love and Hugs!!! shotspine

Im still here also. :) Been one BUSY BUSY summer and hasn't stopped yet. My back/knee doctor started me back on P/T again for my back and knees again. Well I went to see him for my knees and told him about my back and he said they cant do surgery (because of all my other health issues) and prescribed more P/T. I do have a lot of tone problems also.

I know my lowerback is probably getting worse because now Im getting the burning shooting pain down my leg especially when Im sitting. The neuropathy has gotten worse also.

Now we also think Im having seizures and the eeg I had came back abnormal. So now Im on seizure meds.

So on top of all the OTHER appts I already had, I have new appts and therapies on top of those. This month I have MAYBE 2 days (weekdays) where I dont have SOMETHING scheduled.

My two younger boys and I leave tomorrow for Sacramento for Ronald McDonald house because my youngest has his yearly MRI for his brain cyst and Chiari on Tues and sees the oral surgeon on Wed for his HUGE jaw cyst then we come on on Thurs. Then Friday I have more P/T.

HUGS and glad to see you all again.
Gina Marie :)

Hi gang~
Good to "see" everyone again!

Hi Janster!
 

Glad to see you here. I have been here for just a little while.
Just lost 33 lbs. I am soooooooooo excited. May have started finding out what is wrong with me too. Got a rheumy appointment Dec 19 so...maybe? Not going to get my hopes up too much though. Could be it is what PainFree was telling me about. Myofascial pain syndrome or could be fybromyalgia or both. Seems they cross each other.
Hugs((((((JAN)))))). :)

Hi Everyone, It sure is good to see so many familar poeple, sure has been lonely

I was wondering if anyone remembers Nanna, I think was her Un her name is Cher, she moved from Fl to NY, I have just been wondering how she is doing, it seems she hadn't posted in some time before the board crashed?

Anyway looking foward to catching up..

LindaM (suede)

so this is where you are hiding...
 

My old computer burnt out during the hottest june for years and I replaced it with new Dell Dimension top of the range machine which well...er... doesn't work.
I assumed I was the problem and ordered my son home from Scotland, where he is studying computer science.
After many hours of tinkereing and about a thousand hours of talking to their call centre in India the damn thing still crashes and my son declares it to be a hardware problem as he thought from the outset.
Dell, however want me to purchase from them at a cost of 60 pounds($100) another copy of windowsXP and for us to spend further frustrating hours going through it all again.
Anyhow, the boy has declared 'life is too short ' and it is down to me whether to spend half my life at a non functioning computer talking to an incomprehensible half-wit at the other end of a phone line. For his part, he never wants to see a Dell computer again.

I am writing this on my son's computer(which cost half as much as mine). Thanks to him and Google I found you all again. My son is back at Uni in a couple of weeks so I will again be without a computer unless I decide to spend more of my hard earned pennies.

It is nevertheless wonderful to be hearing how you are all getting on.

Mick

Mick,
I went through the same thing with my DELL. Nothing much is keeping me from throughing it out on the deck. I refused to spend another penny on it and bought this HP at Sam's taht is loaded for $889.99 US.

My son has an HP from SAM'S he paid a lot more for but I can do everything he does for less then half the price.
I love it! The DELL, may it rest in peace. I had nothing but problems from the first month I had it.

LOL, vocational rehabilation, is ordering me a lap top for work with Dragon on it....a DELL! I better carry a 4 year warrenty on it.
Nice to see everyone coming back, I too was without the computer all summer from the Crash of '06.

Di

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