Re: Shampoo
 

There is also a shampoo that is put on in liquid form, and you just dry your hair. It is good stuff, for got the name, but it works great. ginnie

Prayers for you BOTH Paul!!
 

I will certainly join in on the praying as you will have so much to deal with at once. Goodness, with Eva recently having to deal with cancer before her pain surgery and now your family is afflicted with both by hitting you and your wife!!! So glad you are blessed with family and friends who can help with the meals and the driving during this time, AND you both feel you have been led to the docs from Heaven. You have to remember BLASTS, I had to add an S you know, No Bending, No Lifting, No Stretching, No Twisting, but Squatting is OK. Now, bringing up the rear end..... well, you did mention it.... one of our sons is in the Army and when field work comes into the picture, he loads up his pack with field rations [NOT MRE's] and he says they clog him up for a good week, they are full of protein and vitamins and such, and it helps avoid the John Kerryitis style of injury. So, I reckon if they work for him, and if you have an Army post somewhere nearby, maybe a friend can get some for you. Anyway, then you wouldn't haveta fret about that one. But, to tell you the truth, it was not a problem for me during the Trial. I did not drive, and we went out and about.

There Ya Go,
Praying,
MARK56:grouphug:

After the temporary stem is installed.
 

Now I'm thinking.

Put everything I might need at chest to waist height.

Make sure frozen dinners are available. I will try to cook, this is a test.

Check with doctor about the return of a very angry pain monster.

I will drive with stem turned off. I understand that is the way it will always work.

Get cat bath stuff. Make a visit to hair place for a cleaning and a hair cut since I'm there.

Take someone with me to the park when I walk around the lake. This is a major goal. This is a previously stated goal and test! I will have dog with me. I'm doing squats as a part of exercise. Must remember to continue after implant. Stretching will stop I think. Oddly, I can still bend over and put knuckles on the floor, never mind finger tips.

If that works, me and dog will make our library visit. This is a test so I have to at least try.

I still have to keep my wife (and myself) calm about her immanent surgery. All freaking out will have to be internal. I'll admit, it usually is anyway.

Within a couple of weeks, with Gods' help, maybe there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.

If this doesn't work I'll head over to the mental part of Neuro Talk.

how do you post a question on this website? and good luck on your recovery

Welcome to NeuroTalk:

Go the the first page of SCS & Pain pumps:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum118.html

On the left at the top is a button...."new thread". Click that
and a box will come up for you to type in what you need to ask.

They got that for people too? Is it made by Hartz Mountain? :p

I joke, but I should look for it; there are times when I can shower, but bending the neck/head over to do what's left of my hair... Some days I have to take 2 showers with a 2 hr. break between.

Doc

:ROTFLMAO: Yes!

Oooh, I LIKE this guy! :D

Best of Luck & Results for you ALL!

Doc

Hi Paul
 

You are doing so very well in getting ready. For both of you to have issues, is most difficult. I will be praying for both of you. don't keep it all tucked inside, we all need a realease valve somewhere. It is alot to handle. Be good to the both of you. ginnie

Doin great Paul!
 

I certainly agree with Ginnie in regard to internalizing the stress.....DAWN'T DOIT. That's what we are here for :Clever:......yes, I'm preachin to ya. And don't feel like you can't talk about things that aren't scs related. Yes, we're a group of folks who have scs's, or are in the process of getting one, but we're all human beings as well. We vent. If you've read thru Mark's thread you'll see how he is posting it in journal form, including the ups and downs of what he experiences, all the while having such high regard of appreciation to his Boston Scientific SCS.

btw, if you do get hit with anxiety/depression, those forums are really great. I visit them from time to time. Since you and your wife are both going thru a rough time, sometimes it's good to share with each other in your feelings, fears, etc....rather than 'hide' them, but who am I to talk :rolleyes: like I'm a marriage counselor.

You're certainly on top of everything Paul. You should go in to this thing feeling pretty confident and expecting a great outcome!

:hug: Rae :hug:

Hey Paul!!
 

Look, you are approaching the full complexity of this the best way you can. So much going on, and YES INDEED, if you get slammed in the whirlpool of anxiety and depression THROW OUT THAT LIFELINE. I kid you not. There was such a dismal valley through which I passed, it is just sometimes that darkness which waits to swallow the unprepared.

Visit those areas now. Read what some have experienced, and have OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR WIFE ALL OF THE WAY!! If I had not, I could have gone down the drain........

Keep faith strong... count on God. The means through which I survived the valley of the shadow of death.

Saved from me,
Mark56:grouphug: