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Message started by old_rider on 01/30/14 at 14:04:46

Title: Great Frappin' news!
Post by old_rider on 01/30/14 at 14:04:46

Just got back from my oncology (cancer) appointment. My latest PET scan shows no evidence of disease (NED)! Doc is calling it "full remission", not cure (because of the unknown primary)! I'm a HAPPY darn CAMPER!
Now I got to get my broken back welded.... Doc set me up for that too!

Looks like the dragon trip will be more enjoyable for me this year... I'll be able to get wild! .... well, i'll keep it down at the ranch.... :D

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Post by Serowbot on 01/30/14 at 14:19:24

[smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=thumbsup.gif]!!!...

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Post by S-P on 01/30/14 at 14:41:23

WOW! [smiley=engel017.gif] [smiley=engel017.gif] [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif] [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif]

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Post by stinger on 01/30/14 at 15:07:32

Thumbs up!! I do not mean that literally, but congratulations! Now get the back taken care of and you will feel like a new man

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Post by Oldfeller on 01/30/14 at 15:52:43

Old-rider, you need to recruit you a brand new newbie to do the documentation of the trip, or else you know what will happen if your wife is the newest person there .....

:D

I don't think we would survive a real wife telling the tales .... the female sense of humor is completely different, you know.

She might tell the truth on us.

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Post by engineer on 01/30/14 at 17:54:06

Congratulations, great to hear the good news!!!!

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Post by Steve H on 01/30/14 at 19:38:54

That's great news! Glad to hear it.

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Post by ToesNose on 01/31/14 at 00:33:56

Very cool, great news indeed :)

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Post by Pine on 01/31/14 at 06:32:52

CONGRATULATIONS... maybe you need a new nick... FreeRider!

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Post by runwyrlph aka limpaway on 01/31/14 at 06:36:33

YEAH!

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Post by MMRanch on 02/01/14 at 20:34:59

YYYYYYYYYYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm glad for ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) :) :)

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Post by Dj12midnit on 02/03/14 at 17:31:27

And many more happy birthdays to you...

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Post by Dave on 02/04/14 at 03:38:41

Great news! I am looking forward to the Dragon Trip this year.....and you feeling healthy and durable!

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Post by RatdogWillie on 02/04/14 at 09:28:23

Sorry that you have suffered....hope that's all past.
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Post by boratedoc on 02/04/14 at 14:23:18

Great news old rider!

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Post by old_rider on 02/13/14 at 10:39:24

Well, with the good comes the bad.... the compression fracture I got last year on the way to the dragon run has turned into a "collapse" of the bone.
Crap! It has been getting more painful each month, but I have been relying on the air force doctors and their specialists to "fix" the problem. It took the visit to my cancer doc to point out that the fracture was compounded and needed immediate attention.
I went to a spine specialist recommended by my cancer doc and they took xrays which resulted in an immediate consult with the doctor's assistant (PA) and an appointment for surgery is pending a talk with the doctor (they had to assess me first).
According to the spine institute I should not be walking around, and should be in so much pain that I should be screaming.... guess i'm a john wayne tough guy 8-)
Supposed to be getting an appointment with an orthotic brace specialist sometime in the next couple of days to "support" my structure.
I'll keep ya'll posted on the surgery time and results when ever I get to actually discuss the procedure with the doctor, its supposed to be an injection of "bone cement" or maybe an expansion and fill in of some sort, i'm told after the surgery I'll be able to walk with no pain.... gawd I sure hope so!
My spine looks sooo weird in the xray, because of the collapse it is kinda crooked and looks like a snake going thru the grass.....
HEY! no broke back mountain jokes! ;D

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Post by verslagen1 on 02/13/14 at 12:46:56

Ouch! got a little bit of curvature myself.

Well...
after they got you stretched out over a barrel... :o
penetrated... :o
injected... with... ahem... cement... :o
and properly cured as recommended by the mfr... :-/

remind them that vibration builds strong bones and go for a ride.

Wish you well and hope to ride with you soon.

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Post by LANCER on 02/13/14 at 16:49:25

Make sure they use gurilla glue, it is the best stuff.

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Post by Dave on 02/14/14 at 07:41:58

old-rider:

You better get those Doctor fellows moving....You have a scheduled appointment in the mountains this summer!

Dave

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Post by old_rider on 02/16/14 at 20:52:30

Yup... told them so, said I have to be ready to ride by the end of march... LOL, I am hoping I have the Harley sold by then and have a savage already lined up for me. Once I get the savage up and running I will be selling my 300 ninja... I love the little thing, but by then I'll be needing the extra funds to build the savage the way I want it.

Went to see about the brace... they want a co-pay of $250 bucks for it, and i'll only be using it for two weeks... told them no.... waste of money, I've already been putting up with it for 8 months... 20 or 30 days more won't matter.
The "orthotics specialist" kinda shook his head and said, "well, take the walmart one you are using and ask the doctor if it will work, you will be back"... I hate to tell him I'll make one before I by his.

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Post by Art Webb on 02/17/14 at 00:33:46

glad to hear the cancer is in full remission, hope the back is soon fixed

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Post by Rix on 02/17/14 at 08:06:51

That is awesome.
Congrats, dude!!

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Post by Trippah on 02/17/14 at 16:18:50

Yeeeaaah :D

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Post by old_rider on 02/21/14 at 10:16:18

Well, they say the bones are "too much healed" to do the cement spreadin' thingie.
So now they want to do some disc injecting to find out the center of the pain issue, then they want to install "braces, screws and pins", sounds nasty!
Also at two further up, I have a disc that is "disintegrating" slowly and might have to have a fusion done there also... dang, i'll be a bionic man affore this is over.

Anyone else have to go through that? What am I to look forward to? They better not mess up my trip! I'll sue!

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Post by LostArtist on 02/24/14 at 16:13:41

congrats!!!! now no excuses, go ride!! unless it's wet, or cold, or won't start, or dead battery, or just doesn't feel right . . .

;)

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Post by old_rider on 02/25/14 at 08:31:23

Thanks for all the replies! :D

I'm doing OK, pain issues, but i'm in a specialists hands now, not the military's LOL, so I should be getting the issue resolved soon.