SMRT Out....For awhile anyway.

[SMRT 0]

I recently found out I am going to have to have surgery to repair to blown out disk in my neck so as my 4th golf season was about to start, it is now over. I will be taking some time to focus on my recovery so I will be stepping away from the forum because I will not have any new golf information to contribute.

 

I really appreciate all of the advice and help I have received from this great community of golfers. I also appreciate the connections I have made with a few of you and look forward to getting back to playing and meeting you all in the future.  I will return as soon as I feel I can contribute as much as I benefit from you all.

 

Have a great season everyone!

[revkev 22,098]

Hang in there and blessings on your recovery.

[Mr_Theoo 3,144]

Get well soon!

[Blade 313]

Hope it goes well. I may be in the same boat with a bad disc in my lumbar. I played for the first time yesterday and had a painful miserable today. Let us know how it goes.

[Salmon 0]

Best of luck with the surgery and hope the recovery goes well for you

[kygolfer1980 35]

Good Luck man,  hope you heal quickly!!

[SeeRed 9]

Best of luck!

[Kanoito 2,324]

You'll be back in no time! Get well soon!

[BIG STU 7,166]

Our prayers are with you hopefully you will have a speedy recovery

[The Artful Duffer 2]

Best of luck with the surgery and a speedy recovery. Prayers headed your way.

[Shambles 4]

Get a second opinion.

 

A doctor told me I needed an operation for a slipped disk and even warned me that I could become a quadroplegic if I did not do so if I happened to even hit a bump in the road. That doctor was asking for money I did not have, and I went home and sat in my room thinking on what to do for a few days, rather depressed.

 

A friend came by because he had heard of my problem and forced me to accompany him to a different hospital to see a doctor friend of his. While there a second doctor took interest because I had had an MRI done and he wanted to see it. They both came to the conclusion that I did not need an operation and suggested physical therapy as an alternative. Apparently I did have a disk problem but it was not yet bad enough to warrent an operation.

 

While undergoing physical therapy I noticed that just about everything done to me involved stretching my spine so I found a very simple book on yoga and used those excercises, albeit without force, and my healing accelerated to such a degree that I stopped the physical therapy but continued the yoga. I still do the yoga thing but only when I feel those old problems creeping back. I sure wish I could figure out what caused it in the first place.

 

GET A SECOND OPINION.

 

 

Shambles

[Mrs.Manbearpig 12]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[Hula Rock 700]

speedy recovery !!!!  I am in the the same boat c6-c7 herniation, had the injections, physical theropy, so far I have been able to put off ACDF surgery......  Let us know how it goes....

[SMRT 0]

Thanks everyone. I will be back as soon as I can.

[GolfSpy MBP 2,279]

Get well man! Will be thinking about you.

[fozcycle 11,665]

Best of Luck to you......Recover and Return.