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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIGRAGU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Just picked my dad up from the hospital. Got him home and settled in after getting some arteries unplugged. Now I wait on Bigragu.
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Get well soon BigRagu. You have helped a lot of guys here, me included. I look forward to your posts and hope you are back and shooting again soon.
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I too am waiting anxiously to hear BigRagu's good news. Ragu I'm pleading with all The Powers that Be for a good and comfortable recovery for you. I believe you certainly deserve all the best.
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Good Afternoon all.
I had a VM from Augie this morning. Surgery went well he is in a lot of pain right now and needs to rehab but until they get in front of his pain he can't move around much. It was good to hear from him. He is so grateful to have gotten all the well wishes from us! I to thank you all for your supporting this guy!!!
Dennis
I had a VM from Augie this morning. Surgery went well he is in a lot of pain right now and needs to rehab but until they get in front of his pain he can't move around much. It was good to hear from him. He is so grateful to have gotten all the well wishes from us! I to thank you all for your supporting this guy!!!
Dennis
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GREAT!!! Now we will continue to watch and wait, one day at a time, as he improves and gets his discharge. I really look forward to his first shot. Augie I know your road has been long and this portion of it will be difficult. But from our few messages I know you will climb out of this hole too. We are all pushing and pulling for you. I kept checking this thread hoping to hear that BIG RAGU is back in his bed, knowing pain meds make you so bleary eyed and unable to even pick out your meal, let alone send out a shout. we are here for you.
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Yeah, good thing we still have, what’s left of it anyway, “that freedom of speech thing.” The problem with palace bureaucracy is that it keeps taking.
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Hey shooters
I talked to Augie today and he was so much better!!. He will go into rehab tomorrow?? maybe. He is pretty humbled by all the support from us.
Dennis
I talked to Augie today and he was so much better!!. He will go into rehab tomorrow?? maybe. He is pretty humbled by all the support from us.
Dennis
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That is so great. Thanks Dennis!! To Augie, Takes a lot of wear with all, Guts and courage to say O.K. let's do it. Thanks for returning to the land of Shooters. Now comes the hard part, the part you've been through before. Don't hesitate to reach out to us during those times. I toughed it out and that was not for the best for me. GB
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Godspeed Augie.
Just spoke to Augie via phone. He is in the rehab. Says it’s a really nice place. Feeling a bit better. Tells me he expects to be home by mid to weeks end. Told me he had received an enormous amount of texts, pms, emails, etc and is going through it all as he can.
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Hey, all, I thought I’d take a bit of my “feel good” time to get you updated.
Before tgey wheeled me into surgery the dr explained the entire procedure once again to my wife and I. All I asked is no extreme pain after the surgery but he looked at me and said that’s the one thing he wasn’t guranteeing, and reassured me it was going to not only hurt, but hurt a lot.
Two incisions. First was at the front, about 6” in length, to remove an old C3-C4 bone cadaver that over the years has failed and caused me to choke every time I ate. Underneath that level was a titanium plate he also removed.
He also needed that front access to basically dremmel out vertebrae bone that was too close to the spinal cord, causing an 80% pinch off at the C7-T1 area. That tightness around my spinal cord is what has given me finger numbness, migraines, and a loss of balance in my gait. In all honesty, I fall approximately 4 to 5 times a month due to that and my drop foot situation.
The rear incision was made also about 6” long, and that was used to install the titanium anchors into the vertebrate at each side. The achors have a thru hole, I’m gonna guess about 3/8” diameter, that once the dr has my neck pulled back to the corrected curvature he slides these rods thru the anchors and tightens them up with an Allen grub screw
so yes as Christian mentioned I am currently at Sutter rehab. A much better place, much cleaner facility. I should holpefully be discharged to go home by Wednesday as I’ve akready spent 5 weeks here in February of 2018 to te learn how to walk after I had my mid T8 to lower S1 all fused up using the same Titanium rods and anchors. Talk about a miserable time in my life!!
Just wanted to end my reply back with a big thank you! This airgun community is a kick a$$ group. I’m glad to have met a lot of cool folks on it! Thanks for the “hang in there” replies guys. Very much needed. Be good
Before tgey wheeled me into surgery the dr explained the entire procedure once again to my wife and I. All I asked is no extreme pain after the surgery but he looked at me and said that’s the one thing he wasn’t guranteeing, and reassured me it was going to not only hurt, but hurt a lot.
Two incisions. First was at the front, about 6” in length, to remove an old C3-C4 bone cadaver that over the years has failed and caused me to choke every time I ate. Underneath that level was a titanium plate he also removed.
He also needed that front access to basically dremmel out vertebrae bone that was too close to the spinal cord, causing an 80% pinch off at the C7-T1 area. That tightness around my spinal cord is what has given me finger numbness, migraines, and a loss of balance in my gait. In all honesty, I fall approximately 4 to 5 times a month due to that and my drop foot situation.
The rear incision was made also about 6” long, and that was used to install the titanium anchors into the vertebrate at each side. The achors have a thru hole, I’m gonna guess about 3/8” diameter, that once the dr has my neck pulled back to the corrected curvature he slides these rods thru the anchors and tightens them up with an Allen grub screw
so yes as Christian mentioned I am currently at Sutter rehab. A much better place, much cleaner facility. I should holpefully be discharged to go home by Wednesday as I’ve akready spent 5 weeks here in February of 2018 to te learn how to walk after I had my mid T8 to lower S1 all fused up using the same Titanium rods and anchors. Talk about a miserable time in my life!!
Just wanted to end my reply back with a big thank you! This airgun community is a kick a$$ group. I’m glad to have met a lot of cool folks on it! Thanks for the “hang in there” replies guys. Very much needed. Be good
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