On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote: > Greetings friends, > > I am about to have surgery on my spine this next Saturday (1/16) down at > Scripps in La Jolla. They are using micro-discectomy and a laminotomy > (hemi-laminectomy) at L5 (Lumbar) with a disc decompression. No fusion, but > cleaning up a pretty large herniation that's been bugging me for months. > > I'm starting to get lots of new clients and projects lining up, but my > doctor says I'm going to be down for at least 1-2 months, maybe 3, and I > have to watch my movement, twisting, bending, lifting, etc. > > Has anyone had anything similar to this before? If so, how long before you > could return to normal work? limited work? shop work? > > The sciatic pain has been killing me, but the neurosurgeon says that > should be gone after surgery. I'm looking forward to that! > > Any help or input would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Rob McCall > McCall Piano Service, LLC > Murrieta, CA > > rob at mccallpiano.com > www.mccallpiano.com > 951-698-1875 > > > > Hi Rob, I was threatened with what I believe may have been a similar surgery but I progressed well with Physical Therapy and after about 4 weeks I was given ( it cost my insurance $1000.00) a home traction machine to use 3 times daily. Our chapter secretary just had similar operation Merlyn Finley tuner at q.com<http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/compose?To=tuner%40q.com>he doesn't moniter the list so email him and tell him I told you to ask him. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100110/42acb212/attachment-0001.htm>
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