Hip pain ????

d0ug said:
If you remember I told of my experience and I walk on two feet. I have seen personally many people who have done the same as me all without drugs and doctors.
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I do know of the benefits of proper diet and exercise first hand.

In my 30's I dealt with lumbar and sciatica issues, no fun at all. The osteopath who did manipulation always suggested weight loss.

In my 40's my c-spine caused significant issues and a neurosurgeon claimed that if surgery didn't paralyze or kill me it might cure me. I'm still waiting.:)

DW in her 40's developed knee issues and after failed cortisone injections was told she needed a knee replacement.

Last year(age 58) we completely changed our diets and lost weight. My lumbar issues are better and DW's knee issues are a bad memory. Our new diets resemble what our grandparents ate the '20s, little modern, processed food. Our exercise started as walking and now includes weights. The PTs who helped my c-spine issues had me exercise with 5 pounds of resistance, I now use 100.

This improved our lives greatly. I always love the common sense approach shown by large animal vets that we use too. However if my sciatica flares up I'll seek an MDs advice first(may not take it). That said a surgeon's job is to use their skills to help folks. The old adage "if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail" applies. YMMV
 
Was out sunning my shoulder this morning and whining when a friend drove up with his truck/trailer. He had lent us his log splitter and we had used it on a good sized spruce, leaving him the big soggy long needle pine to split and take as a thankyou. This was his second load. We split it up, loaded his rigs, then dragged the splitter over to our neighbor, his sister, and just finished splitting up a pile of green oak from her tree trimming job.

4 hours work. Didn't bother me much while working, suspect using utensils for lunch will be hurtful. Maybe I'll drink heavily tonight - doesn't vodka have a strong placebo effect?
 
Hip pain update.

Just got back from the specialist and thought I’d give you an update. I have a small 3x11mm synovial cyst between my L4-L5 vertebra which is impinging on the sciatic nerve causing my back, hip and leg pain. The plan is to get some physical therapy, a steroid epidural shot and then a week or so later another procedure to drain the cyst. and inject a steroid solution in the hopes that will take care of the problem. If it doesn’t then surgery to remove the cyst and fuse L4-L5. May sound worse than what it actually is but I'll know soon enough.

Ain't getting old fun ?
 
If you end up getting surgery...get a neurosurgeon for the procedure. My DW had this same procedure performed approximately 15 months ago. She walked/played 18 holes of golf today for the first time since the surgery. She was thrilled at this milestone, because she truly loves golf. "Brace" yourself, because you'll have to wear an uncomfortable back brace for 6 months. Wish you the best!
 
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