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Originally Posted by Merle  I know all about back injuries, they are so hard to get past! How did you hurt yours and what was the result?
Losing weight does sound so simple on paper, so why does it have to be so darn hard to execute!  |
How I hurt it
This is from here
What sports did you play as a kid?
This all occurred between the ages of 25 and 30
1st - I worked in a warehouse and I was one of the 3 biggest guys there so the three biggest were in a truck unloading to the rest of the guys on the ground (no dock available that day) there were 6 guys on the ground and as I said 3 in the truck. We were unloading a checkout counter that weight an awkward 500 lbs or greater and the other 2 in the truck thought the 6 on the ground had the load and the 6 on the ground thought the 3 of us had the load so the other 2 in the truck let go and I took the brunt of the weight to stop it from falling on the 6 on the ground. Out of work several months
2nd time – I was a mechanic and very stupidly, since I had no patients and the shop foreman was on me to get the engine in (the lift chain was locked in the box of the guy that went to Germany on vacation) lifted a 4cyl engine and again was out of work for several months
3rd time – Working in a hospital and helping (ironically my back doc) lift a rather large woman (300 lbs exactly – as I later found out) from an ambulance stretcher to an ER bed and he never gave me time to get ready and I helped unload 3 other ambulances that night. Ended in an ambulance myself the next day and I was in the hospital for a week and out of work for several months.
The result 15 years later
I am currently doing ok and I am able to walk upright and very careful when it comes to lifting stuff. I had an episode about a years ago that kept me out of work for about 3 days but that is all so far (knock on wood) I went through physical therapy, acupuncture and I now try and do my exercises regularly.
Still can't lay down in bed for greater than 7 hours without it hurting and waking me up, I need to get up and get moving but after that it clears up and I am pretty much pain free these days, which is a GREAT difference from when I ended up in the hospital and I couldn't even crawl.
Now if I can loose the weight I think I will be ok, at least for a few more years.
So how is your back doing?