Hope things go well Longbeard!!I hunted all season with a very good friend of mine who will be having back surgery soon!He was in pain every hunt but still managed to tough it out!This last week finally brought him to his knees.They shoot him full of dye this week to isolate the biggest problems!![:'(]

Been there don it,,, S1-L4 Disc out ,caged , fused/Bone graft from Hip ,Rods and screws. Took me near 2 years , but I have recovered well.

Good luck and as they all say Walk , walk, walk and don't over do it...BT

Good Luck,Hope you'll be ready to go by Spring

I had disc peices removed from my back about a year ago. When those peices float around and start hitting nerves it can wreck ya.
Take it easy and heal up.

I had fusion on L1 and the ones below and above it, plus rods to stablize it while I recovered. That included a body cast from March until September.

I'm sure that they do things a bit different today. My surgery was an experiment, but it has worked well.

Yea I plan on doing a lot of taking it easy!!!!

My job is pretty physical but I plan on kicking it back a notch or two

I'm off for the next 5 weeks so I hope I can get a little fishing in soon...

I know where you're comimg from Had my back surgery in '94 and it turned into meningitis and I was in the hospital for almost three weeks. Thank God I made it through it and that I've been back trouble free since

I'll be heading under the knife in less than two weeks for an eye surgery. Then I'll have to wait three weeks and have the other one done. Hopefuly this will get me back on the 3D range. If you've seen any of my turkey pics from the past five years, you can see that my eyes proprude out a lot. They were never like that until I got an over-active thyroid disease called Graves. I can shoot my bow now but if I shoot it a lot like at a 3D shoot, I get double vision, headaches and very frusrated [:@]

Did a lot of research on the operation and the doctor so things should go well Take it easy there Ken and make a full recovery and I'll do the same here in NH so that we both won't have to skip any seasons!!

Thanks buddy. Good luck on the surgery!!!!

Ken, just seen this post now!! Glad to hear your on the mend and that things went well. Back surgery aint no fun at all!@!

WISH YOU THE BEST.
HAD THE SAME SURGERY 16 YEARS AGO AND HAVE NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE.
got an infection in the spinal canel and had 4 emergency surgeries in 3 days to save me.(that may have been a mistake for the wife)LOL[].

got two 11" plates and 10 screws and a computer in my spine.

I guess I do OK for what I been through.at least I can still get around to hunt.

just be sure to do as the Dr. says and be very careful and ,walk , walk , walk and walk some more.that help all the muscles keep going.