Keep Proram In Your Thoughts........

[Hammer]

Well Gang I thought that our words could help one of our own so I will drop this little note in for him and help cheer him up a bit... .



Proram(Scott) has to now have surgery on his neck/spine to repair a completely destroyed disc in between C6-C7. He injured it while at work the other week and now it requires repair. The disc damage is has caused a problem with the C8 nerve and distorted his spinal cord.



The surgery is done by going through the front of his neck and remove the bad disc and its fragments. They will use a "donor" bone to then help strengthen the area along with a piece of titanium plate across the back to aid in strengthening. The doctor has told him he should only loose about a inch or two of range of motion. His surgery is scheduled for this Thursday at 2:30 and after that he has a long road to recovery which also means NO DRIVING(his P/U included) for at least 2-4 weeks and the first 2 he has to remain out of moving vehicle's.



He is down in spirits a bit, but is glad it will be over soon. Keep him in you thoughts and I'll post a update sometime Friday for all. I have told him anything I can do to help I will... ... ... ... Andy



P. S. -I also told him the Mason-Dixon TDR Members would take good care of his truck for him since he couldn't drive it for a month and that passing thru a airport metal detector would now pose him a problem for him... . LOL... .



"GET WELL SOON SCOTT !!!!!"

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Wow, sounds VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY familiar! I just had a follow up with my surgeon today on my c6-c7 discectomy and fusion that I had 6 weeks ago last friday. I sit here with my collar no longer on! I can now lift up to 25 lbs (was 10 lbs until today).



It's scary going into this but it's WELL worth it. For me I woke up and all of the pain and numbness was 100% gone. The only thing to deal with was the pain from the surgery itself and that wasn't that bad. I was off the pain killers within a week. The only remaining thing is some discomfort from scar tissue putting pressure on my adams apple. You will need lots of help getting stuff done and don't be afraid to ask for it - I did and I got it. Get a bunch of pillows around now because you'll need to stack them just right so you can sleep. A recliner works great for the first week or so and then I was able to get into bed.



Good luck Scott and get well soon! It'll be over before you know it and you'll be MUCH better for it.

 

[Rob Thomas]

Sorry to hear that, good luck Scott, hope everything works out, we'll be prayin' for ya!







Rob

 

[Fireman Dave]

Scott -



We'll send prayers and good thoughts your way!



Thanks for the info, Andy. Keep us updated.



Steve - Glad to see you're coming along so well.



Dave

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

We're praying for you, Scott. Hope everything works out OK.



Thanks for letting us know, Andy, and keep us updated.



Good to know you're doing OK, too, Steve.









Jim

 

[Proram]

Surgery

Steve, i thought you went thru something simaler, actually i'm realy looking fwd to getting it fixed ! my doc says it one of the worst ruptures he's seen in a while, thanks for the support guys, Hammers been a HUGE help to me lately, and i havent even got cut yet. Dave long time no chat, glad to her from ya. thanks to Rob. Hammer 'll keep ya up to date, it's nice to knwo people can relate, (steve) hope your doing OK i kept up to date on yours and Wow what a mess.



Well thats all for now, thanks again, Scott



PS Steve, we can compare Scars at muncie... LOL

 

[Fireman Dave]

Yeah, Scott - it's been awhile. I've been getting on there more again lately. You'll have to get in there again soon. Steve was all rigged up with his laptop chatting with us freaks while he was recovering from his surgery. LOL



Keep your spirits up, Scott. It'll be good to get it over with and on the way to recovery. And I'll look forward to seeing you at Muncie this year too!



Dave

 

[PaulCreamer]

Warm thoughts and best wishes Scott. We'll be praying for ya.

Just think, by the time you are ready to warm the cummins up the road salt will be just about gone.

 

[swexlin]

Scott -



From a fellow Scott, and soon to be member of MDTDR, best of luck, and get well soon.



Regards,



Scott

 

[KennyM]

Scott,



Hope all works out well, you will be in our prayers. I have a brother in-law that also has had a similar surgery and has had a full recovery. You can tell people the scar on your neck is from that last bar fight and you won.



Take care.



Ken

 

[Camara]

I had a very good friend go through the same thing a year ago. He was sore for a while but now everything is OK with him. He made out very well. Do what the Doc says and youo should be OK too. Best of luck to you.

 

[JB @ C and L Machine]

scott... get well soon bro... . JB

 

[Will24]

ProRam, will keep you in my prayers, get better soon fellow SE PA TDR member!

 

[bulabula]

Hang in there Scott; my thoughts and prayers are with you.



Wishing you a speedy recovery.



Chris

 

[Bob Wagner]

good luck scott, we will be pulling for you

 

[llawrence]

Hey Scott,

you will be in my thoughts and prayers good buddy. I told you before and i'll say it again if there is anything i can do DON"T hesitate to ask. Andy(HAMMER) this goes for you too. If you need a hand doing anything for Scott just say the word and i am there. Heck Scott the very least i could do is take your rig for a ride so it doesn't have to sit for a month straight!!! LOL Anything at all you or Andy need just ask. You two guys have become good friends to me and i wanna repay you guys somehow for everything you did and will continue to do for me. Talk to you guys soon!!

Larry

 

[Batman]

Best of luck and a speedy recovery.

George

 

[TDRadmin]

Get Well Soon!

We're thinking about you here at the TDR offices. Hope all goes great! And you get some relief soon.



Robin

TDR Admin

 

[TheWolf]

Good luck... Prayers out to you and your doctors.

 

[willyslover]

Scott. . a very old and close friend had the same type of sugery you and Steve are going through. . several years ago [2/3] and is much better for it the loss of movement is something you'll get used to in a hurry and not bad either.

our prayers are with ya. . if we can do anything I mean anything for ya just shout. . do not be dumb and think you can get it done yourself. . ask !!

also DO NOT GO BACK TO WORK to early, get a good healing first !!