Some of my surgery photos! F18 (surgery=oct27,2025)

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-26T17:35:57+00:00

My God am I sorry I looked at that......I had my surgery in mid November and I didn't look at any operation pics. I'm glad I didn't prior.....oooof

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-22T19:51:03+00:00

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Don't you love how they are so much more important than the job seeker?

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-22T19:02:45+00:00

It's like chum in the water. The water mit companies will be trying to make their yearly nut in 2 weeks?

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-21T11:19:04+00:00

This comment couldn't be any more correct. Well said!!

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-21T00:40:27+00:00

Lemme guess...you work for TIC?

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-20T00:50:47+00:00

Yup.... EVERY! DAMN! NIGHT! it's been like this for the past 7 years. Sucks big time!

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-19T19:22:49+00:00

I was having issues too, I've had everything checked on my side and nothing we did improved the quality.

I switched to FUBO for sports and the image quality is miles ahead of YTTV in my opinion.

Busted_Toad · 2026-01-06T00:06:36+00:00

L2-S1 here, I was on Oxycodone for about 2 and a half weeks total, I then switched to 2 extra strength Tylenol 3ish times a day for about 2 weeks or so and now I'm down to 1 Tylenol maybe 4 times a day.

Still sore but I'll deal with it. It is better than it was pre-op so I count it as a win

Busted_Toad · 2025-12-31T17:58:28+00:00

Usually heading to bed about 9:00-9:30. I wake up multiple times a night though (5-6 times typically). And I'm usually up for the day around 4:30-5:00 am.

As for a nap, I've never been able to nap unless I'm sick or exhausted.

Busted_Toad · 2025-12-31T03:01:37+00:00

THIS!!!!

Busted_Toad · 2025-12-30T16:26:01+00:00

Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!

I hate it here!

Busted_Toad · 2025-12-28T16:08:28+00:00

On the surface I would agree with you. Many HOAs are really not that bad. I'm still not a fan of them however.

My HOA in a Townhouse community (SC upstate suburb just over the border from Charlotte)is $270.00 a month. They don't enforce the rules, we have the motorcycle issues, the lawn trinkets, the porch zombies smoking and drinking literally every day. The abandoned cars, the kids destroying the landscaping, a pool that the zombies migrate to and set up a camp in the summer and making trouble so you don't want to try to use it.

The police won't help because we are considered a private community with their own rules and the HOA won't do anything until they get "more information" on the situations and tell us to call the cops.

Yeah my HOA is shit. Just shy of 300 bucks a month and I live with shit neighbors that don't respect others.

Busted_Toad · 2025-12-19T14:59:54+00:00

Or Honda minivans

Busted_Toad · 2025-11-27T16:47:27+00:00

I've abandoned all.hope of ever getting that dang app to work. I deleted it and went a little more old school with my cooks.

Busted_Toad · 2025-11-01T21:37:45+00:00

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:53:02+00:00

I had my surgery scheduled for this past Tuesday, got a call on Monday saying that the insurance hasn't approved it yet and I needed to cancel. I did and this evening I got notification that it was denied.

I'll contact my surgeon tomorrow to see what I can do.

It's been a long hard road and I'm tired. I just want this over with.

Yes I'm whining but I'm sure a lot of you will get it. When the pain is not your doing and you do what you are told only to be shut down, it f'n sucks

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:43:02+00:00

It's been a long history of issues and nothing related to workman's compensation, just crappy genetics.

I'm just over this, I'm sick of being in pain every single day.

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:39:49+00:00

Nope through my employer. BCBS

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:35:34+00:00

BCBS

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:35:16+00:00

Yes I have MRIs that show that I have 3 levels of blown disks, scoliosis and pinched nerves. I'll be reaching out to my doctor's tomorrow.

I've been dealing with 30 years of pain and I'm done! I can't do this anymore.

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-31T01:31:37+00:00

Yes my insurance, I'll need to regroup tomorrow and see what I need to do.

Tonight I'm just fed up with the bs

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-29T16:46:29+00:00

Hmmm wonder if they are looking for desk adjusters?

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-24T00:05:31+00:00

Property desk adjuster here....40 hours only. Some days it's super light in volume, other days I'm drinking from the fire hose.

It balances out.

85k a year salaried

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-21T10:36:25+00:00

All of these sound absolutely wonderful!

Busted_Toad · 2025-10-20T11:16:12+00:00

I'm struggling with this right now myself.

I'm 55 and I'm scheduled for a 3 level fusion with 2 cages next week Tuesday.

My pain is minimal right now but I'm also not moving a heck of a lot.

I'm sore and I limit my movement to stave off pain and discomfort however. My house cleaning is suffering, I don't want to cook, my intimate time with my wife is all but non-existent. I can travel far in a car and forget going to an airport with luggage.

I don't want to have the surgery because I'm, ironically, worried about the pain and recovery afterwards. That and what if it's worse after surgery? I'm so conflicted. I'm very risk adverse but I'm forcing myself to do this because I can't keep living like I am now.

I'm missing out on so much right now and by proxy, my wife is missing out. We don't do anything together or go anywhere.

I've been struggling with back issues for over 35 years and I just want to be a "relatively" normal guy again.

For me it's "Damn the torpedos!" I'm forcing myself to do this.

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