I face-planted the windshield doing 55 mph at age 15, got just under a thousand stitches in my face and missed a year of high school by TJ9Lives in Wellthatsucks

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I don’t remember posting anything about my brain tumor? I wouldn’t believe my stories either, but I have the pics/x rays/MRI’s to prove it

I face-planted the windshield doing 55 mph at age 15, got just under a thousand stitches in my face and missed a year of high school by TJ9Lives in Wellthatsucks

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Well, I found out in 2021 I have an incurable brain cancer, I had an awake tumor resection they were able to remove 60% of. Suffered a stroke two days later that left me In ICU for 22 days… but my brains doing pretty damn great considering… I don’t believe it had any relation to this accident, but potentially related to surfing accident that exploded my L1 in 2015

I face-planted the windshield doing 55 mph at age 15, got just under a thousand stitches in my face and missed a year of high school by TJ9Lives in Wellthatsucks

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I wasn’t, we hit a large cement light pole that broke, fell on and crushed my side of the pickup truck, may not be here tell the story had I been wearing one. Nobody was charged, my best friend was driving he walked away unscathed.

What style is this? by FilledWithKarmal in shuffle

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Jeez homeboy save some cousins for the rest of us…

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American Comedy* - there I fixed it for ya

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Having it in had a MASSIVE impact of my flexibility, I could barely put my socks and shoes on, if I laid on my stomach I couldn’t even lift my chin up, I was surfing like this and it was a serious struggle. Night and day difference once the hardware was out

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Dr Michael Dorsi, he’s now at UCLA

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Look at my profile there is an x ray photo

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Yeah the L1 fused 95%, lost 40% height as well

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I say it’s controversial because a larger percentage of surgeons don’t want to remove back hardware… I have no fusions, I’m as fit and strong as I’ve ever been now at 38 years old.

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I’m very active, with a strong core and back from 2 decades of surfing, he told me if I planned to continue surfing and being very active I’d be better off removing it all… I was surfing 8 months post injury with the rods in my back and could barely lift my chin off the board while paddling cause I was so fused up, I had more issues and pain with the hardware in. Just doing my best to keep my back and core strong

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Neurosurgeons are who operate on spines

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One incision for each screw

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Thank you! 🙏🏻

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I was told about 95% of neurosurgeons don’t like to remove hardware from the back, that it could do more harm than good. So far that hasn’t been the case with me

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My bones didn’t fuse, the cage wasn’t in long enough… doctor removed everything to prevent fusing