To: wirestripper
I'm hoping that Rush's weight loss since he had the back problems will be enough to have healed his back. Let us pray for that. I would think a hundred pound weight loss would be very beneficial for his lower back problems in particular.
15 posted on
10/12/2003 8:10:34 PM PDT by
Let's Roll
(And those that cried Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they tried to please!")
To: Let's Roll
I really don't know much about his back condition.
It must be pretty painfull if he opted for surgery. I understang the surgery did not help and a back usually is worse when trying to sleep or sit, as opposed to standing for most folks that I have talked to.
17 posted on
10/12/2003 8:13:48 PM PDT by
Cold Heat
("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
To: Let's Roll
"I'm hoping that Rush's weight loss since he had the back problems will be enough to have healed his back. Let us pray for that. I would think a hundred pound weight loss would be very beneficial for his lower back problems in particular."
Once an intervertebral disc herniates, that's it. It doesn't go back to its original shape once excess wieght is lost. The question is the way it herniates. I have seen six different diagramatic variations, IIRC. The question is, does the herniated disc impinge upon nerves or not. About half of people with herniated discs have no pain. Surgery to correct it is successful only about half the time. People can also get nerve impingement from degenerative joint disease, aka osteoarthritis, which comes from the normal wear and tear of life. There are other causes of nerve impingement, but those are the most common, IIRC.
92 posted on
10/13/2003 10:08:36 AM PDT by
neverdem
(Say a prayer for New York both for it's lefty statism and the probability the city will be hit again)
To: Let's Roll
I'm hoping that Rush's weight loss since he had the back problems will be enough to have healed his back. Let us pray for that. I would think a hundred pound weight loss would be very beneficial for his lower back problems in particular.Yeah, and it probably helped his golf game too.
Richard W.
100 posted on
10/13/2003 11:11:42 AM PDT by
arete
(Greenspan is a ruling class elitist and closet socialist who is destroying the economy)
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