Goodness I feel your pain all the way to Greenville SC! Sounds like a lot of as we get, kinda cheesy but I'm gonna say better, will be 61 in Nov and sometimes the golden years ain't golden, I've had enuff heart attacks you have to use a second hand to count them, 5 bypasses, 8 stints, 2 elbow surgeries and one shoulder surgery, all this from 07 to present, 30 years as an asphalt contractor and heart disease in the family tree and their u have it sports fans. But nothin and I mean nothin compares to the ole back messin with u. L4 and L5 don't even look like disc anymore. Tried 3 of those blocks where u lay there with your head in that hole while the doc repeatedly inject in your back while u r fully awake tryin to block the pain, now I know what crocodile tears are just layin there watching em hit the floor. Sorry, not tryin to tell me yours I'll tell u mine swapping pain stories just a lot of use really feel your pain and I'm so glad u didn't have to get in a shoot out for sure!! I have 2 dogs as well that are great alarms, but sadly that's where their usefulness stops for defense, 2 weiner dogs, one 13 and one 16. Youngest is totally blind with about 7 teeth left and the queen bee has no teeth and blind in one eye. If somebody broke in and saw that pair starin at them and I use the term staring loosely, one eye between them, they would probably rush out and buy me two pit bull puppies, and leave a note sayin "damm dude, sorry bout your dogs". But hey, I love em more than life itself ands gonna be a bad day, week, month, years when they move on to the perverbial rainbow bridge.
I'm sure you felt better when u got a more potent option rigged to the crutch. I had thought about mayby when my back gets really bad and I'm charging thru the house behind a walker one of those Mossberg shotguns with a pistol grip layin across the top would be a good option but after thinkin about it can see headlines next day,"old guy thwarts home invasion but pinned under a 3 lb walker when recoil from shotgun knocked him on his arsh!
Don't know if you can tell but after 4 am and can't sleep(backs hurtin)so I thought I would not go the tactical suggestion post, plenty of those good suggestions above, thought throw in a little humor to make u feel better. Yea I know, probably ain't helpin but it did me, I'm finally sleepy, guess I've rocked myself almost to sleep babbling on. Oh yea, while I'm here wastin space that intelligent post could go, that "help, I can't get up!" Commercial played. Hmmmm, is that some kind of sign?
Anyway, u get to feelin better dude and take care of them pups!!
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