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    #81
    Aww thanks again guys. In all honesty I feel pretty horrible this a.m., the drugs are making me nauseous - and yes I've eaten & drunk water... But I'm still parked & immobile like a good WA should be! The hardest part is remembering to keep my feet flat on the ground!
    "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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    • #82
      OOOOOHHHHH... sounds like the "Worse before Better" Phase has arrived.Have they got you on pills or capsules??? You could try splitting pills in half...works well for vicodan....
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      Go, Baby, Go......
      Aefvue Farms Footing Inspector

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        #83
        Good idea, Irish Ei's - I was just thinking I need to cut the dosage. I'm on pills so that's practical to do, thank goodness!
        "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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        • #84
          No need for formalities...just call me Irish
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          Go, Baby, Go......
          Aefvue Farms Footing Inspector

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          • #85
            War Admiral, I am so sorry about your injury. You must one tough cookie to hop in a cab with a broken back! I hope you will take it easy now, let those happy pills do their job and let your back heal.
            I have to admit that your experience is why I bought a Draft horse. My TB mare could spin and buck so fast it would (and did) make my head spin. She is still part of the family but her riding days are over. You're right: once a TB, always a TB even though I love them.

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            • #86
              WA

              ((((((((((hugs))))))))))

              I broke my pelvis and bruised L1 and L2 (2 years ago), and I can't imagine the pain involved in actually breaking the suckers.

              Take care of yourself. NO RIDING, or cleaning, or throwing hay, or anything, till you're healed. Take your calcium!

              Linda
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
              You can't have everything. Where would you put it all?

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                #87
                Personally Adelita, I think breaking your pelvis is a LOT worse. The last go-round, I pretty much scrunched L2 and L3 to smithereens, broke my pelvis AND my hip bone - and to be honest, this is a piece of cake in comparison!!

                Thanks again for all the good wishes everybody!!
                "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                • #88
                  {{{{{{{{{{{{Liz}}}}}}}}}}}

                  You keep being a good girl with that. Did you know I met my husband online nine years ago when he was recovering from a fall where he cracked his spine and took out a couple disks? He said having people to talk to online meant alot while he was recovering. So, though I've just started a full time job (a good thing!), I'll try to check in and help keep you company. If not, do know I am thinking of you and continuing to jingle.
                  Freaky Farm Hermit Clique
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                    #89
                    You're sweet Tory Relic!! Yes, I do seem to be spending a lot of time on the forums!! I'm trying to spread my whinging out among several of them though & not just here!
                    "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                    • #90
                      Whinging and whining allowed!! Many jingles - here's to my hoping/vibing that you have two not-displaced compression fractures and will be good to go in no time at all. This period is the worst - I don't tolerate any of the opioid derivatives, so do I sympathize!!! Get well soon!!

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                      • #91
                        Sorry to hear about your accident. I broke L3, T6, and T7 a little over a year ago. Unfortuneatly I am allergic to morphine as well as most good painkillers. So, they gave me something with a T in the ER, and then when I asked for more (this was before we had xrays back), they gave me motrin. Anyways, I started riding again in 3.5 months (only 2 wks early!), and I still have pain, but it doesn't hold me back much.

                        Good luck with your recovery.

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                        • #92
                          Get better WA. Your ASB world friends are not only jingling curb chains but are vigorously shaking plastic bags, setting off firecrackers and swinging leather collars and rubber stretchies valiantly in hopes of your quick recovery. wink wink

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                          • #93
                            Oh my! I hope you have a speedy recovery WA! So sorry this happened to you! Darn it!!

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                            • #94
                              Oh no! That's terrible! Wishing you a speedy recovery- with the aid of every curb chain I can find.
                              "I'm not always sarcastic. Sometimes I'm asleep." - Harry Dresden

                              Amy's Stuff - Rustic chic and country linens and decor
                              Support my mom! She's gotta finance her retirement horse somehow.

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                                #95
                                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Get better WA. Your ASB world friends are not only jingling curb chains but are vigorously shaking plastic bags, setting off firecrackers and swinging leather collars and rubber stretchies valiantly in hopes of your quick recovery. wink wink <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                LOL - Thanks for the first genuine laugh I've had all day, 867!!

                                But heyyyyyyy, WAIT a minute - I want talcum powder SMOKE BOMBS, toooooooooooo!!!!
                                "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                                • #96
                                  WA - you have my utmost sympathy. I just had my second spinal fusion for a broken back - the first in April '01 for L5-S1 and the second one last month for L4-L5 - at 26 years old. Oxycontin and Dilaudid were definately my best friends for the first two weeks or so!

                                  Try to take it easy (I know it's hard!) and if you need [another] sympathetic ear PT or email me! Hang in there!

                                  Taryn

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                                    #97
                                    Yikies, Taryn, my sympathy, and jingles back atcha!!!

                                    What I'm finding at the moment is that my sleep patterns are all disarranged... It doesn't have to do with whether I'm tired or not so much as how long I can tolerate being in one position or the other. So I slept for a good bit earlier today but now I really can't face trying to lie down again quite yet... So I'll just sit here silently devising Fresh Hells for Aging TB's... Ohhhhhhhh I'm gonna torture that old Bass Turd when I'm better!!
                                    "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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                                    • #98
                                      Hi WA,

                                      I just wanted to let you now I smushed two thoracic and a lumbar vertebra in 1981. My horse hummed me off! I spent a month in a brace and have not had any problems since.

                                      I knew I had hurt something but got back on the horse and drove to the ER. They had me undress & redress and tried to dend me home with a doughnut to sit on. I told them I would not leave until I could put my socks on! A second set of lower xrays showed the real trouble.

                                      Fell better

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                                      • #99
                                        Hang in there War Admiral and I hope you hear good news tomorrow at the doctor's. I totally understand the nightime sleeping - last evening was the first time I actually made it 8 full hours since the "accident". At the point where I am having good days and bad days. All I want to do is get back in the saddle. Oh well, at least it is the end of the season for me and I like to give my guy a break.

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                                        • Original Poster
                                          #100
                                          Thanks so much once again for all the kind wishes everybody!

                                          CAH - That's the phase that seems to last forever as I recall... Jingling for you!!

                                          Oddly enough this accident has me wondering whether it might not be time to hang up my riding boots. 'Cause I mean crikey, if I can't stay in the plate on *Avery* for God's sake...??!!!
                                          "The standard you walk by is the standard you accept."--Lt. Gen. David Morrison, Austalian Army Chief

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