Originally Posted By: Mark2I guess at 43 I'm not as tough or strong as I used to be. The other day I was moving out a old boiler from a job and messed up my back. Back in the day when I was weight lifting I was benching 350. Now 5 years later my shoulders and back are messed up. I've been doing plumbing since 1986. The meds are good but can't drive for a few days to a week. The middle stair broke and it all went to crap in a second. This ends my pissing and moaning session.
Mark2
Mark2, you go ahead with your pissing and moaning.
Any one with serious back pain will understand and feel for you.
In 02 I was 21 days shy of 45, when I fell off of some heavy equipment and landed inside of it. I crushed 1 vertebrae so bad it had to be removed completely, and broke another in half. 8 hours after the fall, I was in emergency being put back together with rods and screws.
Just as Shureshot, I have numb places, wether from the fall or surgery.
When I get down about not being able to do what I used to do,my wife says, you're not paralized or dead, be happy with that.
Be a little slower and smarter with the things you do and it will get better. Back pain sucks, and you have to learn how to live with it.
Shayne