Hi all,
I just wanted to wish David well, he leaves today for Germany to have surgery with Dr. B!! It's been a long journey for you, David, but you made it! You have lots of support here, don't forget!
Best wishes,
Kim and Dean

david
wishing you all the best for a safe trip and speedy recovery. send my greeting to everyone at pro spine
you will be in the best hands and you will be blown away by the care you will recieve in straubing or bogen. pro-spine and the hospital staff and Anita are all the BEST!!!
May The Force Be With You!!
chuck
p/s david you should have come with me in aug.

Hi David,
I am sending you warm and positive thoughts for a really good surgery across with Dr B. You are in good and probably the world's safest hands with him.

Take care, and let us know how you get on
Best,
Alastair http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif

A safe journey on your way to post op world!!! http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common.../icon_cool.gif

Best wishes to you David for a sucessful surgery, a quick recovery, and a new start on life !!!! Can't wait to hear your stories.

Best wishes and prayers for a terrific outcome David. I hope we'll see you posting soon.

Hucky

David,

Good luck on the 14th! Your time has finally come. You are in great hands--see you on the other side.

Justin

Just heard from David. He survived all of his flights & is checked into the hotel. http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...on_biggrin.gif

congrads david you are almost there.
chuck
p/s getting there is half the battle.

Hello, I just met David and his parents at the hotel and he is so ready, I think he'll blow the staff away with his Deutsch when he admits tommorrow........

His parents are just the best........

And I told David, very soon he will no longer have to wear the "pain face", Dr. B removes those , too.

Anita

hehehe hes going to love that germany cocktail he will be drinking tomorrow.
May The force be with You!!
chuck

David,
Today's the big day! We're thinking of you and your parents over there, in Straubing, Germany. Sending lots of positive thoughts and energy your way.
Kim and Dean

i emailed Anita for hopefully a update on david. but havent heard from her yet.
chuck

Glad you had a safe trip and a smooth check in. Hope and pray all goes well, and wishing you a speedy recovery http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif
Cathy

YEP, the force was with him and "The B", it was a very predictable case no complications, David met B last night with his parents and B came out after surgery and told his parents all went smooth.......keep in mind. B's "smooth" is someones elses" complicated".

David is as I suspected, wowing everyone with his German........

Boy he needed the surgery, pre-op, all he did was pace and pace.
couldn't sit for the pain...............

Anita

keep the updates coming it's great news and great to hear real time progress. Congrats David.

Congratulations David !!! Glad to hear everything went so well. Look forward to hearing from you.

BTW I finally got up enough nerve (or got tired of dealing with the pain) and I'm in the process of scheduling 2 level ADR above my existing one with Dr. B

Hi everyone,
Just heard from Daviid. He'll be updating the board himself, but I just wanted to let you all know he's out of the hospital and back into the hotel. It sounds like... So Far So Good! http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...on_biggrin.gif
-Kim

i just heard from Anita and david has lost his pain face! what great news!!
only has surgery pain and should be posting soon from the hotel in germany.
chuck

That's great news. So nice of Anita to take the time to let us know how he is.

Thanks for everyone's words and support! I am out of the hospital now, and staying comfortably at the Römerhof. I do have a bunch of stuff written down that I want to post (on my normal website), but it is on my laptop. Hopefully, I will be able to get an internet connection for that soon, and then all will be good (I am using the public computer in the Römerhof lobby).

For the most part, everything went very well. The first day after surgery, of course, sucked.

The second day was actually worse, because they took me off of their pain medication, and told me (in a semi-medicated state) to start taking my own pain medication (which was right next to me). Now, I do recall that conversation, but it really didn't stick in my head, so I ended up having a huge crash in my system of NO drugs at all. Very, very, ganz Scheiße!

Anita ended up fixing the problem, and supposedly, a lot of people got yelled at by Dr. B`s staff for doing that (I was told by Anita that Dr. B was very upset with the whole situation.

I left the hospital on Saturday morning, which was a weird situation. I had to ask a couple of nurses a couple of times (speaking German does help) that all I had to do was to say Auf Wiedersehen, and leave).

Skip ahead to today (Sunday, around 1:15pm), and I feel utterly fantastic! I walk about 3x per day, and always remind myself that slow and steady wins the race!

Other than normal incision pain, and probably a bit of muscule irritation in my back, I feel almost like a human being again.

David

david
heres a BIG WARM Welcome To the other side.
keep up the great work keep walking and most of all Stay Positive. the force is with you!!
chuck

David
Just wanted to add my hugs and congrats to the list! Its so nice to see you feeling better and healing! I am so glad things went well for you and know that you will continue to do well.
Keep us posted

Appreciate it, Kim!

The only thing I wonder now is why I didn't do this at least one (if not two) years ago? (Chuck, please have a private laugh to yourself now!)

Yes, the first fews days were very difficult, but I am much much better now, and can actually envision living my life again! (eventually)

David

no laughing here i am just happy you got to the other side and with the best doctor in the world.
you will have the best possible outcomehttp://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif
shame you didnt come with me in aug we could have partyed at the voltsfest. !!!
remember stay postive recovery can be quit a roller coaster ride. and david feel free to call or write if you need any thing!!
things are going to get nothing but better for you.
chuck

Agreed 1000%!

I just can't remember the last time I felt like a human being again, with little or no pain....keeping in mind that my surgery was only 6 days ago!

David

David, congrats and thanks for posting! I'm glad you chanting the "slow & steady" slogan, to save me the trouble of using it here. http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common.../icon_wink.gif

Glad you made it through the worst, I hope each day give you strength, peace and energy. Be well.

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Thanks!

I think I am to the point now where I can really begin to relax, recuperate, and enjoy Germany for more than just 'medical tourism'.

David

Hi David,
Enjoy Germany and your pain free status, take you time and keep chanting my mantra to yourself
Best
Alastair http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif

Normally, I believe the expression is......

A picture is worth a thousand words

How about, a picture is worth 28k €? http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common.../icon_wink.gif

Dr. B., Anita, and myself!

(as a slight warning, the last couple of shots in that album are of my scar [with my hand used as a frame of reference])

David

David,
Thanks for posting pics of the hotel in with the others... it helped us to see for sure if that small apartment would accomodate our family if we get assigned to Straubing. (It'll be fine.) It's also nice to see what the hospital rooms look like. We are just so glad that you are doing well. It takes strength and courage to make it through this journey and you're doing great! Stay positive and keep smiling!
-Kim and Dean

david
wishing you and your parents a safe trip home.
no racing bikes for a few monthshttp://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif
i am so pleased you are doing wellhttp://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif
keep up the good work
and watch that plane ride its hell on the way home.
chuck

Great to read how well you're doing David http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif Wishing you a continued great recovery http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif

All the best

Lyndsay

David,
Hoping your flights home were as comfortable as could be. Welcome back to the USA!
-Kim and Dean