Thank you so much for sharing your progress. I will be at six weeks postop next week and I’m looking forward to hopefully getting out of this brace and being able to stretch and do physical therapy. We had the exact same surgery with the same levels and your videos are so helpful to me, they give me hope
Sheriff, thanks for the update! I was missing and and worrying about you and your recovery. You are over the rough part, and PT will get better and easier. You will get back to the things that you love doing. And a year from the date of surgery you will look back and see how much better you are feeling now than before. Or I'm full of shit and you're going to do a drive-by and shoot out my porch lights. I hope it is the former. Hang tough.
Sheriff Oller, thank you for sharing your recovery story with us. I’m a 36 year old man from Kentucky with cerebral palsy, who has spent the last 15 years as a volunteer fireman, as a way to keep from going crazy on disability, and I have been watching your updates religiously and I want to thank you for inspiring me to get back into physical therapy over the last couple of years. I’ve had some issues. where I have wondered if I would ever be able to get back on the truck again but with implementing a few of the things you’ve talked about in previous videos I think within the next 3 to 6 months I will be back on the truck on a limited basis, so thank you for inspiring me.
Hey Sheriff! 71+ year old FUD here. Glad to hear you’re progressing. I’ve had five abdominal surgeries going back to the mid 1960’s when a surgeon cut you with a dull knife and left you with a big scar about 8 inches long. For a simple appendectomy they gave you morphine for three or 4 days then abruptly took it away and replaced it with something they called a pain pill which did absolutely no good. Then got you out of bed on the 4th or 5th day and walked you up and down the hospital halls. Kept you in the hospital about a week. Now I’m two months and 5 days past my second hip replacement in 11 months. Right hip 06/30/23, Left 05/20/24. I understand your frustration with surgeons not really emphasizing and helping you to prepare mentally for pain and steps necessary for recovery. My first herniated disk (between L1&L2 came in 1994) That was absolutely the worst pain I ever experienced. Now they’re all bulging from T12-L1 to L5-S1 plus two herniated cervical. I’ve also had problems with my sacroiliac joints which along with the advancing spinal stenosis caused a lot sciatic nerve pain. Through all that with consultation with a neurosurgeon, physical therapy and occasional steroids both orally and injections over the years I have managed to avoid spinal surgery. I’m diabetic so oral steroids need to be avoided. The hips were another matter. I was having severe pain in my thighs and knees and could barely walk. After multiple X-rays and mri’s of my knees I had an appointment with the Orthopedic surgeon who said that I should have my knees replaced. I agreed and was going to start the scheduling but I mentioned to the surgeon that I couldn’t get rid of the pain in my thighs no matter what my regular doctor tried. He had me stop at the X-rays department before I went home. The surgeon called me at home that night and said to forget the knee surgery and that I need the hip replacement last week. He also said that a lot of the leg and knee pain was being caused by the upper femur ball dragging in the hip socket stretching and stressing those muscles. I didn’t know the arthritis was so bad. Now with two new hips I’m progressing but not 100%. Recovery from hip replacement can take up to a year. I fully understand the continued nerve pain even though I have very little pain around the incision at in the area of the hip joint itself. What has been a problem for me mentally is feeling useless because I can’t do the things I’ve always done around my farm. No crawling up the ladder to get in a tractor or combine. None of the physical things I would usually do. No going to my shooting range in the pasture. No driving. I was prepared for pain, but not prepared for not being able to function normally for a long period. While recovering from the first hip replacement the other one was getting worse and keeping me from doing normal things so I wasn’t able to improve my overall strength. Now I’ve I’ve just finished eight weeks of physical therapy which started the second day after the surgery and I’m walking without much pain. The nerve pain is there when I lie on my side but doesn’t bother me when I walk. It’s weird. At any rate, now with two good hips I’m hopeful that I can get back to what is normal activity for me. A side benefit of the surgery seems to be that I have not had any sciatic nerve pain since the surgery either when standing or sitting. There is a connection from your feet on up to the back and all those bones can have an effect on the others up the line. For your continued recovery follow your doctor’s and physical therapist’s instructions. There is truth in the old “no pain, no gain” but there is a limit. Don’t over do it. I believe you found that out with walking too much at first. Surgeons hate it when you mess up their work because it changes their statistical outcomes which hospitals watch closely. Same for your physical therapist. As you ease back into your routine you’re mental outlook will improve. Remember the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady to the finish line. Just keep it up with the pace that fits you.
I appreciate how you tell it like it is. Glad you are recovering well Sheriff! I think what also is helping your recovery, is that you were in good shape prior to surgery! Stay the course Brother! 💪
It sounds like you are making progress in the right direction, great, better every week. Yes , a good PT office is invaluable for patient recovery. Thanks for the update!!
Yuup. Sit, lay, walk. Ive had 2 back surgeries and 2 neck surgeries (C5, 6, 7 fused, but no hardware in the back, yet). 31 years in law enforcement, and retired in 2021. Whoooooo!
Thanks for the update. I’m glad you’ve per verbally turned the corner. I have always hated the PT thing and I’m regretting it now. Sound advice that all should heed. Especially the stretching. Doctor approved of course. Stay strong and thank you for the wisdom you are sharing. The fears of further damage up the spine and limitations following surgeries is what keeps me putting off my fusion. But I’m there now without the fusion, so to speak. I wish you 100% recovery. Keep the updates coming. You are helping many with the experience and lessons learned. Thank you!
Glad you’re coming along, I have back issues for years, in the year 1987 I fell and hurt my back, I was almost 6’4” tall and at 21 was 265 lbs and played college football on a scholarship so was very active, as a 40 yr old still same height but about 20 lbs heavier, today I am 76 yrs old and I am 6’1” tall and have no discs left in my back from degenerative disc disease, three separate surgeons wanted to operate I backed out of as recently as 2021 after scheduling, my leg strength at best is about 50% of where it was as a young man and probably never to return at my age I still work at a desk full time so I am up and down with my job but have issues being comfortable, the only place I have no pain is in bed but then only sometimes, but I am driven by my responsibilities to see about my wife and family and my job responsibilities , life goes on and I refuse to let the old man in!!!, the last MRI the surgeon said two of my vertebrae fused together on their on in my lumbar area
Hope all is good. 9 weeks here. Same mental struggles. Still much healing to do. I got a massage gun to help with the deep inner pain. Nerve issues on the left side and I am praying it will get better. One day at a time. You are not alone.
@kristyrowe9221 better day by day. I'm to the point now that I have good hours and bad hours instead of whole days. If my math is correct, I'm 9 weeks tomorrow.
Sheriff I hope all is well with you. Been missing your videos. Get better so we can get some more great clean videos. GOD bless
Thank you so much for sharing your progress. I will be at six weeks postop next week and I’m looking forward to hopefully getting out of this brace and being able to stretch and do physical therapy. We had the exact same surgery with the same levels and your videos are so helpful to me, they give me hope
Sheriff, thanks for the update! I was missing and and worrying about you and your recovery. You are over the rough part, and PT will get better and easier. You will get back to the things that you love doing. And a year from the date of surgery you will look back and see how much better you are feeling now than before. Or I'm full of shit and you're going to do a drive-by and shoot out my porch lights. I hope it is the former. Hang tough.
Sheriff Oller, thank you for sharing your recovery story with us. I’m a 36 year old man from Kentucky with cerebral palsy, who has spent the last 15 years as a volunteer fireman, as a way to keep from going crazy on disability, and I have been watching your updates religiously and I want to thank you for inspiring me to get back into physical therapy over the last couple of years. I’ve had some issues. where I have wondered if I would ever be able to get back on the truck again but with implementing a few of the things you’ve talked about in previous videos I think within the next 3 to 6 months I will be back on the truck on a limited basis, so thank you for inspiring me.
Hang in there Sheriff, you will be needed on the job before the end of the year.
Hang in there Matt! Been praying for you and your healing. Love your puppies! God Bless.
Glad to see you're doing well. I got to quit procrastinating the stretches I need everyday too.
Hey Sheriff! 71+ year old FUD here. Glad to hear you’re progressing. I’ve had five abdominal surgeries going back to the mid 1960’s when a surgeon cut you with a dull knife and left you with a big scar about 8 inches long. For a simple appendectomy they gave you morphine for three or 4 days then abruptly took it away and replaced it with something they called a pain pill which did absolutely no good. Then got you out of bed on the 4th or 5th day and walked you up and down the hospital halls. Kept you in the hospital about a week. Now I’m two months and 5 days past my second hip replacement in 11 months. Right hip 06/30/23, Left 05/20/24. I understand your frustration with surgeons not really emphasizing and helping you to prepare mentally for pain and steps necessary for recovery. My first herniated disk (between L1&L2 came in 1994) That was absolutely the worst pain I ever experienced. Now they’re all bulging from T12-L1 to L5-S1 plus two herniated cervical. I’ve also had problems with my sacroiliac joints which along with the advancing spinal stenosis caused a lot sciatic nerve pain. Through all that with consultation with a neurosurgeon, physical therapy and occasional steroids both orally and injections over the years I have managed to avoid spinal surgery. I’m diabetic so oral steroids need to be avoided. The hips were another matter. I was having severe pain in my thighs and knees and could barely walk. After multiple X-rays and mri’s of my knees I had an appointment with the Orthopedic surgeon who said that I should have my knees replaced. I agreed and was going to start the scheduling but I mentioned to the surgeon that I couldn’t get rid of the pain in my thighs no matter what my regular doctor tried. He had me stop at the X-rays department before I went home. The surgeon called me at home that night and said to forget the knee surgery and that I need the hip replacement last week. He also said that a lot of the leg and knee pain was being caused by the upper femur ball dragging in the hip socket stretching and stressing those muscles. I didn’t know the arthritis was so bad. Now with two new hips I’m progressing but not 100%. Recovery from hip replacement can take up to a year. I fully understand the continued nerve pain even though I have very little pain around the incision at in the area of the hip joint itself. What has been a problem for me mentally is feeling useless because I can’t do the things I’ve always done around my farm. No crawling up the ladder to get in a tractor or combine. None of the physical things I would usually do. No going to my shooting range in the pasture. No driving. I was prepared for pain, but not prepared for not being able to function normally for a long period. While recovering from the first hip replacement the other one was getting worse and keeping me from doing normal things so I wasn’t able to improve my overall strength. Now I’ve I’ve just finished eight weeks of physical therapy which started the second day after the surgery and I’m walking without much pain. The nerve pain is there when I lie on my side but doesn’t bother me when I walk. It’s weird. At any rate, now with two good hips I’m hopeful that I can get back to what is normal activity for me. A side benefit of the surgery seems to be that I have not had any sciatic nerve pain since the surgery either when standing or sitting. There is a connection from your feet on up to the back and all those bones can have an effect on the others up the line. For your continued recovery follow your doctor’s and physical therapist’s instructions. There is truth in the old “no pain, no gain” but there is a limit. Don’t over do it. I believe you found that out with walking too much at first. Surgeons hate it when you mess up their work because it changes their statistical outcomes which hospitals watch closely. Same for your physical therapist. As you ease back into your routine you’re mental outlook will improve. Remember the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady to the finish line. Just keep it up with the pace that fits you.
I appreciate how you tell it like it is. Glad you are recovering well Sheriff!
I think what also is helping your recovery, is that you were in good shape prior to surgery! Stay the course Brother! 💪
It sounds like you are making progress in the right direction, great, better every week. Yes , a good PT office is invaluable for patient recovery. Thanks for the update!!
Yuup. Sit, lay, walk. Ive had 2 back surgeries and 2 neck surgeries (C5, 6, 7 fused, but no hardware in the back, yet). 31 years in law enforcement, and retired in 2021. Whoooooo!
Thanks for the update. I’m glad you’ve per verbally turned the corner. I have always hated the PT thing and I’m regretting it now. Sound advice that all should heed. Especially the stretching. Doctor approved of course. Stay strong and thank you for the wisdom you are sharing. The fears of further damage up the spine and limitations following surgeries is what keeps me putting off my fusion. But I’m there now without the fusion, so to speak. I wish you 100% recovery. Keep the updates coming. You are helping many with the experience and lessons learned. Thank you!
Glad you’re coming along, I have back issues for years, in the year 1987 I fell and hurt my back, I was almost 6’4” tall and at 21 was 265 lbs and played college football on a scholarship so was very active, as a 40 yr old still same height but about 20 lbs heavier, today I am 76 yrs old and I am 6’1” tall and have no discs left in my back from degenerative disc disease, three separate surgeons wanted to operate I backed out of as recently as 2021 after scheduling, my leg strength at best is about 50% of where it was as a young man and probably never to return at my age I still work at a desk full time so I am up and down with my job but have issues being comfortable, the only place I have no pain is in bed but then only sometimes, but I am driven by my responsibilities to see about my wife and family and my job responsibilities , life goes on and I refuse to let the old man in!!!, the last MRI the surgeon said two of my vertebrae fused together on their on in my lumbar area
Glad things are getting better. Keep it up, and take care
Praying for you Matt . Praying
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Hope all is good. 9 weeks here. Same mental struggles. Still much healing to do. I got a massage gun to help with the deep inner pain. Nerve issues on the left side and I am praying it will get better. One day at a time. You are not alone.
@kristyrowe9221 better day by day. I'm to the point now that I have good hours and bad hours instead of whole days. If my math is correct, I'm 9 weeks tomorrow.
Seems like a solid decent man. Good video, Sir.
Hello Sheriff. I haven’t seen a video from you in almost 2 weeks. I hope all is well with you and your family.
Hey sheriff, happy Labor Day. Haven’t heard from you in a while. Hope you’re doing great.
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