rsb502 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Ive been laid up for a couple of days too. Cant remember ever taking a day off . Doc told me rest it for a few weeks and I didn't listen. Now I cant walk. Trying to heal it up . Bursitis and Cellulitis in left knee. Heres a pic from Friday nightI fought and tried to drive a dump truck with bursitis for a couple weeks and it finally put me down, I couldn't get in the truck, wen to the doc, got it drained, antibiotics, etc. I haven't had a flare up in a few years and Im glad that sucks.Take it easy on the leg Mike, no need to overdo things and have surgery. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterwelder Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Here's to a speedy recovery for both of you guys. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear that, Mike. I hope you get back on your feet soon. Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear about that Mike,but according to Mrs. Vision (career RN) its nothing to take lightly! hope you get well and healed up soon!...............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebrake86 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Get well soon.too damn cold to be outside anywayI'll have my down time coming soon-hernia surgeryI've got to get mine fixed, too. Been just dealing with it for about 5 years now. You can sure tell you've got it when you one-man an 11r24.5 into the bed of a pickup. Quote Jake Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear that,Mike. Sometimes we all need a little "wrenchin' " too. I got a shoulder that hurts every time I put a shirt or jacket on.I got to get that checked out too . Hope they get you straightened out soon,bud. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Feel for you superdog hope you got a good vet and they get you healed up quick Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
761 Brock Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Wishing you a speedy and full recovery MikeClay Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear about your problem Mike. Cellulitis is nothing to mess with. A very nasty infection that can spread if you don't follow the doctors instruction and take the meds. My son-in-law recently had it and he was in the hospital for nearly a week and off work for several weeks. Will keep you on our prayers. Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KECorbin22 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I will pray for y'all, speedy recover. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Mike & Dig Dug Yall get better soon . hope yall have a speedy recovery & i'll keep you fellas in my prayers . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 damn Mike sorry to hear that.........as for a nurse if the pretty one isn't available I understand Big Bertha is!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sounds like Mike and Dig could use some of that OD apple pie shine. I bet OD would deliver if he got bored! Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Those leg infections are nothing to fool around with. Back when I was in the building business we had a guy helping his son with landscaping. Hit his foot with an edger. Had it stitched up. Back a couple of days later, they removed his foot. Another couple of days they removed his leg. Couple of days after that he died. Seriously consider what they tell ya, get well and back on the road soon. Hope you all have a happy and prosperous new year. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Hope you all get better soon and get back to doing what you do best I was just reading in the latest edition of overdrive an article about truckers having a high risk for getting cellulitis in the lower extremities. Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Good luck Mike, I'm sure it's hard to sit still when you've never had to but down time is healing time. To you too Dig Dug. Hard to keep good men down! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
39 Baby Mack Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear Mike, hope you and Dig Dug get well soon.Getting older is a bitch!Ron Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
220cummins Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Sorry to hear of your troubles! Get well soon! Yinz guys are in our thoughts and prayers. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Prayers for a speedy recovery mike! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Those leg infections are nothing to fool around with. Back when I was in the building business we had a guy helping his son with landscaping. Hit his foot with an edger. Had it stitched up. Back a couple of days later, they removed his foot. Another couple of days they removed his leg. Couple of days after that he died. Seriously consider what they tell ya, get well and back on the road soon. Hope you all have a happy and prosperous new year.Wow, sounds like the "macho man" 's story, a driver and good friend of mine. He was bitten on his heel by a brown recluse spider, but he didn't go to the doctor for a while and by then it was badly infected and just wouldn't heal. Took them a while to figure out what it was when he finally did go. He ended up losing his leg at the knee. I stopped by his house in Farmville several times to see him, then heard that he had passed away a year or so after he lost his leg. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Mike, Do as the doctor's tell you. Last March my mom (in Indiana) and my dad (in Florida) both had surgery for preipheral artery disease. Both had the same basic procedure (by-pass of arteries in the left leg). Within days my dad was up & doing well by following the doctors orders. Dad quit smoking back about 1984 but still smokes cigars in the evening. Mom is still struggling to this day but she spends all day sitting on her ass in her kitchen playing solitaire & smoking cigarettes. Just a few weeks ago my dad scored a hole-in-one in one of his two weekly golf leagues. Mom is proud that the gangrene is almost gone but can hardly walk because she has refused to follow doctor recommendations to the point that shortly after surgery she was suppose to be going to the hospital to spend time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber but she refused to get up before 8am so she could be there by 10am. Please, please follow doctor recommendations. Those guys seem to know what they're talking about. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Prayers for you guys and hope all are well soon for 2014.mike Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 thats messed up best of luck...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 best wishes and get wel soon both of you.mack4ever. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Get better soon, and follow the Dr.s orders. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34052-sidelined/page/2/#findComment-223876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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