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[Starry Night Reef]

So this is what I am looking at gunna go for a negative space scape and a medium flow tank for a mixed reef don’t want blowing sand to be a problem and have really liked the look of many of the WWC tanks with the crushed coral “sand beds”

Good rock choice, easy to work with. I went with "Special grade" as I didn't want blowing sand either, and its as big as Ill go.

 

[Brisk]

Welcome!

 

[zheka757]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[RockRash]

Welcome back!

 

[mch1984]

Welcome to R2R, I'm glad to see you here and getting back into it. That storm was tough; we got lucky and lost power for only a day. My parents lost power for almost a week, but somehow, we were spared a lot of it. We certainly didn't come out as rough as you guys. Sorry, y'all had to go through all that, and I'm happy to see your family made it through.

 

[pwoody]

Welcome back :)

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome back, glad you are here!

 

[edsbeaker]

Welcome back and thank you for your service!

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome to R2R!

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[RedReefer]

Welcome to back to R2R!!

 

[PharmrJohn]

Greetings and Welcome! Yeah, I remember that snow and all the stuff y'all went through. Sorry about your troubles man. Been through a fusion myself. Ain't no picnic, is it?!

 

[Whiskeyboy84]

Greetings and Welcome! Yeah, I remember that snow and all the stuff y'all went through. Sorry about your troubles man. Been through a fusion myself. Ain't no picnic, is it?!

Nope fusion sucked bad the surgery was complicated and I ended up nearly losing my airway in the night due to swelling they hit me with some ****** anti-inflammatory drug that made my entire body burn ! But can laugh about it now because the nurses thought I was having a panic attack and my wife was like “he’s a combat medic, combat veteran, who has never panicked!” Plus I was super calm the entire time trying to explain to them one syllable at a time because it was like breathing through a collapsed coffee stir stick .

 

[MDAquatics]

Welcome! How you doing post surgery? They want to do the same thing on me (IED blast back injury). Was it worth it?

 

[Jimbhoy13]

You’ve been through traumatic times. Wishing you all health and happiness and success moving forward.

 

[Whiskeyboy84]

Mine was a blast injury as well Afghanistan 2010 bone spurs grew inside my spinal canal and one was growing into the spinal cord nobody at BAMC wanted to touch me so they sent me to a specialist off post. I had the sensation of a spike being driven into my elbows and lost feeling in my hands, no more spike feeling, but still numbness in my hands so I would say it was worth it

 

[Whiskeyboy84]

Welcome! How you doing post surgery? They want to do the same thing on me (IED blast back injury). Was it worth it?

Sorry I posted a generic reply thought I had tagged you realized I fubar’ed it lol

 

[PharmrJohn]

Nope fusion sucked bad the surgery was complicated and I ended up nearly losing my airway in the night due to swelling they hit me with some ****** anti-inflammatory drug that made my entire body burn ! But can laugh about it now because the nurses thought I was having a panic attack and my wife was like “he’s a combat medic, combat veteran, who has never panicked!” Plus I was super calm the entire time trying to explain to them one syllable at a time because it was like breathing through a collapsed coffee stir stick .

Dude. That SUCKS! I'm an RPh by trade, do you know which NSAID they used?! And I remember a bad experience myself. Up till that point (when I came out of anesthesia), I'd NEVER experienced pain above an 8. To me it was a 9 or 10. Probably a 9, as I wasn't screaming. But I WAS begging for Morphine!! They told me I had to push the button. I did. Nothing. It was all of 2mg. Seriously stingy, lol!

 

[Whiskeyboy84]

Dude. That SUCKS! I'm an RPh by trade, do you know which NSAID they used?! And I remember a bad experience myself. Up till that point (when I came out of anesthesia), I'd NEVER experienced pain above an 8. To me it was a 9 or 10. Probably a 9, as I wasn't screaming. But I WAS begging for Morphine!! They told me I had to push the button. I did. Nothing. It was all of 2mg. Seriously stingy, lol!

Dude. That SUCKS! I'm an RPh by trade, do you know which NSAID they used?! And I remember a bad experience myself. Up till that point (when I came out of anesthesia), I'd NEVER experienced pain above an 8. To me it was a 9 or 10. Probably a 9, as I wasn't screaming. But I WAS begging for Morphine!! They told me I had to push the button. I did. Nothing. It was all of 2mg. Seriously stingy, lol!

I believe it was actually an IV steroid like Dexamethasone that crap sucked. Bad thing is it’s been two years and I am pretty sure I am already developing adjacent disc disease which isn’t a surprise at all because the two discs above and below the fusions c5-c7 were already bulging before the procedure but the surgeon was very apprehensive due to me being under 40 at the time. I don’t do anesthesia well at all even with anti-emetics I still hurl like a sea sick princess

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Glad you are here. Thank you for your service.