My Surgery

[Roadstar_Rider]

Hey everyone, I am having surgery this morning down at Balboa Naval hospital.. I will update with my progress when I get home. I will probably be home tomorrow afternoon or saturday morning depending how long they keep me in the hospital.

Hope to be riding again soon


Brad

[Pho'dUp]

Not sure what happened to you man, Goodluck Brad, heal up soon.

[Roadstar_Rider]

Its something that happened a long time ago, Ill explain it later when I got the time, I gotta jet for now. have to be at the hospital at 6 15 am.

[Abui]

If you're 25 nothing is a long time ago.

Good luck.

[dirthead]

hope you have a speedy recovery

[el_d00der1n0]

My buddy used to work in ortho there. It's a good group of people. I'm sure it will work out very well. Only thing is, if you know anyone there, you might wake up with your toenails painted pink or something.

[peewee2472]

Good Luck and get well soon

[northshore]

Good luck and heal up quick!

[Red Hot Sloth]

Heal well recover proper.
We will see you on the trails soon.

[ghixon]

If RR hasn't told us what he's going in for, can we guess about what's getting cut until he gets back?

Heal quick!

[ChariotsOfTires]

Good Luck. I'll pray that the recovery is a fast one and that you can get back to riding soon.

[PacMan]

Heal up quick bro. That guided tour of Daley awaits!!!

[Roadstar_Rider]

Hey everyone, I am back home now. Only had to spend one night in the hospital. So here is the deal. I have been very overweight all of my life. When I was about 20 years old I decided that I wanted to join the military. Well at that time I was very obese. My highest recorded weight was 315 lbs. I was heavier than that but I started a job that was very active and started working out about 6 months before I weighed myself at that weight. I lost 109 lbs before I could leave for the Marines. I was 206 when I shipped out in 2003. About 2 years after I joined I got really sick and when I was at medical one day one of the doctors said I looked like I used to be very overweight. I told him the story and he said that he may be able to find a plastic surgeon to remove all of the excess skin that was left from my weightloss. Eventually he found a doctor who would do the surgery. In December of 2005 I had the first part of the surgery to remove the excess skin from around my stomach area. The surgery went well and I was supposed to get a second surgery to remove the excess skin from around my hips and back. The doctor ended up getting deployed and so did I in august of 2006. The doctor returned from deployment last october and arranged for me to have the last of these surgeries. So for now I am just recovering and I should hopefully be back to exercising in 3 or 4 weeks. I am pretty much stuck in bed. These surgeries are pretty painfull so I cant do much. I got plenty of percocet though so I am feeling pretty good. I wish they could have sent me home with the morphine drip but the wouldnt. At least i have my laptop and xbox to keep my entertained Ill be around and back to riding soon enough.

[sdyeti]

Wow...you have been on quite the journey. Good to hear that you are doing well.

Originally Posted by Roadstar_Rider

Hey everyone, I am back home now. Only had to spend one night in the hospital. So here is the deal. I have been very overweight all of my life. When I was about 20 years old I decided that I wanted to join the military. Well at that time I was very obese. My highest recorded weight was 315 lbs. I was heavier than that but I started a job that was very active and started working out about 6 months before I weighed myself at that weight. I lost 109 lbs before I could leave for the Marines. I was 206 when I shipped out in 2003. About 2 years after I joined I got really sick and when I was at medical one day one of the doctors said I looked like I used to be very overweight. I told him the story and he said that he may be able to find a plastic surgeon to remove all of the excess skin that was left from my weightloss. Eventually he found a doctor who would do the surgery. In December of 2005 I had the first part of the surgery to remove the excess skin from around my stomach area. The surgery went well and I was supposed to get a second surgery to remove the excess skin from around my hips and back. The doctor ended up getting deployed and so did I in august of 2006. The doctor returned from deployment last october and arranged for me to have the last of these surgeries. So for now I am just recovering and I should hopefully be back to exercising in 3 or 4 weeks. I am pretty much stuck in bed. These surgeries are pretty painfull so I cant do much. I got plenty of percocet though so I am feeling pretty good. I wish they could have sent me home with the morphine drip but the wouldnt. At least i have my laptop and xbox to keep my entertained Ill be around and back to riding soon enough.

[OMR]

Dude... whatever you do, DON'T have that surgery... that doctor was born blind at birth!... Oh too late... just kidding, I'm sure the doc got his sight back in time.

Seriously, good to hear that yo're on the mend. I know how hard it is to just lay around and not do anything. Take some time and read The Ride (it's in the Pub section)... it won't be long before we see a slimmer you riding out there.

[Waldo]

Congrats on such an impressive change in your life.
Hope you heal quickly.

[boboso]

Way to go... great story and great change for the better. Heal quick

[northshore]

Glad you are back!

[1FG rider]

Healing vibes sent your way. Hope you're back on the bike soon.

[mottmcfly]

Outstanding. Nice to see an end to such a long road. Looking forward to riding with you very soon.