Alabama Nomad Rider Checking In

AlabamaNomadRider · 10-13-2013, 02:08 PM

I'm still alive and well. Just had back surgery September 10. Something I needed to have done long ago but kept putting up with the pain. Started having terrible pain from my hips down through my left leg. After two MRI's talked with a neurosurgeon and surgery was the result. Feel much better now though I have to really take care of the back.

Still have my 2008 Nomad although I ride very little these days. May end up and sell it.

Take care guys and be safe.

**cnc** · 10-13-2013, 02:30 PM

Hey Gene good to see you on here. sorry to hear of your back issues but hopefully after a while you will be better than new.
Take card of yourself.

Dave · 10-13-2013, 03:00 PM

Welcome back. Hope you have a full recovery and am able to get back riding.

Dave

AlabamaNomadRider · 10-13-2013, 03:11 PM

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Hey Dave, it wasn't me doing the copying and pasting. That was the guy in Georgia. I can't recall his handle now. He was always posting things that could irritate some people. He is the one that talked about shooting and killing cats. I don't think I ever posted anything viral.

Yellow Jacket · 10-13-2013, 03:11 PM

Hi Gene! Glad to hear that you're doing well. Surgury is never fun but some times it's the only resort. Take care of yourself and hopefully you can get back to rding more.

AlabamaNomadRider · 10-13-2013, 03:19 PM

Thanks Bob. It wasn't something I wanted to have done but it was necessary. I do feel a lot better. How have you been?

**Kawhead** · 10-13-2013, 05:54 PM

Oh no. Not the back thing and selling the bike.

Hopefully you'll recover and we can meet up someday.

blowndodge · 10-13-2013, 06:06 PM

You were missed Gene!! Now you must fully recover and go to the Rallies!!!

VulcanE · 10-13-2013, 08:44 PM

Hi Gene.....Yes , you have been missed. Sorry to hear you had to go under the knife, but like Bob said, "some times it's the only resort". Hope you recover better than ever, and are able to get back to riding.

**ringadingh** · 10-13-2013, 10:31 PM

Take it easy on your back Gene, living in pain is no picnic.

**schoeney** · 10-14-2013, 12:56 AM

Glad to hear you are still with us. Give it some time. You may be better than new.

Silent Sam · 10-14-2013, 03:44 PM

Hang In There ! ... "Bite The Bullet" ... Grit Your Teeth, and Get In The Wind .

I have a 'fusion" @ C5/C6...collapsed disc in the lower back...major-pain in the right hip and leg

I have had several incidents where my neck injury caused extreme dizzyness, and I'v had to slam on the brakes and get the kick stand down...roll off the bike, and lay alongside it for a few minutes, til I recover (This happened -again- in 2010, just as I exited the I-90 into Sturges, SoDak ...during the Struges Bike Week.. As I layed by my Big Assed Bike, about a thousand bikers went by and no one payed any attention ! (There are so many drugged -drunk- freaks, at those Rally's...no one notices !)

Long Story Short ..keep your bike..ride shorter trips !

10-13-2013, 02:08 PM	#1
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Alabama Nomad Rider Checking In I'm still alive and well. Just had back surgery September 10. Something I needed to have done long ago but kept putting up with the pain. Started having terrible pain from my hips down through my left leg. After two MRI's talked with a neurosurgeon and surgery was the result. Feel much better now though I have to really take care of the back. Still have my 2008 Nomad although I ride very little these days. May end up and sell it. Take care guys and be safe. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-13-2013, 02:30 PM	#2
cnc Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal QC Posts: 12,034	Hey Gene good to see you on here. sorry to hear of your back issues but hopefully after a while you will be better than new. Take card of yourself. __________________ Norm Ward 2008 blue / silver nomad kawanow / VBA #01136
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10-13-2013, 03:11 PM	#4
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Hey Dave, it wasn't me doing the copying and pasting. That was the guy in Georgia. I can't recall his handle now. He was always posting things that could irritate some people. He is the one that talked about shooting and killing cats. I don't think I ever posted anything viral. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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Yellow Jacket Top Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Posts: 5,792	Hi Gene! Glad to hear that you're doing well. Surgury is never fun but some times it's the only resort. Take care of yourself and hopefully you can get back to rding more. __________________ Bob KawaNOW/VBA 210 Green/Silver 2006 Patriot Guard Riders 2009 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-13-2013, 03:19 PM	#6
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Thanks Bob. It wasn't something I wanted to have done but it was necessary. I do feel a lot better. How have you been? __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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10-13-2013, 03:00 PM	#3
Dave Sr. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Itchycoo Park Posts: 3,422	Welcome back. Hope you have a full recovery and am able to get back riding. Dave
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10-13-2013, 05:54 PM	#7
Kawhead Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 6th Floor up at the The Nervous Hospital up in East Central State, NC Posts: 7,454	Oh no. Not the back thing and selling the bike. Hopefully you'll recover and we can meet up someday. __________________ ??-Mar.2,2012 "Rocky" My Beloved Dog RIP Mike Tripp VBA#767 '96 800 Vulcan Classic 06 1600 Nomad 07 1600 Nomad "The shoes you buy at the Salvation Army is already been broke in"- Aunt Kawhead
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10-13-2013, 06:06 PM	#8
blowndodge Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington City, Utah Posts: 16,474	You were missed Gene!! Now you must fully recover and go to the Rallies!!! __________________ I love my Victory Cross Country Tour 106. Smells like Victory! Ultra's are Limited There are two types of Harley riders. Those that trailer them and those that push them. The most Interesting Man in the World "Find the things in life you don't do well and don't do those things" Member # 0005
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10-13-2013, 08:44 PM	#9
VulcanE Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 4,838	Hi Gene.....Yes , you have been missed. Sorry to hear you had to go under the knife, but like Bob said, "some times it's the only resort". Hope you recover better than ever, and are able to get back to riding. __________________ Cliff "VulcanE" Evans 2005 Blue & Silver 1600 Nomad VBA # 320 VROC # 20381
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10-13-2013, 10:31 PM	#10
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Take it easy on your back Gene, living in pain is no picnic. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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10-14-2013, 12:56 AM	#11
schoeney Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NW Region Posts: 5,222	Glad to hear you are still with us. Give it some time. You may be better than new. __________________ VBA #659 2003 Nomad 1500 (Gone but never forgotten) 2005 Honda ST1300 - Sweet and still kickin 2006 Honda Goldwing - Best Boat in the Marina
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10-14-2013, 03:44 PM	#12
Silent Sam Sr. Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: On The Shakey Side Posts: 2,501	Hang In There ! ... "Bite The Bullet" ... Grit Your Teeth, and Get In The Wind . I have a 'fusion" @ C5/C6...collapsed disc in the lower back...major-pain in the right hip and leg I have had several incidents where my neck injury caused extreme dizzyness, and I'v had to slam on the brakes and get the kick stand down...roll off the bike, and lay alongside it for a few minutes, til I recover (This happened -again- in 2010, just as I exited the I-90 into Sturges, SoDak ...during the Struges Bike Week.. As I layed by my Big Assed Bike, about a thousand bikers went by and no one payed any attention ! (There are so many drugged -drunk- freaks, at those Rally's...no one notices !) Long Story Short ..keep your bike..ride shorter trips !
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