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[Guest]

just wanted to let you all know this i had what doctors call spinal fusion and decompression and had to get rods and screws put in my lower back i wish i could ride roller coasters and or other bumpy fun rides whe i goto amusement park but i can and if i do goto an amusement park i have to ride the slow rides and do the show but i am a fan of this website and love to see the crew sometime at disney world in orlando or universal ibn orlando i just want to thank them for having a cool website and i love the website i look at it all the time and eish i could go on the roller coaster too

[SharkTums]

That's a bummer...will you ever be able to ride again?

[Joe Cool]

Oh dude that sucks! Hopefully you can ride soon. But on a good note welcome to TPR hope you enjoy yourself.

[CoasterCrazy]

Welcome to TPR!

 

I really hope you will be able to ride coasters again someday!

[Hattuchili]

First off all, welcome on the boards! It sounds very bad and I also hope you will be able to ride coasters soon!

 

--Sören

[cfc]

Take care of yourself--don't jump back into the "bumpy" rides too soon.

[Guest]

i dont know but with what my doctor says it might be at least 3-4 yrs before i can ride again

[sfmmFREAK]

i dont know but with what my doctor says it might be at least 3-4 yrs before i can ride again

 

oh, man. thas terrible. sorry to hear that

[coasterfan625]

Welcome to TPR and I hope that you are able to ride again.

[WillMontu]

You might have to avoid:

Anything made by Vekoma

Anything made by Togo

Anything made by Arrow

Most woodies

 

As for Intamin/B&M/etc. they don't tend to recommend people people with back problems. I'm assuming it's because of the high G-forces, so you MIGHT be able to ride some less intense rides, but I would consult your doctor before doing so.

[Teddymonster]

i dont know but with what my doctor says it might be at least 3-4 yrs before i can ride again

 

I was gonna say that sounds about right. Both my mother and my godmother had fusions performed. They were on the upper vertebra around their necks. Either way, spinal fusions are a bitch and half, and I hope you recover quickly so you can hit the coasters again!

[Guest]

If I can ride the Jeep jungle tour at Silver Spring, FL, that is really bumpy and rough, I think I can ride some smooth rides. And if I can tell you all that I am slightly disabled, on Social Security disability, and what some of the new rules in govt are, I think they might not let me get a handicap parking thing that hangs on my rear view mirror.

 

I can walk now, but my doctors will have to prove to the govt that I am disabled and that I need that thing that hangs on the rear veiw mirror because I really can't walk far distances. I used to be in an electric mobility scooter for two-and-a-half years and if I need it again I will need the thing that hangs in the rear veiw mirror.

 

If there are any disabled people here, please help me put a petition out there for the slightly handicapped and slightly disabled people so we can have fun, too, at amusement parks. You all might not think I am disabled when you meet me but I have mild arthritis in my knees and in my shoulders, too, plus the lower back thing I wish to get people to know that there are people like me in the world that love to do amusement parks and ride rides and have fun too.

 

Also, I am a Christian, too.

 

EDIT: Made post easier to read.

[waterviper]

Honestly dude its a bummer about your back and all you had to go through dealing with it.

 

But I seriously cannot read what you just posted here because there is no periods. Your I's are not capitalized and that makes it very difficult to read. So could you please edit your post and please put in the proper punctuations.

 

Thank you.

[Louise]

ALSO I AM CHRISTIAN TOO

 

Ummmm, okaaaaay....

 

And also, what he ^ said.

[ebl]

"So could you please edit your post and please put in the proper punctuations." (waterviper)

 

Taken care of...

 

Eric

[waterviper]

And also, what he ^ said.

 

Completely off topic but I just had to address this.

 

So Louise I am now reduced to "he" now?

 

also....

 

Thank you eric!

[Guest]

If I can ride the Jeep jungle tour at Silver Spring, FL, that is really bumpy and rough, I think I can ride some smooth rides. And if I can tell you all that I am slightly disabled, on Social Security disability, and what some of the new rules in govt are, I think they might not let me get a handicap parking thing that hangs on my rear view mirror.

 

I can walk now, but my doctors will have to prove to the govt that I am disabled and that I need that thing that hangs on the rear veiw mirror because I really can't walk far distances. I used to be in an electric mobility scooter for two-and-a-half years and if I need it again I will need the thing that hangs in the rear veiw mirror.

 

If there are any disabled people here, please help me put a petition out there for the slightly handicapped and slightly disabled people so we can have fun, too, at amusement parks. You all might not think I am disabled when you meet me but I have mild arthritis in my knees and in my shoulders, too, plus the lower back thing I wish to get people to know that there are people like me in the world that love to do amusement parks and ride rides and have fun too.