The Bionic Man – that is my friend Terry Manley

The Bionic Man – that is my friend Terry Manley. You better believe it! The Doctor has just operated extensively on him to give him new hope and help.

Yesterday he entered the hospital at 6:00 AM – having left Peterborough at 3:45 AM. He was scheduled to be first on the list.

Terry had been growing progressively worse over the years. A building deposit/growth of Osteophyte on his vertebrae in his neck was causing damage and pinching to the nerves running down his arms. At times the pain had grown so excruciating he had to be taken to the hospital for an injection of strong pain killers.

The pain radiates down his arm to his fingers and thumb at first. Then it became his entire right arm. Further to that the arm was now beginning to lose more and more function because of the damage.

The solution was to go into the area affected and remove the spur like growths of Osteophytes. As well the doctor planned to fuse his neck vertebrae at the same time… but he would make up his mind after he got into the site on Terry’s neck that needed this radical surgery.

When Terry woke his hip hurt more than the rest. The Doctor had opened his hip and removed bone to then make a new disk for his neck – that was inserted between two vertebrae to help reconstruct the areas that were affected around the nerve being crushed. They then finished the reconstruction by placing a Titanium Rod alongside the vertebrae in his neck.

Terry now truly will be called a “Stiff Neck” person… but he really isn’t – he is the Mayor of His Street at Elim Lodge – where his trailer is located. Terry is one of the most caring and lovable guys that you can meet… Definitely not “Stiff Necked” – but now he is… oh boy!

The truly amazing part is that they did all this surgery from the front – not the back of his neck. They had to slit his throat open – carefully or course. Then proceeding through the front to the back – opening a passage way through powerful neck muscles and other vital areas like the main artery to his head and the millions of nerves and tissues that make up the support of his head. You don’t have to think long to figure out the area that they are working in is small and very tight – not leaving room for any error.

Terry’s Doctor (I don’t remember the name) is known as one of the best. He has accomplished things in this kind of surgery that others would only think impossible. Terry will be shouting his glory and praise for a long time to come.

Yesterday I thought of Terry often. I prayed for him many times. Today I am happy and continue to pray for healing on his neck now, his neck fusion and the pain in his hip. Slowly but surely he will be better each day.

Our Plan…
Terry and I plan to fish together some day soon. He may have to have help to pull in the really big ones – with the new stuff neck… and I will be there to help him.

The operation was amazing to say the least. The Doctor’s ability is the best in the World. It has been an amazing week to say the least.

BUT – one thing needs to be said loud and long… Marion, Terry’s wife, is the most amazing person that I know. Every time there was pain she helped him. And that help has gone on for years. And through the steps up to this operation she was there every minute. She never gave up and was always there for Terry. Her love for him has only increased. Marion is amazing… sorry Marion – YOU ARE AMAZING!

“In sickness and in health…” words that all getting married people quickly passed over during their wedding ceremony … are real… they committed themselves to each other – forever. Terry and Marion did that – and meant that.

I am meeting a young couple this Thursday night to talk about their future together. They are getting married in early August. The best Marriage Counseling that I could offer would be to introduce them to Terry and Marion along with their story. “Kids – here is what these words are all about… till death do us part!”

Keep Terry in your prayers today and tomorrow and the tomorrows after that… and then slip one or two in for Marion.

Yes – for all those nosey types out there – I did have their permission to write all of this… all except the part about Marion being so amazing that is… I will have to deal with that later…

~ Murray Lincoln ~
http://www.murraylincoln.com/

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteophyte