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rich weyand 06-26-2015 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hatzie (Post 7222831)
^^^ Everyone I know that's had surgery has said don't do it. Find a good Chiropractor.

Given the nonsense we pull when working on our trucks, chiropractors ought to be listed in the necessary tools or preferred vendors sections. :lol:

Gregski 06-26-2015 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by hatzie (Post 7222831)
^^^ Everyone I know that's had surgery has said don't do it. Find a good Chiropractor.

Surgery is not an option, the doctor I saw today said no need for MRI cause I do not need surgery I don't have that type of injury/symptoms. It's basically ice, rest, and try to move around as much as possible without pain.

rich weyand 06-26-2015 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 7222833)
I hear you I called 6 Chiropractors today, some did not answer their phone, others could not see me today / until next month some time, others don't take insurance patients. I don't want to pay cash if I have good insurance, type a thing.

My chiropractor is $28 a visit. I don't even have them submit it, since I am going to be paying it on deductible anyway.

hatzie 06-26-2015 09:53 PM

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Some of the best Chiropractors I've seen only take cash. They're usually fairly inexpensive because they don't have the overhead to handle insurance.

Gregski 06-26-2015 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rich weyand (Post 7222834)
Given the nonsense we pull when working on our trucks, chiropractors ought to be listed in the necessary tools or preferred vendors sections. :lol:

Does Snap-On make a drawer big enough for them? LOL

hatzie 06-26-2015 09:55 PM

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:lol: Not yet. Maybe they should. :lol:

rusty76 06-27-2015 05:43 PM

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Be careful and smart. Back pain sucks. My doctor told me once to take a Tylenol and ibuprofen together. One each and a glass of water. It has worked really well for me. I can't take pain pills. Makes me grumpy in the mornings. I feel that once you have back pain it just sticks around. It likes to hide and then one day you get that pop and there she goes. Get better soon.

rusty76 06-27-2015 05:45 PM

Re: Restoring Rusty - Newly POR-15ed Bed Floor
 
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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 7221540)
You mean she made you git rid of a lot of stuff, LOL?


Funny but I got rid of most of it by my choice. We literally had two of everything. So bye bye.

Gregski 06-27-2015 06:15 PM

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Thanks to a great friend GTO Mike who drove across town and my brother, Rusty is all put back together, here is a pic of the first load, the remains of the old rusty bed floor and the left over parts of the donor bed, on their way to a metal recycler, these bits are way past saving

again a huge thank you to Mike and John

greg64 06-27-2015 07:13 PM

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Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

Gregski 06-27-2015 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by greg64 (Post 7223547)
Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

Greg, I only replaced the bed floor, the sides are the same old ones, not painted, cause I ran out of time and money

Chaplain 07-03-2015 12:06 AM

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Resting well I hope.

E.D.75GMC 07-03-2015 02:03 AM

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Hey Greg, if you want to make your tail lights look new again give them a good buff with some metal polish then go over with a good wax. Did it on mine 6 months ago and they still look great. Really helped to turn back the clock on my truck!

E.D.75GMC 07-03-2015 02:08 AM

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Before & after

Gregski 07-03-2015 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Chaplain (Post 7229321)
Resting well I hope.

thanks for looking out bud, went camping to keep away from doing something stupid on the truck

Gregski 07-03-2015 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by E.D.75GMC (Post 7229360)
Before & after

wow what a diff

Gregski 07-08-2015 12:30 AM

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returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

Chaplain 07-08-2015 12:50 AM

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Rest well...

Titomars 07-08-2015 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 7234047)
returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

It's been 30 days for me and still dealing with it here. My work really would prefer me gone at this point. It is their policy not to employ people with problems, I guess. Last weekend I forced myself to do a little on my truck. It took a full day to swap my column out for a tilt version. normally that only take a couple of hours.

Chevy_mud_truck 07-08-2015 03:03 AM

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I was right at 3 months before I felt like even thinking about doing any thing next month makes 3 years when I hurt mine and there's still day that it hurts so bad I don't fell like getting out of bed I'm just now fell like i can go back to work and work a full shift without conflict over doing my job hope you get to felling better

rusty76 07-08-2015 04:48 PM

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Hopefully you'll get back into the swing of things.

rajincajintj 07-08-2015 10:45 PM

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I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

willem445 07-09-2015 04:22 PM

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Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

Gregski 07-11-2015 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by willem445 (Post 7235875)
Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

I think I shoved large paper paper towels into the intake openings in the heads, not the half sheet ones, don't sweat it too much unless you get metal shavings in there, or wire brush bristles, if you get some dirt it will blow out, I don't recommend being sloppy, but I would not dismantle the engine if a tiny piece of dirt fell in, know what I mean, share some pics, so I can live vicariously through you, hee hee

Gregski 07-11-2015 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rajincajintj (Post 7235112)
I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

kind words, thank you, here's how the Greg spent a couple days, God bless daughters my 10 year old dropped off the Walkie Talkie and said use it daddy when you need anything

Two Things

1. What kid plays with walkie talkies these days?!?!?! right guys, know what I'm saying, how cool is that

and B. about 10 mintues later she wanted to rip the walkie talkie out of my cold dead hands, since I was like BEEP can I have a glass of water, BEEP, can I have some ice... BEEP BEEP how about a bendy straw, LOL


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