I wish I didn’t. But life does not always give you a choice.
By Prof. William J. Cole, Jr., DO – Double Board-Certified in PM&R Interventions & Regenerative Medicine
There are moments when your life divides into two parts: before… and after. Mine happened when I woke up from surgery.
When I woke up from the cervical spinal decompression surgery for the large bone spurs that were crushing my right C-7 nerve root, rendering my right arm useless, and robbing me of any sleep for the last 30-days and 30-nights….
I leaned forward and felt this ripping sensation, deep in my neck, and then the shooting electrical cattle prod type pain went down to all my arms and legs with searing nerve pain.
This is NOT like any other type of pain, and those who have experienced True Neurologic Pain know how intense and unrelenting nerve pain can be.
I then reached up to touch my “Standard Operating Procedure Neck Safety Collar, WHICH WAS NOT THERE!”
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE?
I didn’t freak out like most people… I GOT MAD AS HELL… I WAS FURIOUS!
How could this happen? Who was responsible? Why me? Am I going to be able to walk? Will I be able to work as a Doctor? Will I recover? How will I provide for my Lovely New Wife? What can I do to reverse the damage? And what the F___ Were They Thinking When They Are Operating on Another Doctor..?
That moment—right there—was the moment I realized I was potentially going to be a quadriplegic.
The difficulty became evident years before after a young girl fell asleep while driving and I was a passenger and she ran into the guardrail at 80 miles an hour where I went headfirst into the corner post with no airbag.
Of course, this was a devastating injury, which forced me to have Multiple Surgeries to “Decompress my bilateral Ulnar nerves” as my arms became useless, “Reattach my Bicep Tendon 3 times” within 5 weeks, “inject my Collar Bone” on Both Sides as it had been displaced one inch medial and shoved on top of my chest wall, and had “Countless Cervical Injection” due to the worsening neck pain and Endless PT that Just Did Not Work.
I survived these challenges, as “I am a Hardhead”, which anyone who knows me can confirm, but then the “Real Pain” started.
I STOPPED SLEEPING ALL TOGETHER
Read that again: I stopped sleeping altogether. Not “I had trouble sleeping.” Not “I was uncomfortable.” I stopped sleeping.
It took a few years for this massive bone spur to develop, but after it started crushing my C7 spinal nerve and I had no choice but to have it removed.
And if you’ve ever been there—where your body won’t let you rest—then you already know what happens next: you stop thinking clearly, you stop healing, you stop functioning, you stop being You!
Losing the use of your arms twice is devastating enough, let alone realizing that you may not be able to use your arms or legs in the future. That’s why I was so upset and furious post-surgery when I realized that this was a Real Possibility.
It’s one thing to be hurt. It’s another thing to look into the future and realize you may never walk again or hold your loved ones. And if you’ve ever had that moment, then you know exactly what I mean, as “I Have Been Exactly Where You Are Now!”
I then told my partner at the time that we had this Amazing Ultra PRP treatment that he was going to perform in my epidural space and rebuild my spinal cord. He looked at me and said, “Never heard of it!” I said, “I Don’t Care! That’s What We’re Going to do…”
The “Future Me”
So, I had a series of Ultra PRP epidural procedures performed in my cervical spinal canal, which Rebuilt My Spinal Cord and changed the course of my life forever.
But the real breakthrough wasn’t the procedure… it was what it forced me to understand about what all patients go through and the pain that they suffer due to the limitations of traditional medicine.
You’re getting PAIN Signals. Signals are your body’s warning signs. And when you decode them, you stop guessing and start making decisions that actually make sense, and this is How I Became the Future Me.
The “Future You”
Are You Ready to Meet the “Future You”?
Is it someone in crippling pain and dysfunction so bad that they just Gave Up? Will you stop participating in life? Will you just take another pill or schedule yet ANOTHER surgery, when the first ones didn’t work?
What do you do with the frustration, anger, shame, guilt, insomnia, anxiety, depression, embarrassment, and inadequacy that comes from “Unfulfilled Dreams?”
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT PAIN
Now, instead, I want you to take a minute… Close Your Eyes, and IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT PAIN.
Without any of the negative feedback from your body, brain, friends, or family. What would your life be like to live life to the fullest, free from endless drugs and surgeries? You are happy, healthy, pain free, and living the best life you can imagine.
Who would you be if you had no pain? What would you do? Where would you go? What would you accomplish? What does YOUR LIFE look like? Do you want to know how to get to the “Future You”?
Where is YOUR Pain…?
The body, back, brain, bones, or BioMet…?
Well, THAT is what we can figure out together, along with how these problems affect every aspect of your life, now and in the future, and how to properly identify the real pain and problem generators.
Then, how to work toward resolution to live your best life—the Future You.
Pain is your body telling you that something is wrong, so LISTEN TO YOUR BODY as you know it better than any doctor.
Let’s Decode Your Pain Signals.
Then Let’s “Have the Body Heal the Body”®, as There is Nothing on God’s Green Earth That Can Heal the Body Better Than the Body… Nothing!
We All Know This, Right?
Do you want to know how…?
“The Future You” is Waiting!
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