Getafix

Deadstar, Have been reading your posts and and have been meaning for sometime to offer some encouragement from a fellow sufferer. My backs fucked. I am 43, had my first back surgery for exactly your issues at 23 and last October I had my second lot of surgery on the same discs. I still lead a pretty active life, ride dirtbikes most weekends, have a big garden I suffer for regularly etc. I know how debilitating physically and mentally these injuries are. I was living in NZ at the time my back gave up and had 3 years off work while they tried every type of treatment. Back then back surgery on a young person was last resort though clearly what was needed. My marriage fell apart and a whole host of other shit went sideways due to my inability to cope with being immobolised when I had been such an active person. I really feel and understand your despair. The constant pain is draining to say the least. Surgery improved my life no end to the point I almost forgot my limitations and last year blew it again. Pregabalin helped immensely last year. I worked up till the day of my surgery on that shit so if you can take it, do it. Back is now 60%. I still ride all the time. Good days, bad days but once you accept this is how it is you just get on with it. I still live in a degree of constant pain of which there is no point complaining about, it is what it is, but at this point i'm still doing all the things I want but am much more conscious of my limitations. No offence to any previous posters but for fucks sake stay a million miles away from the weights! Walking, swimming are great. Swimming especially for your core strength. Anyway the surgery will be a godsend though not a cure and if you are careful you will have many many years of post surgery relief. I hope it all goes well for you mate. Getafix

Yip can't wait for flowers again this summer.

Take care mate. You have been a valuable contributor round here for a long time. Getafix

Hi Eg, That plant was grown from seed from Tripsis. I received it as a very small seedling along with many others. Everyone of the Pach x Tersch show quite different characteristics from that batch. I will post pics of all 5 or 6 of them at the weekend. Everything I received from Tripsis grew true to form so have had no reason to doubt their parentage. Having said that i obviously can't be 100% sure of the parents so maybe was a seedling that got mixed up or miss labelled. Getafix

I'll take a wild guess and say cacttttttttttttttttttttttttuusss. Am i close EG? Getafix

Welcome mate. Hang around here and your collection will be out of control before you know it! As Zed said cacti can certainly be obtained from other states. Enjoy your time here. Getafix

Very very nice mate!

Nice Bullit, he's looks good. Here's my boy Zeke at 13 months. He has a fair bit of filling out to do but he's coming along nicely. Getafix

Nitrogen, Would love to grow more more of your amasing crosses. Getafix

Hey Nitrogen, I will post some pics of psycho0 x N1 over the weekend. I have just planted a heap out into the ground from your 2012 seed batch. Getafix

Hey eg that plant is actually a pach x terscheckii

I have a plant with similar looking attributes, slightly more spines and none of the above crosses mentioned Getafix

Agree with Zed, definitely some Knuthianus in there. Very nice plant. Getafix

You'll be okay mate. Been under the knife a few times myself, you just gotta trust the surgeons. Keep us posted on your recovery. Getafix

Hey olive good to see you back around.

I have 4 avo plants growing from seed. No idea what variety they are but they look fucking great. Fruit. ...who knows

Use it. Getafix

Agreed. It will be a loss if he goes. Getafix

A comment you made earlier I think Mutant about Aries breaking or hurting themselves and those around them kinda rang true. I am an Aries and am in a constant state of breaking myself physically and mentally with those around me collateral damage. I really try not to assert my all or nothing approach to life on those close to me but shit just happens. Not really into astrology but have found this thread really interesting just like many of your other threads mutant. Good work Getafix

Great read, thanks ND.

I got rinsed and played in the frost Getafix

Yes please! Getafix

Hey mate, The Terscheckii x from me is a Terscheckii x Psycho0. Cheers

Never seen a Knuthianus with spines like that. I wonder if it could be a Knuthianus x ? Getafix

Hey Incog, Wish this was a little closer to home. I'm a mad keen fisherman. Would love to catch and release some of those beautiful Cod. Getafix