D, his back. Part II

Part I here

Part II

So, Danny's back began to get really painful and sore after trimming. Or, actually, working strenously with his back any day. It had been getting sore before, but he finally went with me to the Chiropractor, who after cracking and creaking his entire back, which he loved by the way, told him that he had probably already has arthritis in his back and it is just not going to be feasible for him to do the back-breaking farrier work that he so wanted/wants to do. He would be wheelchair or chair bound by40,..........etc. etc. Anyway, it would just not be a good thing for him to do to his body. She recommended he come back in and to 'take care of your body' sort of thing, which I told him, but hearing it from her I think got it through. He is a cowboy, a hard-working, no nonsense kind of person and does not stop to worry about himself. You see, Danny has worked hard and played hard all of his life, from football to landscape, hauling around hay bales and working with heavy equipment and 25-50 gallon potted up plants and trees, etc. So, it would really kill his back to put the strain on it that would be on it as a full-time sporthorse farrier, with big horses, so we both decided, unhappily, that it was not meant to be, which was/is hard. So, he is searching. himself and the world for what he really wants to do, and has a passion for doing. Something that will not kill his back. Something outside, something hard working. Cattle ranch perhaps? Tree Nursery? Not sure. Equine Massage therapist or Chiropractor? No idea right now.

Also, it was about this time that our farrier, at WAF, after years of work, had to go in for hip surgery because of his job, and the toll it had taken on him. Another farrier in the area also had to recently retire because of his back. These guys were not old either. In their 40's-50's.
Danny just couldnt justify killing himself by age 30-40. So, on to better, brighter things.
-Em