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All good vibs are with Brian as he recovers from his recent back operation.

BRIAN,  Get Well my friend. Your recovery is in my thoughts and prayers today and always.

My love to you,  ~Steve Desper


Reference: >>> http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-wilson-recovering-from-back-surgery-20120914

I hadn't heard, Stephen.  Thanks for posting.

Best wishes, Brian!

I heard this, I was waiting for a thread... Get well soon Brian!!

Hope all stays well for the London gigs - Glad to hear you're well Brian!

Get well soon!

as others have said, get well soon!

Nothing worse than back pain.

Get better Brian!

-by Anthony Bell, Contributing Writer;

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys underwent surgery for lower back problems before the band’s 50th anniversary tour, the musician and songwriter announced on Tumblr on Friday.

The “hereditary” back problems were the same that his younger brother Carl Wilosn suffered from, he said in the letter.

He continued to explain that last week, the problems resurfaced, forcing him to undergo another “cutting edge” procedure, from which he is now recovering but feeling “so much better already.”

Read the full letter from his Tumblr page below:

Hi all,

I’ve been reading the posts where some of you are concerned about my health in general.

I want to let you know that before the Beach Boys 50th tour started I was having some lower back issues right around the time we performed on the Grammys in February. This is the same type of problem that Carl used to suffer from, it's hereditary. But being able to tour with the Boys again meant so much to me that I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Luckily, I was able to get this new cutting edge procedure that totally worked. But after this last run in Australia it came back and I had the procedure redone this week.

I feel so much better already and can't wait to get back to my second home, London!!

See you soon

Love & Mercy

Brian Wilson

Agreed!  I hope all goes well!

Well I hope the big guy shows in London but not at the cost of his health… we'll all live if he has to be elsewhere and we'll still have a ball with Mike, Al, Dave, Bruce and Jeff.

Less than two weeks now, guys n' gals…

"I feel so much better already and can't wait to get back to my second home, London!!" - Brian Wilson

And again, get well soon, Bri! Glad to hear that he's already getting better! I think the fact that he's back with the band and is having a blast contributed a lot to his recovery.

To celebrate his recovery, they will re-record — with slightly revised lyrics — a new version of "Brian's Back."

Scary subject line.  :o

If anyone from Brian's camp is reading this, best wishes to Brian for a speedy (and permanent this time) recovery. Brian, your health comes first!

Darn, wasn't aware of this. Glad to hear he's in good hands and is feeling better already.

Thanks for letting us know about this.

Our Brian's a trooper.

Echoing everyone here - get well big guy!

And after the tour, time to drop some of those LB's. Poundage does a number on a sensitive lower back. After all, too much sugar...

God Bless, Bri - get well(er) soon, my man!  :)

I wasn't aware of this!  :o

Well, I'm glad to hear our dear Brian is already feeling better.  :)

Many prayers of a speedy recovery to you Brian.

God Bless,

Ted

Hope the surgery is successful. It is sad to see our heroes getting old. Little Richard had unsuccessful hip replacement sugery a couple years ago. Sad to see him being wheeled out onstage in a chair.

Take it you've never had renal colic. Thought I was going to die. I'm told gallstones is about as bad.

BTW, nowhere in Brian's statement is the word "surgery" mentioned, rather "proceedure".

I felt the same way, I haven't read any news sites for the last day or two. When I got home from work and checked this I was a little worried that Brian had fallen ill.

Haemorrhoids, now THERE'S painful, 'specially when they snag on a barbed wire fence. Painful? You guys ain't felt nothing yet… Had an in-growing toenail once …

Procedure. Let's not putting spilling miztakes into Mr Wilson's mowf.

The thing with back pain is, it bothers you constantly.  So even though he's in pain, it's not any worse because he's doing concerts or touring, if he was laying at home in bed it would still be driving him crazy.

I'm just glad that they've apparently found some minimally invasive way to treat it for the big guy.  Hate to see Brian not up to snuff, Brian get well soon! 

I'm guessing you've never had severe back pain.

Brian posted to facebook too mentioning a "procedure" on his back. That could be surgery, could be non-surgical intervention. Whatever, he's come out and said he realises people are concerned about his health and he wants to assure fans that he's OK apart from this heredetory back problem that also apparently plagued Carl.

It totally depends on the individual's situation.  For some that may be true, for others certain positions (sitting, for instance) aggravate it much more than others.  And the initial pain could be vertabrate, but from there it may be that nerve or muscle pain has also come into play.

Sounds like a laser discectomy to me.

OHHHH, o.k. I apologize.  Brian should retire. 

Or possibly a rhizotomy.  Those sometimes have to be repeated months or years later.

I'm 15 and I have a ton of back problems, it's all about family history, bad news for Brian... :/

Come on, Ron. Nobody's back pain is the exact same as someone else's, and yes, being in a certain position can aggravate it for certain people. When I'm in horrible physical pain the absolute last thing I want to do was go to work, let alone leave the God damn house. I can't imagine touring with nagging back pain. Sometimes it is better to stay in bed and take it easy as to minimize the pain, while other people are able to press on with whatever and their pain doesn't change either way. No one can say Brian Wilson's back pain stays the same no matter what he's doing except Brian. No one's saying he should retire.

Instead, Melinda should set up a new website, Brianwilsonpresentsnannycam.com, where you can view Brian resting, eating sandwiches, and writing groovy new songs on his synthesiser, 24/7.

Sincerely, this would be the best fucking thing ever.

Wait, you’re not surprised that he’s spouting a narrow view of reality and projecting his experiences onto every other person on the planet, right? Are you really trying to explain his myopia to him?

This idea is genius, and the bloo board would pay big money for this. :lol

Bless you Brian, Feel better soon!

Only in Brian Wilson land... I doubt Macca fans get these sorts of ideas. :)

Best. Post. Ever.

I would quit whatever limited employment engages me at the moment to watch this unceasingly.

Oi!!  >:( :( (Ok i'd have to agree after I just spent about 5 minutes trying to think of something eccentric like that and I couldn't think of one!?) ???