laytonian said:

purplefam99 said:

laurarichardson said:

There are scares on his legs mentioned in the short report and the surgery is mentioned in the Ebony article. I am not sure why so many people do not believe he had this surgery. It shows you the agenda that some people have that Prince never really had a reason to use pain meds in the first place. Or the idea that he never saw a doctor. Just stupid and shows a lack of critical thinking skills.

in Mayte's book she say something about folks wanting him to join Scientology and Prince

says i don't need anyone to tell me how to be with God. this Let me know that Prince had the where with

all to make a decision to have surgery if he so chose. I don't think he would have let a "religion" keep

him from that. i think he knew God didn't mind surgery. imo.

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Oh, thank the good Lord that Prince never got into that Scientology B.S.!! Prince was a God loving Man; he didn't need that brain-washing malarkey!!

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Yes, Prince was seeing a doctor, but he wasn't getting proper pain management and he was taking pills prescribed in KJs name. So that tells me, he was trying to manage his pain all on his own (well, with the help of his enablers); and that is not good.

Strawberrylova123 said:

rogifan said:

Why?

I don't know why..just a feelin

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Maybe, but if it does, how do we know it would be legit?

laytonian said:

80tomato said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

Seahorsie said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

I have a weird feeling that the full autopsy will be leaked soon in the future

I may have imagined this, but didn't Reelz channel do with segment that was the Autopsy of Prince?

Yeah they did where a ME or whatever he is took the same info available to all of us and gave his scenerio of what could have happened.

Seahorsie said:

It has been mentioned here multiple times as far back as 2005/2006 that there was a hip problem with possible surgery.

I'm glad he did it and I loathe myself for every time I had the thought of him degenerating without even trying.

It's just logic he started painkillers before the surgery, or he wouldn't need surgery in the first place — duh!

I'm in awe when I look at all the 2010's, he went all peace and love
while being in constant pain. He wasn't bitter. He didn't shut down.
He was cooler than ever. And in pain.

laurarichardson said:

laytonian said:

I posted confirmation of this over a year ago. Secondly, he was using painkillers before the surgery. Reported publicly by Roger Friedman in 2009. http://prince.org/msg/7/429819

But he had the surgery in 2009 and May have been on an Rx since Scotty the engineer said he was in a lot of pain during the Musicology tour.

It's really not that hard if you want a date: just look at the performances for every year,
and the one where the splits are gone, it's the beginning.

I don't like the Rave Smurf Suite because I can still picture him
doin' splits in repetition in 1999 (at 41), not knowing (or maybe careless?)
what he's putting his body through.

bonatoc said:

muleFunk said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

muleFunk said:

It has been mentioned here multiple times as far back as 2005/2006 that there was a hip problem with possible surgery.

Yes rumors SOME fans didn't believe.

I wasn't surprised at all.
Look at him moving. All these years, all these shows.

There's a short viideeo of him walking thru an airport on youtube and he has a slight limp. But his dear wife Mayte' says in her book that he was on painkillers back in the late 90's.

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

rogifan said:

bonatoc said:

It's really not that hard if you want a date: just look at the performances for every year,
and the one where the splits are gone, it's the beginning.

I don't like the Rave Smurf Suite because I can still picture him
doin' splits in repetition in 1999 (at 41), not knowing (or maybe careless?)
what he's putting his body through.

Ok now I can’t get Rave Smurf Suit out of my head.

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Hey! I loved him in that metallic blue get-up! He was sexxxy!!

Does anyone remember the motorcycle accident that he had in the early 90's?

laurarichardson said:

purplefam99 said:

laurarichardson said:

There are scares on his legs mentioned in the short report and the surgery is mentioned in the Ebony article. I am not sure why so many people do not believe he had this surgery. It shows you the agenda that some people have that Prince never really had a reason to use pain meds in the first place. Or the idea that he never saw a doctor. Just stupid and shows a lack of critical thinking skills.

in Mayte's book she say something about folks wanting him to join Scientology and Prince

says i don't need anyone to tell me how to be with God. this Let me know that Prince had the where with

all to make a decision to have surgery if he so chose. I don't think he would have let a "religion" keep

him from that. i think he knew God didn't mind surgery. imo.

That was Doug E. Fresh.

I was told that around the same time (somewhere after her departure from the NewPower Soul Festival), the CoS was helping Chaka kick her alcohol (and possibly other) habits.

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

There's a short viideeo of him walking thru an airport on youtube and he has a slight limp. But his dear wife Mayte' says in her book that he was on painkillers back in the late 90's.

Ive seen that , in fact watched it a few times

because I noted the limp and that it was obvious he was trying really hard

to disguise it as his usual swag..

it comes across as slightly exaggerated until you watch again and then it guts you !

Musicology period was when I first noticed a change in his complexion too...

He lost a little of his Glow....

Strawberrylova123 said:

1BillyJackBitch said:

bonatoc said:

laurarichardson said:

laytonian said: But he had the surgery in 2009 and May have been on an Rx since Scotty the engineer said he was in a lot of pain during the Musicology tour.

It's really not that hard if you want a date: just look at the performances for every year,
and the one where the splits are gone, it's the beginning.

I don't like the Rave Smurf Suite because I can still picture him
doin' splits in repetition in 1999 (at 41), not knowing (or maybe careless?)
what he's putting his body through.

I saw him do the splits on 9th Dec 2000 and the Aladdin. I can't recall anyone on here saying they saw him do the splits subsequently.