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murielm99

(31,525 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:25 PM Feb 2024

Has anyone here had compression fractures

in their spine? This is the third time for me, and now I have two of them at once. The first two times, I went about my business. This time, I can barely leave the couch. I can't drive, cook, clean, or do my usual activities, including my GOTV and other activist events. This has been going on since the third week of December.

I am thinking about having the surgery to fill in the cracks with a cement-like material. It is supposed to be easy and minimally invasive. The pain is getting better, but it is still excruciating.

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Has anyone here had compression fractures (Original Post) murielm99 Feb 2024 OP
I hope you're getting pain meds. Basic LA Feb 2024 #1
Im so sorry XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #2
a few of them, yes. ShepKat Feb 2024 #3
I am sorry. murielm99 Feb 2024 #4
I am grateful- ShepKat Feb 2024 #5
 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
1. I hope you're getting pain meds.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:34 PM
Feb 2024

They've gotten a bad rap lately & doctors are loathe to prescribe them. But in your situation, taken as prescribed, they're safe and effective and necessary. Best wishes through this terrible time.

ShepKat

(432 posts)
3. a few of them, yes.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 03:12 PM
Feb 2024

it sucks- I have ehlers danlos cl/tnxb - I can expect more. I can't take prescriptions, either.

ShepKat

(432 posts)
5. I am grateful-
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 08:30 PM
Feb 2024

could be worse, and has been. Movement is conscious, heaven help me if it isn't

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