Well, at long last . . . an answer: The answer was actually present several weeks ago, but the film of my back had been . . . yes, misread by my own doctor - who passed the film off as normal with the exception of the normal degeneration of a spine in a woman of a certain age. Perhaps this led, at least, one physician, to believe that all accounts of my suffering, on my behalf, were certainly exaggerated. Wednesday morning . . . I could go on no longer. Just couldnt. The pain was the kind that would leave a compassionate person to put an animal, going through the same thing, down. I called the spine center, told them, again, my plight; arrangements were made for another MRI in the evening. I was so worried about this because once I am down, like the elderly woman who has fallen and cant get up, to have to rest in that narrow tube on my back would mean, not only, that I couldnt get up, but that in doing so Id once again be faced with the kind of pain, which over the last weeks, has actually made me pass out. As I was in the tube, even with all the banging and knocking, about half way through the scan, I could hear someone clearly say, in an upraised voice, Oh, My God - that poor woman. After a second, I thought they must be speaking about someone else. Long story short - they werent. My back is fractured, deeply, and in kind of a spread, in two areas of my lower back. Dear God. Im not a baby nor did I imagine the pain. I was sent immediately to the ED for further evaluation by the Spine/Pain team. Wound up spending the night, given oxycodone - which helped tremendously. Was told this morning that the kind of fractures I have cause unbearable pain (no shit, Sherlock) and that the docs had no idea how Id made it to work, could even rise from my bed etc. The fractures appear to be in a place, where if movement is isolated - could benefit and heal from conservative approaches. The first, this amazing back brace, (yes, its cumbersome, awkward and rather uncomfortable - uncomfortable? who cares?)which has already lifted me out of the depths of hell. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It will take a while longer for noticeable healing to take place, because all the movement over the last 60 days has radically increased the swelling and nerve irritation - so Ill be in it for 8 to 12 weeks. I would wear it for the rest of my life just to experience this small respite Im having as I write. So filled with gratitude.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:14:31 +0000
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