Results from MRI .... No Wonder My Back Hurt!!!!

idlehunters
idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hey Everybody!

My back has been hurting ever since I fell and hit it on the corner of my desk. This was 2 days before xmas. Had an MRI done and just got the results....my spine is fractured at the L7!!! Go figure! If it wasn't for bad luck...I'd have no luck. Now I have to go see a bone specialist and figure out what the plan will be. Oh well..... it cud be worse. I will just smile and leave it at that. I have dealt with much worse. Ya'll have a good day....I'm heading to the medicine cabinet for the Oxycodone.... :) PEACE!

Jennie

Comments

  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    I hope
    I hope you feel better,I know how you feel,everytime I started to get better,something else would go wrong.I hope everything works out.
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    Holy Moly! My eyes bugged
    Holy Moly! My eyes bugged out when I read that one! I bet you do hurt!

    Good luck with the back doc. :)
  • just4Brooks
    just4Brooks Member Posts: 980 Member
    Dang...
    Hi Jennie, That's one heck of a fall. Isn't funny the older we get thet when we fall we dont do it as graceful as when we were kids and it seems to hurt alot more!!


    Life is funny sometimes
    Brooks
  • christinecarl
    christinecarl Member Posts: 543 Member
    Ouch
    Damn girl that sounds painful, I hope you can stay pain free and heal soon
  • Paula G.
    Paula G. Member Posts: 596
    Woops
    I am amazed that it is not killing you. You did mention pain killers so that might be why. I hope they can fix you up without going through a lot more stuff. Love Paula
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    Goodness!
    Yikes! I hope you heal well and feel better soon.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • Fight for my love
    Fight for my love Member Posts: 1,522 Member
    Well,that must hurt.Good
    Well,that must hurt.Good luck to you with the bone doctor.Get well soon.Take care.
  • lizzydavis
    lizzydavis Member Posts: 893

    Well,that must hurt.Good
    Well,that must hurt.Good luck to you with the bone doctor.Get well soon.Take care.

    Hope the bone specialist will help with good info.
    Hope the bone specialist will help with good info. Let us know how it goes. Hope you feel better soon!
  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    Hurtin' for Certain
    Hi Jennie

    You said you were in some pain doing your visit - but you soldiered on so well...time to rest that back and get yourself patched back up.

    Falls sure can be dangerous - and we're not spring chickens anymore :)

    -Craig
  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    Oh Jennie!
    Oh My! What do they do for that? Just rest? PT? Surgery?

    Gosh I'm sorry to hear this but I'm so glad you know what it is and it's not something icky (c word).

    Diane
  • eric38
    eric38 Member Posts: 583
    OOOOWWWW!!!!!!
    OUCH!!!!!! My hat is off to you for toughing it out as long as you did. No wonder you left early. You could`ve held out longer. What a wimp! The bone wasn`t showing. Suck it up!
    I am kidding. You are one tough gal. I`m surprised you even made it to Texas but I am glad you did. Keep on taking the good pain meds and stay cancer free.

    Eric
  • ron50
    ron50 Member Posts: 1,723 Member
    the survivors code
    (((((Jennie))))) " A good day is when nothing REALLY bad happens" Wishing you a swift recovery,Ron.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    Wow
    I can't imagine why you would be hurting (just kidding). That just sounds so painful and I assume you were in pain the minute that happened until and up to now. I'm glad that they found out what had happened and they have a plan of action with getting you to a specialist. Let us know how you are doing and hoping you feel better very soon.

    Kim
  • idlehunters
    idlehunters Member Posts: 1,787 Member

    Wow
    I can't imagine why you would be hurting (just kidding). That just sounds so painful and I assume you were in pain the minute that happened until and up to now. I'm glad that they found out what had happened and they have a plan of action with getting you to a specialist. Let us know how you are doing and hoping you feel better very soon.

    Kim

    **** UPDATE on Spine Fracture *****
    Hey Everybody!!!! Thank you all for the kind words!!! Craig and Eric ..... I would not let anything keep me from a Cowboy game..... Did you see them kick butt again tonite....with those silly Eagles!!! Sorry Eagle fans!

    Anyway...on with the update. My spine is fractured at the T7. This is evidently the bone to fracture is ya gotta fracture one. It is self healing. No surgery or brace required IF you show signs of healing....and my MRI shows that...sooooo, that is good. The part we are not sure of is the fact that I have developed "sciatica (sp?)" Thats where yaa get these pains going down your butt and leg.... THAT is what hurts so bad. My back barely hurts. Now they are thinking I may have another fracture in my lumbar area since this is a different set of nerves than what affect the thoratic area where the first fracture is. BOY!!! This really sucks. Just get NED and now this. I have to go for testing this coming week to get that sciatica thing figured out..... Oh Well.....

    jennie