Fractured spine

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Lexidh

Posted: 7/26/2009 1:29 PM

Subject: Fractured spine

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My spine was crushed together at TH7 in february. It‘s still too painful for me to even think about going off any painkillers, and no one is offering me any advice on how to get better. So I‘m asking; what can I do to make it better? Is there anything other than just sitting around and waiting for it to heal properly and my muscles around it to adjust? And is my severe fibromyalgia making this worse than it would have been without it?

And: why MUST doctors always poke you in something if they know it hurts like hell? Here I am on oxycontin and lyrica and still I have no life after 6 months because it hurts too much, and my new doctor had to poke and prod in it. Jiiz. It‘s like that every time I see someone new. Even a gynocologist wanted to "look" at it while I was in the hospital for something completely different!

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Posted: 8/3/2009 10:16 PM

Subject: Fractured spine

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Lexidh wrote:

My spine was crushed together at TH7 in february. It�s still too painful for me to even think about going off any painkillers, and no one is offering me any advice on how to get better. So I�m asking; what can I do to make it better? Is there anything other than just sitting around and waiting for it to heal properly and my muscles around it to adjust? And is my severe fibromyalgia making this worse than it would have been without it?

And: why MUST doctors always poke you in something if they know it hurts like hell? Here I am on oxycontin and lyrica and still I have no life after 6 months because it hurts too much, and my new doctor had to poke and prod in it. Jiiz. It�s like that every time I see someone new. Even a gynocologist wanted to "look" at it while I was in the hospital for something completely different!

Hi Lexidh,

I‘m sorry to hear about your spinal injury and the pain you are going through with that. Unfortunately the "poking and proding" is part of the physical exam which can tell a doctor a lot about the exact location, extent, and severity of the injury; but I understand it must be very uncomfortable.

I don‘t know enough details about your injury to suggest anything specific, but I would recommend getting a consult with an orthopedic specialist, maybe an orthopedic surgeon.

DrWS

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