summitsprite

hi hi thanks for all the info--- i am doing lots better- no more narcotic pain meds-no kyphoticing- just the reg. slouching which if i want to sit staight i can just put my shell on- does wonders for my posture and does feel supportive when my back is achy- i do think i am a bit shorter though- and it has been a longer process then i thought getting my strength back-- again thanks vic

thanks so much -- it is just such and up and down ride p rn-- a good nurse can always look at a patient and turn them around 190 degrees and see the frown become a smile-- thanks for the smile the sun went behind the clouds and i must remind myself-- i don't have to stand on my head to smile!!! love and light --vic

i have called my friends and screamed --yea!!!! i can walk with out crutches- got the word from up above- the doc- just today -- it doesn't hurt - not really - so now hopefully my burst fractures L1 and L4 will heal faster since there is not the wiggle with crawling or the hopping with the crutches not to mention the Pain in the A__ pinch at my armpits from the TLSO brace- just wanted to let you friends know too love and light vicky

hey guys and girls i had my surgury and if i knew how to cut and paste i'd show you my plate and 6 screws-- appointment this week maybe i can soon weight bare hope they don't have to come back out feel good occational thob of a pain a big pain in the but nonweightbareing i'll be the most compassionate nurse after this love and light vic

i am --- it is nov. 05 -- not sure if it is checked that often but -- i just did-- utah is an unusual state-- propbaly the least amount of nursing agency work in salt lake than any other big city

thanks guys i am now another day along in my recovery and i am in disbelief as to how much better i feel- the burning, pressure and throbbing has almost stopped -- now of course when i am up using my crutches it is a bit different-- my faith in the surgeon is renewed-- i haven't been given P.T. orders only 2 weeks til i see the doc again- but i am wiggling and doing my toe A B C's-- i hope the cast will come off sooner and i can start something-- probably swimming-- then when all is safe back to my near 20 year sport of rock climbing. thanks for the input. vicky

i made a post about my burst fractures last week seems a minorish probblems now- today under 36 hour s/p - i am feeling soo much pain and uncertainty- i wish i would have gotten a third opinion. the doc said i would have arthritis later on if i didn't have surg. now he went in and put 6 screws and a plate compaired to a few screws and he had said i would be wereing a soft support boot and now i have a tight compression hard cast. it was a day surg. which i turned into a 23 hour observation and am spending my first night back - waking in pain 8-9 on a 0-10 scale. the lortab do work a bit -- but no too===== the pain is nothing like 'd expected thanks for letting me air out and you guys being my nurse on your time off does any one have any input- links thanks sooo much vicky

alyca - thanks for the response- i am new to online posting and have just found the notification regarding your response-- i think i'll be learning more and more about how this site works since i'll be rehabing myself - i also fractured my calcaneous and am to be nonweight baring for a while. p.s. happy oct birthday- mine is 10/10

last week after my accident the e.r. doctor told me i had a burst fracture of lumbar 1 and 4. i have a turtle brace to wear for 6 weeks. no one else seems to know much of this terminology, me included. he said it doesn't require surgury, only stablization. that's a large task in itself. does anyone have any info. on this? or any links? much appreciated. ss