@cowboy sam Thank you for your kind words. As time goes on, there is less pain. I feel pain more when I have on this vest thing. It wraps so tight around me. It's to keep me from bending.
This coming Thursday I have to do video conferencing with my regular ortho Dr. I don't know if I told you guys but that office kept me 'hanging' so to speak about where I was to go about the terrible back pain.
I'd had the x-ray and the regular Dr finally said, "You have one or more broken vertebra". Then I didn't hear from them and no one in their office answered. They have now expanded to 25 offices. My office was the first to start all of these offices.
I finally got in touch with the first office in a round about way and was put in touch with the office I am now going to. This Dr specializes in broken vertebra and was one of the first in this group. I saw her before so she was a little familiar to me. (Side note: When I saw her probably 5 or 6 years ago she'd just had twins and this time (again) she'd just had a baby and was back to work....first week). Aren't females amazing? We work while making a human life. Give birth to the human life...and go back to work. I know women who go somewhere at work...pump milk for the baby and go back to work...
So, I found out that my regular office had someone in the receptionist part come down with the virus. I wasn't worried since I only had contact with my regular PA and (as I've told you guys) I'm a germ-a-phobe anyway normally.
So I had an X-ray, CT scan, MRI and lots of blood work. This new Dr told me she looks for things in the blood that most Drs don't. It has to do with my body and how it can heal. I'm familiar with that because I have IGG and very little immunity against anything.
I like this new(er) Dr because she's not one to immediately rush through. She believes in letting the body do what it's good at..."healing".
That's why I have to wear the vest when I'm up just to see if it will heal on its own, thus not have to 'cement' the vertebra or perform more serious measures.
Fingers crossed because it's always good when the body heals itself (it often does a better job)..Ha!
Sorry to post so much here but I know you guys are familiar with my bla bla posts and I'm sure you'll be able to ignore this. I just happened to see @cowboy sam post and started answering her.
Well, I've been up for about 1 hour or more. I am going to go back to bed. I've never been one to only see the bad in anything. I think I'm lucky because seeing the things that could have gone wrong and didn't dwell on them (my grandma used to call it borrowing trouble when you project ahead and dwell on the negative).
I do miss coming on here more and look forward to being able to come on here more often like I'm used to doing.
I'm here in Northern Va (as many of you know). My daughter and friends have said our Governor opened up more of Va but kept the Northern Va area closed more. The problems are not so much where I am (as our houses are far apart and it's different), but within our area there are little towns with their own government....it's more there and Fairfax, Arlington, etc.
I have learned so much from coming here and reading everyone's posts about every subject.
I feel like I have you guys as friends. I appreciate all of the counsel you guys give to myself and others.
Take care and be safe. Annabellethecat
ps Bill the cat has become a good nurse. But there's one problem. He doesn't understand that it's me..the human who's supposed to get petted and loved up...he keeps putting his paw (hand) on my arm like, 'pet me...love me..snuggle and feed me...'
I keep saying, "Bill, that's not the way it goes".
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