I took a fall on Friday morning after losing my balance when my whole leg was asleep. I managed to give myself a compression fracture on my L4 vertebrae. Not fun.
I am in a lot of pain in spite of the medicine given me. I was told healing would take up to six weeks or longer. And I need to see a neurosurgeon in 6 weeks to assess my healing.
I am typically a very active 70 year old who exercises frequently, clean my own home, mow my lawn, prune bushes and weed gardens. I have never been an invalid. So this is very frustrating for me.
I was told I cannot bend, lift, or twist for at least 6 weeks. I couldn’t anyway bc of the pain.
I am asking for prayers for complete healing as I don’t want to have to go through any surgery in the future for this. Also need prayers for pain.
Thanks in advance to all you prayer frog warriors out there.
Whatever you do, do NOT take calcium supplements! They make bones more brittle, not stronger! This is a causal factor in increased fractures from falls since calcium started being pushed as a solution for a problem that was invented by statistics. I'm not near my info stash atm, but see if you can find The Epoch Times article on calcium and the history of osteoporosis
I don’t take calcium supplements any longer. Ditched them in the 90’s when a gym trainer told me how bad they were.
stringer? casual?
You might like to correct that. :-)
Okay fixed, thank you. Was out with my phone swiping quickly, sorry.
Calcium depletion may increase when you don't take enough potassium in. That is indeed the danger with taking in calcium without potassium. Calcium supplements are very hard to work with so for the average person it is best to avoid!
Even calcium lactate?
We use it for fevers and it works every single time.
I'm talking those daily junk pills for bones, not spot treatment for fever
Ah ok. Calcium carbonate or all forms of calcium?
Any daily pills, we do not need them. Spot treatments for individual maladies excepted.