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.
dunno how much it'll help, but look into something called Methylsulfonylmethane or MSM for short. I read somewhere that it can help with healing, because it acts as a secondary oxygen transport, bringing more oxygen to all parts of the body, which is beneficial for healing of injuries. it can also help you workout longer, and make workouts less painful for much the same reason.
ease into the stuff, though, OP, it's about as toxic as water, but it has two main side effects that I noticed;