In mid-May I fractured my L4 verterbrae. I have had Osteopenia/Osteoporosis for almost 20 years. I ended up having the verterbrae collapse and now am facing major surgery in two weeks. Both my fall and the collapse were probably because my bone density was not good.

It will be a two day surgery on Sept 27th and Sept 28th. I am scheduled to have the verterbrae removed with a cage fusion placed from L2 to S1.

I have never broken any bones before nor have I ever had any major surgery. I am 70 years old. I was a very active person before falling, doing three minute planks exercising daily with women much younger than I am, riding my bike and doing all my own landscaping/gardening. So the last 4 months walking with a walker and now a cane has been very hard on my psyche.

I am not jabbed but signed a release to get a transfusion because my husband who is also not jabbed insisted I do so. Still I let my surgeon know I am not comfortable with a transfusion. Please pray it will NOT be needed.

In the meantime, I am now considered at high risk for fractures and am giving myself injections of bone protein (currently on a sample of tymolos but will be on forteo after the script is approved).

As a believer I do not fear death. However, I do not wish to end up with any permanent pain or disability. Nor do I wish to have this surgery fail and have to go back in for more surgery. I read up on lumbar spinal fusions and discovered there is a 50% failure rate.

So please pray I make it through surgery without any blood transfusions. That I have a successful surgery and heal up properly.

Thanks in advance to all you prayer warriors!