Well, I got my answers

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Hello, everyone,

Lefty here, also known as /NewYork.

My doctor and I had that conversation, you know, the one where he

tells me to rest, rest, and more rest.

He wants me to take muscle relaxants and rest both my legs and my

arms, so, if you don't hear from me these next few days, I'll

hopefully be in bed resting.

Fat chance of that happening, but I'll give it a shot. I have to,

I'm extremely sick and tired of all the setbacks I've been having.

After resting in bed for a year and a half,well, I don't like to

stay in bed longer than I have to. I was " resting " at the Northern

Westchester Hospital Center from September, 1995 to March, 1997, for

that " on the job " injury I had and still have. So, you can see I get

a bit antsy about bed rest.

Even during my last hospital stay in 2004, I couldn't stay in bed

for more than two days, I couldn't use those bed pans, so I waited

until late at night to use the bathroom, believe me, I tried not to

go, but when nature calls, ha,ha,ha. I " paid for it too " , my lumbar

hurt worse that night.

When I went to the emergency room, they gave me Morphine, and it

didn't help at all! They then had me taken to x-ray and called my

Neurosurgeon, he confirmed my back problem to the ER Dr , who

thought I was there just for drugs.

My doctor straigthened his butt out. I had to wait several hours

before they could give me a pain killer that worked great, it was

demerol, every six hours.

The following day, I was taken to get an MRI on the Lumbar to

confirm the fractures. And additional problem, called an osteophyte

on level four.

I had two additional fractured vertabrea's that time in my Lumbar

at L-4 And L-5 area's, they were in each facet joint(the part that

you can feel when you touch your back), that was the operation that

was supposed to remove( cutt away part of the facet joint's to

relieve pressure on the nerve roots) both facet joints and replace

them with cages and rods and more screws. I decided not to go

through with it. I chose a more conservative approach. I just did

several month's of intensive physical therapy then.

I'll wait until five o'clock, then call my Pharmacist to see if

they got the prescription faxed to them, I will have to get them,

since the girlfriend is still at work and wont be home until after

they close their doors.

It is only a few blocks, so I'll, put on the braces and walk real

slow. Take my medicine and hope for the best.

Take care and enjoy your day, also try to be as pain free as

possible.

/ New York