[Maria]

At age 87 was diagnosed with a lumbar compression fracture and he had pain for nearly 2 months. I don't know whether it really healed or not but just that it took him that long to feel better. He didn't take any meds for pain at all except Tylenol extra and he could only sit in one chair comfortably with a heating pad. He had trouble getting in and out of bed until it felt better so I'm guessing it took about that amount of time to heal. He also had severe osteoporosis and severe DDD throughout his spine. He was miserable as he'd never had pain before so just kept saying "when is this going to go away?" and "that doctor is crazy.. this should be better by now" to which I had to remind him that these things are slow to heal and boy did I ever feel badly for him. I think it was the first time he ever had any inkling of what type of pain I must have been experiencing all these years!

I hope it doesn't take you any longer than this to feel better or that long even.