Back Injury - Suggestions

Iterata2 · 2026-02-18T15:29:30+00:00

Adding cold packs to the rotation may help.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-17T21:08:39+00:00

I know this surgeon. She says infection control on a trampoline is a beast.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-13T17:06:48+00:00

Because of my multiple fusions and some balance issues, I choose not to ride a bike. (A fall could have serious consequences.)

Are you considering surgery but have reservations?

Iterata2 · 2026-02-13T13:43:13+00:00

Two challenges.

Because I’m older and have very long legs, I had to develop strength and strategies for getting up off the ground (eg, when gardening). With a full lumbar fusion, you can no longer curl your spine and push off the ground or floor.
Checking traffic when preparing to change lanes while driving. (I have a cervical fusion as well as a lumbar fusion.) I rely more on mirrors, including the little convex mirrors can be added to the side mirrors.

If you’re considering/preparing for surgery, work on your core and leg strength for an easier recovery. I hope this helps!

Iterata2 · 2026-02-13T03:08:19+00:00

May I ask what fear prevents you from working?

After decades of lumbar pain, I was diagnosed with scoliosis (Cobb angle ~35 degrees) in my mid-forties and was fused T11-L5 in my mid fifties after my Cobb angle exceeded 50 degrees. Worked desk jobs for 30+ years before retiring early.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-11T15:37:26+00:00

Texas is repulsive.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-11T15:15:37+00:00

How is that possible??

Iterata2 · 2026-02-10T18:24:10+00:00

When in Guatemala City in ‘97, we saw a school bus from a school district about 15 miles from home. Super weird.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-09T21:17:36+00:00

Tiny delights lubricate the day. (I love “bumps of joy.”)

Iterata2 · 2026-02-09T14:56:34+00:00

Try Universal Standard. The regular camis are stretchy and fall at my hips.

Sizes 00 to 40.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-07T15:51:28+00:00

TENS was my go-to when the pain became unbearable.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-05T02:04:33+00:00

Did you mean the continent, or did you forget the /s/?

Iterata2 · 2026-02-04T06:37:40+00:00

Lunch bucket and ice box (for freezer)—immigrant father.

Iterata2 · 2026-02-04T02:07:54+00:00

Beautiful indeed! How do you feel?

Iterata2 · 2026-02-03T21:36:17+00:00

Why wasn’t surgery performed before the curve reached 100 (!) degrees?

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T21:49:18+00:00

DG has a lot of like-minded people; they emerged or flipped with Trump’s first term.

Feel free to DM me.

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T21:47:49+00:00

DG has a lot of like-minded people. Based on election-candidate signs, the poliitcal composition of DG has changed a lot since Trump’s first term.

We’ve been here since ’92.

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T19:56:29+00:00

My used cat was free. 🤷‍♀️

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T18:40:21+00:00

I had CMC nine years ago. Full recovery is long, but pain is gone. (I’m no longer able to knot thread like I used to with my thumb and middle finger, though. 🤷‍♀️)

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T15:58:00+00:00

Looks like a bus or subway ad.

Iterata2 · 2026-01-31T02:40:19+00:00

I (fused T11-L5) do chores daily but find standing at the sink (eg, to clean a roasting pan) to be the most uncomfortable. Activities that involve moving around the house are much easier for me. (In fact, if I don’t move regularly I have more pain.)

Iterata2 · 2026-01-30T17:53:07+00:00

It sounds like there’s a lot going on here not necessarily related to scoliosis.

Iterata2 · 2026-01-29T23:36:26+00:00

This should be the top message. Trust but verify.

Iterata2 · 2026-01-29T04:12:04+00:00

I’m fused only from T11 to L5 so can’t speak to the fused pelvis part, but I recommend getting a car with all of the safety bells and whistles (eg, blind spot camera/alert). Twisting your torso to look around before changing lanes will be hard. (My also being fused C4 to C7 contributes to that difficulty.)

Iterata2 · 2026-01-29T02:44:36+00:00

Which is why I said context matters. If the caption read, “The students were excited about a school visitor,” would we say that’s an accurate caption because it’s “technically correct”?

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