WOW! Huge lumbar episode > 6 years out!

[ans]

I'm glad your x-ray was OK Mark. Did you ask for a CT to make sure (dunno if warranted). You certainly were in pain the last time I saw you. Wishing you well. - Allan

[mmglobal]

The doctor asked for thin sliced CT to review facet condition. I translated that into, "if things aren't good in a few weeks, I'll do the CT".

If this just blows over, I don't even want to know what my facets look like. Remember that this is the first episode of it's kind in 4 years. I (think I) know what I did to provoke it.

Mark

[Maria]

Mark,
A tired spine from all that you do with your business and then a little flight that you gave Zoey sounds just like perfect fodder for *an episode* arising from whatever interacting spinal parts.

Prolonged flexion or repeated flexion and or flexion with any sudden extreme movement seems to be a real shoe in for a rapid onset flare up for me (maybe not as rapid as prolonged sitting).

Be careful young man and thanks for updating us with the good, the bad,and the ugly.. then good again (at least lumbar wise). Here's hoping all's OK in there

[Firerescuefin]

Hey Mark,

I held my breath as I opened your post...probably nowhere near as much as you did as they presented you with the lumbar X-Rays. I am sure that it would be hard to quantify the relief that you experienced when you saw everything right where it should be. I read your posts a couple of times, and regarding the facets, wouldn't the pain associated with them be a gradual onset (unless there was a macro trauma that fractured them) and if this was the case, wouldn't that have been apparent in the X-ray. Our bodies are designed to maintain an environment of homeostasis. Is it posibble your body sensed a measure of instabilty (at ADR level or above) and put the lockdown on you to prevent further instability/injury?

Anyhow, a good post for me to read as we pack our bags. I spoke to someone who had a two level recovery similar to yours. I will never forget what he told me. "I no longer have lower back pain, but I think about my lower back every day"...Between my conversation with him, you, and the others I have read about it reminds me that although we may feel like Superman.....Lex Luther...or one of his demonic back pain superheroes may be right around the corner with the Kryptonite...Let's stay vigilent, and NO MORE THROWING ZOEY FROM THE FLEXED POSITION