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Spinal fracture, severe pain.

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Noddy
Noddy

Hi everyone,

My elderly mum has just come out of hospital after being admitted a week ago with excruciating pain in her lower back. They did a CT scan and found a small compression fracture, likely to be from Osteoporosis. She also had nerve pain in her right thigh, which has now become numb.

The pain started suddenly two weeks ago, it seems like it may have happened during the night when she turned around in bed because she woke up one morning with the pain.

She's taking amitriptyline at night and paracetamol during the day, and a low dose of morphine if she really needs it.

She is still in so much pain, she has no appetite and often feels nauseous from the pain.

Has anyone else in this forum experienced horrendous pain after a spinal fracture, and how long did it take before your pain began to ease?

I'm doing my very best to look after her, but it is so horrible to see her in so much pain and not be able to do much to relieve her pain.

Any advice would be gladly appreciated.

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