Phlox And Things

Just when you think you have adjusted to all the pain you have to live with, something stupid happens.
2 Weeks ago I was stepping out of the shower, onto a dry floor, on a dry towel, and my right knee buckled. Yes the one without a meniscus….God be praised I didn’t hit the floor, but I did hit the edge of the shower and the wall pretty hard.

Both of my doctors were out on vacation, so the next doctor I saw was my pain management doctor.
After she got done explaining what the word stupid meant and how it supremely applied in this case, she sent me for stat x rays.

When we got home I glanced at the calendar and realized I had an appointment with my surgeon that afternoon.

Back to S.E. Imaging to get a copy of the x-ray on disk. Dr Lowell read them and said you have a new fracture at L-3. Great, wonderful, the best news is that the treatment for this , is to inject a cement like material into it to stabilize the vertebrae.

He said NO WAY was he taking a chance of my body rejecting that, a real nightmare is what he said.
So a brace for 8-10 weeks, an for God’s sake if it gets worse call him.Vertebres will heal is you behave youself

These are spring Phlox that grow nearly everywhere here in Ocala, I put this together so you can admire Tiggers fangs!