All of my stupid health issues!

[AverageOldGuy]

12. Compression fractures

This may not be of any help for you, and, your docs probably know this — still, this may be helpful.

My wife fell a year ago resulting in a compression fracture of L1 vertebra. Docs fixed it with KYPHOPLASTY - two long needles inserted into the vertebra: balloon inserted and inflated, which pumped the vertebra into normal configuration; “super glue” pumped in, which fixed the vertebra in normal configuration; needles withdrawn; 30 minutes from start to finish. KYPHOPLASTY cannot be used on all fractures but I hope this may help you a bit.

We are 80 and 82, living in a small, red, rural Virginia county with 10,000 registered voters. In 2020 we turned out 3,200 votes for Biden and are shooting for 4,000 this year. Every bit helps no matter how small you think it is. We are all on the same journey.