Last night I went to bend over and I could not. I am 55 very limber or was, which means this was not an oh darn I cannot bend over, I fell to the ground. I had an L4 - L5 fusion from my days of ice skating back in 2006, and have never had any issues. I am wondering is this related to old age, yes, but I am only 55, or have any of you had a back fusion and had severe this is severe as it takes me about 30 minutes to come downstairs? just asking, as also, the stress of caregiving takes a toll.
thanks.
I had a L4 - L5 fusion due to an old high school ice skating accident.
Thanks
It was strange because I always been physically active, nothing slowed me down, I could re-arrange furniture without any help, lift heavy packages, etc. Then wham out of no where it all started to change once I started to get closer to 65.
What changed was that I was thrown into caregiving.... I am not hands-on in the same house type of caregiving, more logistics, but it was still very stressful for me. Panic attacks, loss of sleep, I even fell and broke a shoulder which became a total game changer. Yes, all STRESS related. My rehab doctor keeps telling me to relax my shoulder while he is going through different rehab routines... it's difficult to do.