bits,pieces,breaks

i spent 6 days in the hospital with what they are calling a thorassic compressed fracture of the t6 vertebrae...the purpose of the hospital was pain management which didn't work very well..pain level is still excruciating
no one knows HOW it happened
we do the the WHY.- prednisone is the dirty nasty culprit....and as some of you know i have been on that forPMR for 3.5years.....
bone scans, mri's, ctscans, xrays etc show "massive mess" with tissue tears, trauma disintergration of bone marrow,osteoporosis,etc ALL AS A RESULT OF 3 YEARS ON PREDNISONE(STEROIDS).
any slight move or wrong move could have caused the fracture
right now the name of the game is pain control
i am on a fentanyal patch 24/7 - lidoderm patxhes every other day and oral Percoset every 4hours so am quite loopy
no driving
no lifting
no dancing(the worst)
i am under the care of a pain management specialist, internist and orthopedic surgeon.
much of it is a waiting game
and once again askingfor help and support -(not my strong suit)

WHAT DO I NEED RIGHT NOW

rides to appts when they come up
intermittent food (not a lot)
mostly an email or phone call to stay in touch - these are lonely, long days and some days no one writes or calls....

i did manage to go out to lunch yesterday -a soft booth provided enough stability to eat.
i'm sleeping way t0o0 much-i think it's the drugs
i will try to keep this update (up to date)
it's pretty painful to type ......
thank you for getting this far in reading the ongoing saga
it's hard to keep it short an simple
i will be gad to answer any questions and would love to hear from you
i am missing all of you...............