u/charlies_randomstuf

These doctors have studied so much of theur lives about the spine and surgeons do multiple spinal fusion surgeries. But my doctor wasn't able to give any specific examples to me that would actually fully prove why certain activities aren't allowed after fusion? It's legally required for them to tell risks but they're not required to give us actual examples to help us understand it better.

If these activities are so dangerous, it would really help to be given real examples of people who have had fusion who have done risky things and gotten hurt from it versus people who haven't gotten hurt from it. I hate how disconnected the disability community is that this information isn't organized into an easy to find place. I'm just expected to follow doctor's orders without being given the research behind what he says.

I got my wisdom teeth out earlier today and I was only given ibuprofen and a steroid for pain relief. The dentist was nice and considerate during the extraction and giving me the numbing shot, but I feel like the world has genuinely gone insane with the restrictions on pain management. I couldn't even find clove oil in the grocery store, I found a small bottle of whole cloves and had to wait for them to soften up in my spit to crumble the buds up and they finally did some numbing.