I fell backwards on my cement garage floor and sustained a compression fracture of L2-L3 in 2010. I was in bed for a few days before I could get to the ER and over a couple years the pain went from mild to moderate and eventually extreme. I had surgery on March 7th, this year and the surgeon said it was worse than imaging had shown (the bone was pushing on the spinal cord) so he did a triple laminectomy with a fusion of L2-L4. I am still having trouble walking and pain is no
better but at 77 years old, my bones have seen better days. The compression caused issues with my bladder and bowls as well that have not yet resolved.