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Thank you for your comment. I'm thinking about how we are often ignored when we have pain...and have to wait until an ER visit to be heard. Is this the best delivery of care for women, or anyone? You write, "but the pain became so intense." If you had been taken seriously you might not have had to experience intense pain! I'm glad to hear the MRI finally happened "confirming the fractures" and I looked "kyphoplasty' up because I've never heard of it.

You've helped me learn more about the spine and compression fractures. You might notice there are other posts telling me about this after I described my experience. I've lived with chronic disabling autoimmune illness(es) for 30 years. I really have to advocate for myself; it has never gotten easier because doctors see my long medical history and make assumptions that (what?!) I've been faking it half my life?? Or I can't possible have all these medical diagnoses?

But what I've really gained support with on these Mayo Clinic Groups is seeing how so many others have struggled to find diagnoses and care. I was an RN in oncology and hospice. This did not prepare me for chronic and disabling illness. I have seen how my experience is not uncommon!