@jeffkirc Thanks, Jeff. I am working very hard at staying positive. I hardly slept last night due to pain so this morning I was pretty down and couldn't imagine myself doing the trek to CO but it is tolerable right now, thanks to some meds. I hope the doctor will re-prescribe, they are so overly cautious now.

@ellerbracke That is what I am concerned, the plane and then the activities out there -- a family barbecue at my son's house on Thursday night, a big rehearsal dinner and reception on Friday night (that I have arranged and am paying for so I certainly want to be present), a women's brunch with hair being done at my son's home on Saturday morning and then the wedding on Saturday night. Our plans are to take a red-eye home on Tuesday night, we wanted to do some sightseeing but at this point, I think I may look into changing our flights. Even if we have a penalty it would be somewhat offset by not having the expense of a hotel room.
I think the extent of the injury probably has more to do with my bone density than anything else, although my husband says I went down really hard so it may just be that. I broke a vertebra when I was in my 50s and they immediately thought it must be due to my bones being weak but when they did a density scan they were great but I had not gone through menopause at that time. Another one I went down hard on, on concrete steps. This accident happened, ironically, due to extreme pain in my other leg from sciatica! The pain was so intense that I passed out or probably it was a presyncope episode. Now that leg doesn't hurt at all! I hate not exercising, I feel like my hard work is going down the tubes now. I feel like a slug.

@debbraw Thanks. The doctors have not said much about the pain. The strange thing is that when I went to the ER last Tuesday they kept asking me about my level of pain (1 to 10) and when I was lying on the bed it was negligible but last night it was very bad as it was this morning, even just lying in bed. I hope I haven't done anything to make things worse. They said with this type of fracture since it's not weight-bearing, that I could do whatever I am comfortable with. Right now I am not feeling very comfortable with that and I may try to get in to see the doctor again, or possibly go the Boston to see a different ortho. I would be handling this so much better if not for the timing. I don't dare tell my son that there is some possibility that I may not be able to go, and I don't even want to admit that to myself. I know if I don't go that my husband won't either and he's my son's best man!
JK

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