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Apr 20, 2012, 12:05 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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I'm so glad your sister is home -- and that she's going to be ok.  I'm sure she's hurting, but she'll heal in time. That's something to be very thankful about! She was very lucky!
Degenerative disc disease is "drying out" of the discs -- that happens to everyone as we age. Some of us get it earlier than others.  When the discs dry out, then tend to flatten and that makes them bulge/herniate and then they press on nerves and that hurts!!! Also you could have some facet problems -- the facets are the "wing-like' things that jut out from your back -- you can see them if you hunch your back. They run all the way down the spine -- they're on both sides of the spinal cord. Sometimes the joints between the facets get arthritic and that causes pain.
Just thought I'd give you a little info. Let us know what you find out, ok? Hugs, Lee
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