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<blockquote data-quote="tigerrose01" data-source="post: 2266360" data-attributes="member: 16307"><p>Unfortunately the Navy and the VA both misdiagnosed my back issues as being muscle spasms... I lived with 4 broken vertebrae and later improperly fused for 20 years. They ultimately caused my T12 vertebrae to break as well. Then, the VA figured out that I had the previous break... They tried to repair my T12 vertebrae but did the wrong surgery and botched the one the did do. The result was that they killed my T12 bone and sent me to a "real doctor" to get that repaired. Most of my T12 is gone now, and I have 7 vertebrae in that area fused in addition to the 4 in my neck that are fused as a result of a neck surgery from when I was active duty. My 7-level fusion has also caused damage to the bottom 3 vertebrae so my quarterly epidurals are meant to delay that fix as long as possible. It will mean I have 10 in a row fused and even less mobility. For those that don't know, suing the VA is not an option even though their treatment (and/or lack thereof) caused my immediate retirement as an electronic engineer.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /> Still, not complaining, I make the best of each day and hunt whenever I can. Sadly many veterans are much worse off than I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tigerrose01, post: 2266360, member: 16307"] Unfortunately the Navy and the VA both misdiagnosed my back issues as being muscle spasms... I lived with 4 broken vertebrae and later improperly fused for 20 years. They ultimately caused my T12 vertebrae to break as well. Then, the VA figured out that I had the previous break... They tried to repair my T12 vertebrae but did the wrong surgery and botched the one the did do. The result was that they killed my T12 bone and sent me to a "real doctor" to get that repaired. Most of my T12 is gone now, and I have 7 vertebrae in that area fused in addition to the 4 in my neck that are fused as a result of a neck surgery from when I was active duty. My 7-level fusion has also caused damage to the bottom 3 vertebrae so my quarterly epidurals are meant to delay that fix as long as possible. It will mean I have 10 in a row fused and even less mobility. For those that don't know, suing the VA is not an option even though their treatment (and/or lack thereof) caused my immediate retirement as an electronic engineer.🤷♂️ Still, not complaining, I make the best of each day and hunt whenever I can. Sadly many veterans are much worse off than I am. [/QUOTE]
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