Deirdre Geraghty

My back and the rest of my torso had more pain – a different pain and I knew it wasn’t right. I spent the day in the hospital Emergency Department. I had been diagnosed with bruised muscles twice by different doctors and told just to wait and prescribed painkillers. Well the hospital sent me for X-rays. Turned out I have been suffering for three weeks with a Compression fracture of the spine and all the other pain caused by that. They sent me home with liquid morphine to be taken as well as the Co-dydramol and Naproxen already prescribed. Today has been a little easier