Thanks Greg.
At 04:16 PM 10/23/2011, greg said something that elicited my response:
The term heterotopic ossification (HO) describes bone formation at
an abnormal anatomical site, usually in soft tissue.
Cause is often an injury, even just a hard bruise. A large precent
of SCI's have some form of (HO).
It can grow big enough to prevent joint movement. Because it's
growing in the muscle, it is very painful.
And because we can't feel it, the pain can show up in different areas.
Mine is an egg size lump on my hip.
My thigh feels like it's being crushed, it even shows up in my
dreams. I often dream my leg is on fire or my leg is crushed in a car door.
The pain caused such bad spasms, I ended up in the ER twice in 2
days before they found the cause.
My legs and abdomen were cramping so hard I was throwing up. And I
thought my heart was spasming and it was harder to breath.
Once it's under control, stopped growing. Pain meds can help a lot,
but they cause all kinds of bowel troubles.
I've tried just about everything to get off the pain meds to try to
get my bowel program to work better.
Greg
> What is H.O.?
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