Hi Greg, I guess HO is another one of those quadriplegic conditions we have to check for. I am on forteo injections daily and re-clasp I just got the weeks ago. My doctor wants to do both treatments because my bone density deteriorated. The hospital told me that they had positive results in bone density with reclapce that is done yearly. Dana. In a message dated 10/24/2011 4:01:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I took Oxycontin for awhile, but insurance changed and now I take MS-Contin. They are the only thing that helped. Though they did not help for my common quad stuff pain, tingling and burning, etc. Osteoporosis is more of a bone loss I think. H.O. is more of an excess bone growth. But I do have both. I have osteo in some areas, but H.O. on my hip. I take meds for the osteo now, some pill once a week with loots of water. No doc mentioned a connection. Greg > Hi Greg, > > So sorry to hear about your pain problems associated with HO. Thank > you for describing what that term means, as I had never heard of > this before. What pain medication works best for you? We have often > talked about pain medication on the list. That is such a > unpredictable condition especially if it can inhibit joint > movement. Is this anything like osteoporosis? God bless you and I > will be praying for you. Dana > C4-5 complete, 37 years post, 58, I was a passenger in a motor > vehicle accident at the age of 20 > In a message dated 10/23/2011 3:16:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > >> 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.?
