ive had back pain since august, steadily has gotten much worse over time, within the last 2 months ive had an x ray showing a narrowing of the vertebrae, a ct scan showing a compression fracture.
i had an mri done sunday and i have a bone scan on friday.
i have severe back pain, very dull/burning feeling in my lumbar, sharp back spasms in my mid back and a very DEAD feeling in my arms and shoulders, with pain in my neck as well.
my doctor is concerned because my fracture came from no trauma, like he was expecting.
he said its possible that i may have osteoporosis or a tumor, among other possibilities.
im a 27 year old male, who has been very active within in my life, so with the possibility of osteoporisis baffles me, though id rather have it than cancer.
ive read a lot online regarding compression fractures, and odds are i dont have cancer, but since trauma is ruled out in my situation ive read that metastic cancer is a very real possibility, given the fact that pain came all of a sudden, and among other things, one of the symptoms of metastic cancer is sudden back pain....id like to get others opinions on this matter and would greatly appreciate it, thank you