Re: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:33:48 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Hmm

Luigi Mangione suffered from spondylolisthesis, a back condition.
Experts say it can cause 'massive' pain.

 Mangione had reportedly lived with chronic pain before undergoing
back surgery in 2023
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Mangione apparently wrote in another post that he spent 1.5 years
undergoing "conservative" treatment for his back pain until he posted
in 2023 about having back surgery, adding that he needed "zero pain
meds" within a week of the operation. But, in May of that year, he
reposted an X post referring to most doctors as "basically worthless"
(the post has since been deleted), Business Insider reported.
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And it can be quite painful. "If the nerves are pinched ... putting
weight on your spine can hurt a lot," Samadani adds. "It is an
excruciating pain, and it doesn't go away with conservative
management. Medications aren't going to help, injections aren't going
to help." (According to the Cleveland Clinic, most cases of
spondylolisthesis can be effectively managed with rest, pain
medication, steroid injections and physical therapy, but more severe
cases may require surgery.)

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/luigi-mangione-suffered-from-spondylolisthesis-a-back-condition-experts-say-it-can-cause-massive-pain-002349224.html