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  My granddad used to sleep on his back. Naked. Above the covers. And the only way into the house from the pool was through his bedroom.
  Ahhh Grandad John
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  Back pain. Sometimes knee or neck pain. Or all of the above. It sucks, especially if you spent the first half of your life as a stomach sleeper. >
  
  This is me, but I’m 36. Scheuermann’s kyphosis is a bitch. >
  
  32 with degenerative disc disease checking in over here. I attempt all manner of positions before eventually resigning to my back to fall asleep. >
  
  How did you get doctors to take your back pain seriously while still 'too young for severe back problems?" (I'm 34) I hear that AAAALLLLLL the time before they send me to get an x-ray that doesn't show shit.
  I pick up and cremate dead bodies for a living, and proper lifting IS NOT always an option; at least not when you're pulling someone out from a bathroom that died behind the toilet somehow, or is hunched over in the bathtub.  Suspecting my career is one major reason for my back issues. 
  A month ago I was in the ER because the pain was so severe I literally couldn't move my legs and got stuck on the floor while trying to get off the toilet. They found some things that didn't require surgery so they kind of just swept it aside, and my primary doctor doesn't seem to give half a shit either. Don't get me wrong though, they took care of me REALLY well in the ER. They knew I was in pain because apparently my blood pressure was well above a dangerous level. >
  
  Honestly, demand more imaging. You need a CT with contrast to show tears. Push them. Insist. They need to figure out what's wrong before you get injured worse. Sometimes you just have to argue with the doctor til they do the thing. Had to do it with my back and my shoulder >
  
  This. I had several CTs, X-rays, exams, etc. Only a CT with contrast showed my cartilage tears, and that was only done because the fourth or fifth doctor specifically ordered it. >
  
  Yupp. If a doctor refuses, get a new one. Keep getting a new one til somebody takes you seriously >
  
  Sometimes it's insurance as well. They can literally prevent your doctor from ordering something... American healthcare at it's finest. But as the others have said, play the doctor roulette game. 
  M 35 one herniated disc, one bulging, two cyst, one kinda big. >
  
  Insurance fought me getting an MRI on my shoulder for 2 years. Found out finally last Wednesday after my doctor fought for it that I’ve got a torn rotator cuff and a cyst forming underneath it from it being torn for so long.
  Insurance fought another MRI on my neck this summer. 2 herniated discs found when they gave in. I have 7 herniated discs and degenerative disc disease. They fought every single diagnostic test. >
  
  That's rough. Username definitely checks out as well.