as someone with a fractured vertebrae, this is a real pain. Thankfully I don't need pain meds now and just gave them all back to my doctor... but for a few days there, just getting up to go get to the pain meds was a once per day nightmare. I had to psychologically prepare myself to get up from my bed and get to my bathroom, with some water or gatorade on hand for the swallow. Don't even get me started on having to sit down to take a shit felt like before I went to the doctor and got an x-ray and the pain meds. Sometimes I would just sit there for 20 min after the shit was over psyching myself up for the eventual stand up. I learned how to lift myself up with my hands on my thighs as not to put pressure on my lower back lol.
"I need back pain medication."
"Bottom shelf"