[OT] Mixed results on hip pain

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You are reminding me of when I quit taking Premarin, and went crazy for a while. I didn't cry all the time. But I did get a huge crush on a young actor, set the kitchen on fire, and a few other things....

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Pogonip

If you think about getting it done in early January you should be better by the time your trip comes. If you put it off you may not be able to go. After years of hurting and deterioration you can reach that point that says no more. That's what happened to DH. His knee rebelled and said okay, I've had it. Get me fixed or you just don't walk.When he couldn't get from one room in the house to another with out stopping he couldn't believe how fast it all seemed to happen. It didn't happen that fast it just all caught up. I wish you well I hate to see people suffer when there is a a way to fix the problem. The hip will probably feel much better when your walking properly again. Juno

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Juno

Surely to heaven they would let you do them one at a time. But who knows what they will do in our oh so interesting health system. (nuff said!!)

Oh honey!!!! I'm so sorry.

Well....lemme think... I am pretty sure their first trip after his surgery was to Branson, MO. (they go on the bus tour trips with a group.) He had the surgery in April of 2003. They went on that trip just after Father's Day. So about 8 weeks after the surgery maybe. The Branson trip they don't walk quite as much as they did on the Grand Canyon trip, but there is a lot of standing. They do buffet type dinners and they stand in line to get into the theaters, that kind of thing. He did great on that trip (he also did great with sitting on the bus all day getting there.) Also, Dad was 74 when he had the surgery. Your youth ought to be an advantage.

I called Mom to make sure I had all the dates and facts straight. ;) She said yep that's the way it was. She said also, like Juno said, there are exercises that you will need to do before hand. They told Dad to use weights. He didn't see the sense in buying weights, neither did Mom. So she pulled bottles and cans out of the pantry for him to use instead. ;) Not just sewing weights any more!!! lol Mom said too that the post op exercises are not strenuous really, but they are so very necessary. So she said for you to be diligent about them. ;) (who knew **my** mother would be a little bossy??? LOL) She also said she hopes you do well and heal fast whatever you decide to do.

I know you'll come sailing right through.

Sharon

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mamahays

Beverly,

Mixed results is right! But it is good to get some answers. Chronic pain in itself is so debilitating, to say nothing of missing restful sleep, and it sounds as if you have been stoic for a long time.

Is the recommended water therapy a viable option for you? My middle DS has suffered with RA for many years, and has found water aerobics to be very helpful.

Your experience with Ambien is scary. The required disclosure of side effects during all the drug commercials TV bombards us with is pretty hair-raising.

I hope the injections keep you pain-free for weeks and weeks, and that you and your doctors find the best long-term solution.

Doreen in Alabama

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Doreen

OMG! Well, I guess I dodged a bullet, I didn't really have any post-Ambien withdrawal, I just went back to sleeping in

2-3 hour snatches.

Beverly

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I imagine they would one-at-a-time. That's how they scheduled the cataract lens implant surgery.

Yeah, right, I'm a *very* young 68. I cannot believe my parts are wearing out....

I'm pretty lazy when it comes to exercise, so I'll welcome her bossiness. ;-}

Thanks, Sharon!

Beverly

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Thanks! It has taken some determination to get the HMO to tackle the underlying problem. I think if I were male, 48, and still working, this issue would have been addressed long before now.

Beverly

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I avoid any of the opiates, the one time I was prescribed some I became so confused I almost over-dosed. Now I mostly just grit my teeth and bear it. The day-time pain I can handle, it's the awaking several times at night I cannot tolerate. It will be a pleasure to get a really good night's sleep again, it's been quite awhile...

Beverly

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Naturally, But we all know that don't we!

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Juno

I have, but I finally reached my limit.

I learned that my HMO offers free membership in several local health clubs, and called the nearest one yesterday. They have a swimming pool and offer aerobics classes along with several low-impact classes. I'm going in Tuesday to sign up!

I knew there was a possibility of side affects, I just did not know about the possibility of *depression*. I finally read all the enclosures (I usually don't, because I can psych myself into having them), that's when I decided I couldn't continue to take it.

Thanks so much Doreen, I really appreciate all the good wishes "here". ;-)

Beverly

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Yup! My 50-year-old DSIL has been part of this HMO for under four years (I have been a member for 30+), and has had arthroscopic knee surgery twice already. Not that I begrudge his having good care, but....

Beverly

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A friend recently had his knee replaced, after nearly 30 years of not being able to straighten one leg. After surgery, he went to a rehab center for 10 days, then home. He sent me this link to the site about his spanking new knee:

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is not a recommendation, or anything like that. Just more in the way of information about the advances that have been made. It used to be that a knee operation was good for maybe 10 years, then had to be redone. Apparently that's no longer true - these things will outlast most of their owners!

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Pogonip

Thanks so much for the link, I'll print that off and start a file for the day when I have to make a decision. I hope (but don't expect) that my HMO will have more than one option.

Beverly

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Good luck dealing with them. Some apparently are pretty good, some abysmal. I hope yours is a good one. Check to see if they have an ombudsman, too, just in case. Some doctors will go toe-to-toe with the approval nurse, too.

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Pogonip

Beverly,. I can definitely relate to your problem. I had my right hip replaced in 2/01 and my left hip replaced in 1/06. Both knees will need to be replaced in the not too distant future, and then I'll be an official bionic woman. My advice is to go as long as you can before joint replacement (although it sounds like you're already there) because these joints only last 20 years or so and then you've got to have them replaced a second time which is much more complicated and serious than the original surgery. And really, consider having both replaced at the same time. Why go through the surgery twice if you can get it all over with at once. And go to a rehab facility after surgery if you have no one to come to your home

24/7 to care for you. My DH was run ragged caring for me after both surgeries, and he's begged me to have both knees done at once so he can get through the rehab in one fell swoop!

Best wishes!

Liz

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Liz

So far the only "parts" I've had replaced are the lenses in both eyes.

That time frame would put me at 87 if I have it done now. Not an age at which I would be eager to have additional major surgery....

I'm sure that will be determined by the bean counters....

I have two daughters, two grandchildren, plus my twin sister and younger brother here, so I may be able to recruit a crew. ;-)

Thanks!

Beverly

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I too am a drug avoider and have interesting conversations with the quack as I don't even like taking paracetamol - you know the lecture: "You don't have to put up with pain...yada, yada, yada". My response has always been that I'd take something if the pain became too severe. Anyway, this time the pain was so severe that I knew if I asked for morphine, I'd probably get it. I had to take some over the previous few years with various health issues and I knew it worked when nothing else did.

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FarmI

Does that mean that we can toss out this rota we've been working on?

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Pogonip

Uh, no better hold it in reserve, just in case my family bails on me...

;-)

Beverly

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