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2 days until Thanks giving and I am now realizing how fast this year flew !!! I wish I could say it was a good year but it was full of pain.
Between kidney surgery, facet injections, parathyroidism and now my hip I can see why everything passed by so fast. Not only was my body sad but my mind had a rough year right along side it. My heart is lonely and it's affecting my head.
I saw Dr. Weinghart today and he wants me to start taking the meds every 8 hours now instead of 12 to see if I can get some relief. I am not sure how much this will help but I am willing to try anything. He is starting me on a new medicine, forgot to write it down to link in here but I will later. It is supposed to help me sleep through the night now instead of waking up with every roll on to my hips and back. I really hope this works like he thinks it will. He basically said that we need to find something to work because I will be facing this for years to come. Yay ....
I see Dr. Erickson this afternoon and I am sure it will be like all my visits with him. Drive an hour to sit in the office for 5 minutes while he tells me this is normal and I will just have to be patient and let it heal. I can't believe it's been almost 5 months since they did this. I want to feel better already. I don't want to be patient anymore ! I am sure the topic of my right hip will come up today, but since my insurance is finished on the 30th and I will not resume coverage until Jan.1 st that it will definitely be on hold another month.
We will be spending Thanksgiving at home, nice and quiet. I have the stuff for dinner, a nice spiral ham and all the fixings. I am struggling so hard to find anything to be thankful for this year.
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What you're not baking??? Everyone else in America seems to be. I hope you do have a lovely thanks giving and you're stepped up meds give you some relief over your holidays. I hope driving hasn't pushed your hip too far. Is it an hour round trip or 1 hr there and 1 hr back, do you sit much at work too?
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Louisa
Erin,
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your blog through Noell Belvins blog. I spent 3 hours this morning reading yours from start to present. I cannot believe the roadblocks you have and are facing but you stay strong!!
I live in southeast Denver and have FAI cam/labral tear. Due to age 68 and the fact that my insurance United Health Care will no longer cover hip arthroscopy(too experimental), I must live with my symptoms which are nothing as severe. I was a runner and can no longer run but am able to do other forms of exercise as long as I listen to the hip.
Please google "trigger point dry needling". About 1.5 months ago, the muscles in my hip became very inflamed. Could not do exercise or anything. TPDN is a procedure that physical therapists in Colorado are allowed to use if they are certified. I had 4 half hour treatments on the muscles around my hip over a period of 4 weeks. The inflammation disappeared. The man who started this in Colorado is a physical therapist named Edo Zylstra. His clinic is called Sport and Spine and is located in Brighton. Phone number is 303-655-8699. I truly think he could help you. If you decide to go, go to him because he is the absolute expert in Colorado.
Wishing you the best.
Fern