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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: omega3000 on 18 October 2012, 11:52:16
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Went to doctors today , final report was 3 prolapsed discs an un diagnosed dropped hip from birth together with spine nerve damage and arthritis in both hips :(
Good job i can laugh about it but these pain killers are helping albeit knocking me out ::)
Life goes on :)
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By doctors I assume you mean spinal specialist? It's impressive for a GP to be able to give that diagnosis considering the specialist training and diagnostic equipment the spinal team use ;)
Incidentally, I'm not belittling it. I have the utmost sympathy for you and hope that you can get some form of treatment and relief from the pain
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Gp had the MRI results from the hospital as they had been delayed from the hospital "6"wks >:( , never seen the indepth report until today , have to see the specialist spinal team in 8 weeks . In the meantime painkillers have been upped :y
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did they give you cortisone ?
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did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
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Gp had the MRI results from the hospital as they had been delayed from the hospital "6"wks >:( , never seen the indepth report until today , have to see the specialist spinal team in 8 weeks . In the meantime painkillers have been upped :y
Ahh, that makes sense ;) I hope for your sake it is only 8 weeks to see the team. Lazydocker has been waiting since the start of June and finally goes next Thursday :o Then it's just the wait to actually get something done ::)
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did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
normally cortisone must be given for some cases where discs apply pressure on nerves.. and its really useful as tissues expand by water and decrease the pressure.. but not sure for your case :-\
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Gp has written to spinal team to ask to be brought forward although after consultation i heard the waiting list is a few months ::)
Scratch that ... its 12 weeks till i see them :-X
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Unfortunately the spinal teams are flat out. Probably because spinal injuries are so difficult to prove either way and all these ambulance chasing companies trying to get compensation claims ::)
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did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
thats what they said i had and got it wrong and you know whats wrong with me,but past couple of days i ache all over can't tell you where the pain starts but it is all over,they want too inject my right hip and tbh not looking foward to having that done :y
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I was told the cortisone pain is much worse in the elbow ...believe me it wasnt for me ::) , it was far worse in the hip as all the waiting surgery patients knew when i screamed in agony :-X
Have you had cortisone in your left hip already ? And did it work ? Cant remember ;)
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no not had it yet and tbh not so much pain from hip...everywhere else at mo lol...i am falling apart....tbh if i where a horse they would have shot me by now :y
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if you and the wife need anything let me know mate :y
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did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
Funny, usually the first line of treatment for bursitis is complete rest and that's before the proper diagnosis in the first place. The pain associated with bursitis is very different from anything else and is characterised by intense pain when removing weight from the joint, rather than when weight or strain is applied. :-\
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I was told the cortisone pain is much worse in the elbow ...believe me it wasnt for me ::) , it was far worse in the hip as all the waiting surgery patients knew when i screamed in agony :-X
Have you had cortisone in your left hip already ? And did it work ? Cant remember ;)
no they dont work mate . had it done didn't work :y :y
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Tramadol is what you want.
It won't stop the pain "per se", but once they kick in you won't give a toss regardless.
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if you and the wife need anything let me know mate :y
Thanks for that offer martin :y
did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
Funny, usually the first line of treatment for bursitis is complete rest and that's before the proper diagnosis in the first place. The pain associated with bursitis is very different from anything else and is characterised by intense pain when removing weight from the joint, rather than when weight or strain is applied. :-\
I wasnt told to rest at all , just straight in and jabbed in the hip bone before any xray or mri
::) diagnosis wasnt till after a second mri :(
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Tramadol is what you want.
It won't stop the pain "per se", but once they kick in you won't give a toss regardless.
;D
Aye i have tried them and they do send you giddy but i was sleeping more than the cat :(
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if you and the wife need anything let me know mate :y
Thanks for that offer martin :y
did they give you cortisone ?
Original diagnosis was bursitis and was given cortisone in right hip " >:( wrong diagnosis" so went through that for nothing , jeez does that hurt :o
Funny, usually the first line of treatment for bursitis is complete rest and that's before the proper diagnosis in the first place. The pain associated with bursitis is very different from anything else and is characterised by intense pain when removing weight from the joint, rather than when weight or strain is applied. :-\
I wasnt told to rest at all , just straight in and jabbed in the hip bone before any xray or mri
::) diagnosis wasnt till after a second mri :(
As someone in the medical field I would be concerned about that being used as the first line of treatment for bursitis due to the complications that can arise and the pain it causes the patient. You may wish to consider a different consultant (lets put it this way if someone had put me through that kind of pain for no reason he and I would be having a 'chat' in a dark alleyway)
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Im not kidding you , ive had cortisone in the elbows and it was nothing compared to the pain i went through with the one in the hip :( wondering if this has caused more problems now you mention it but seems most of my problems are back related now :-\
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Its only pain. It goes away. Eventually.
::)
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Its only pain. It goes away. Eventually.
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;D I wish it would after 10 months :( Keep poppin them ::)
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well i am on tramadol as well and that was originally for a bursitus i never had.. :y
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Hope you find some relief from your pain. My sympathys.