Hip surgery and pmr
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Hi all, I wrote on here a few weeks ago about having had a hip replacement in August. After the surgery I was on 10 mg prednisalone. For the past four/five weeks I have been in terrible pain with the muscles in my leg I had surgery on. I put my pred up to 10 mg then 11mg and it did get rid of the flare, but after about three days the pains came back. I up'd it to 15 mg and again the pains went away. I was having physio on my leg so I asked the physio if it could be the surgery causing the problems and he said he didn't think so as the leg seemed to be progressing as it should. I then visited the consultant who performed my hip surgery and explained to him. I also had X-rays and he checked them out and said it wasn't the hip causing the pain and that it was probably a flare of the pmr.
In the last week I have had terrible pains again in the hips and knees. The problem is I am not seeing my Rheumy until January and I am very tempted to put my pred up a little bit more as it gets rid of the pains. I am not keeping and am having night sweats. I feel so miserable. The pain goes away after I have taken the pred early hours of the morning but come back around 6.00 pm to 7.00pm every night. Could anyone please give advice.
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judy20492 Crystalcave
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Sorry you are having problems after your surgery. I still have my left hip to go.
Best to you,
Judy
Crystalcave judy20492
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Sorry to you still have your other hip to go, hope it all goes well for you.
Best wishes
Sue
pam7653 Crystalcave
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I have female surgery in a week, so I guess I'll see how the surgery and PMR affect me after that.
Crystalcave pam7653
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what is a weekly steroid pack I've not heard about that.
hope your surgery goes well
Sue
pam7653 Crystalcave
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I'm thinking it started with 6-4mg tablets the first day, then 5 the next day, and so on.
I've taken them before when I had poison ivy years ago.
I must say it handled my flare quite well.
I'm now at 7.5, back to my normal dose.
Crystalcave pam7653
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EileenH Crystalcave
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Crystalcave - can't remember, are you in the UK? Have you got a specialist rheumy nurse you can contact? Or go to your GP because it does sound a if the autoimmune part of PMR is flaring and causing increased inflammation. If it isn't that then it needs investigating in case it is something else - I'm going by the "unwellness" and night sweats.
Crystalcave EileenH
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Only got 3 hours of sleep last night and the pain has been there most of today.
Regards Sue