OMG HIP INJECTION TERROR
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Hi sitting here in hospital waiting to go down for a hip injection with local anaesthetic to see if all my pain is coming from my hip or spine and there is NO SEDATION! Doc just been in &I said it will be painful but just have to grip a nurses hand. I'm not good with pain. Is it REALLY painful??? I can come back another day for a general anaesthetic but there is nothing else, cold turkey with the local or asleep. HELP 😫😫😫😫
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renee01952 sarah22500
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good luck darling .... you are so brave ... I would choose being asleep - no cold turkey for me ... I am such a whimp ...
please let us know how you did, okay
sending light, love and protection
big warm hug
renee
steve86482 sarah22500
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sarah22500 steve86482
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steve86482 sarah22500
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jean95000 sarah22500
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sarah22500 jean95000
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Still waiting 😫
RichardKen sarah22500
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Cheers Richard
Deb59 sarah22500
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I'm praying fur you you are brave!!
Dav1953 sarah22500
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Hi Sarah
I'm wondering what injections you are getting. Only on nerve blocks have I recieved anything & it was only a local. I'm not good with pain at ALL !! So I suggest you demand I don't care what any ones protocol is mine is I suffer no pain
Your body your decision
Luck to ya. David
sarah22500 Dav1953
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Hi David, I THINK it was lignocaine (unsure how it's spelt). I've replied a lot more further down the page.
AlexandriaGizmo sarah22500
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Hi Sarah, I'm hoping by now you have had it and it wasn't anywhere near as bad as u thought it was going to be, if not you have done a runner.
Let us know how it went, I'm hoping for same, do they give you a local or nothing.
My mother in law had one and she did say it wasn't bad, she was 81 at the time, maybe no sense no feeling LOL
sarah22500 AlexandriaGizmo
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Hi, I've replied further down Alexandria x
frustrated61 sarah22500
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Hi Sarah ~
I saw your message and I'm hoping by the time you read your messages, you've had the injection. I had problems prior to my hip problem..with my back, leg and neck...in a different auto accident, I injured my right hip...or that was the thought at that time. So, I, too had to have that injection and it only takes a min or so and it's over. I wouldn't stress too much about it...it's like having a baby...afraid of the pain while delivering, when it's all over, you forget about that pain.
If you need to continue injections, you need to tell them in advance that you want to be put to sleep...sometimes they cannot do it on the day because the insurance companies have to pre-approve it. That could have been the case today.
Anyway, I wish you luck. And, btw, if you do have to have hip surgery, it's easy-peasy..and you are asleep :D Take care and let us know how you're doing!
Frustrated
Anne68156 sarah22500
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sarah22500 Anne68156
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OMG Anne, I only got the local and that wasn't too bad at all. I lay there thinking "Oh this is a piece of cake". Then I felt the tugging (which they said I would) and that was P.A.I.N. I put up with it first time round because surgeon stopped for a while but OMG i cried out very loud the next time round. I couldn't take any more pain. Anyway they got what they wanted including some clear synovial fluid which they've sent off to microbiology. I came home almost skipping. Ahhhh no pain at all. I had forgotten what it felt like to be pain free. I even knelt down to pick up some bits on the floor and got up again.
However.................sitting here writing this I am getting some sharp pains in my groin and inner thigh when I move .I have to keep a diary for 2 weeks until I go back again so I will keep posting on here. I'm going to ask why I got all that pain with the tugging, maybe on some nerves??
steve86482 sarah22500
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Anne68156 sarah22500
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Deb59 Anne68156
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I'm so glad to hear that!! You were fortunate it worked so well!! I also think about my back that if I do get it done it doesn't affect that ! There is so much to think about and yet some people just go . My husband had to have his bicep and shoulder done at the same time a couple years ago and he just picked up and did it was it painful absolutely before any after for him but we have a room business and he had to go back to work and is doing fine but he has his days to . So to him he tells me just go but it's just not that easy for me. This is a great website and I appreciate being able to communicate all of you thank you very much for listening and responding !