weightloss vs pain

  Tories have made life really challenging  with moving my pension on twice!   even though I  was caught in recession and  job seeking and couldnt get work due to age!   -   unfortunately my  local MP is Mr G Osboure  so no support there!!   tee-hee      wasnt funny though

thanks again

....sent me to a Pain Clinic to learn to live with it as said my pain had unfounded cause!

The 2nd opinion consultant looked at the MRI result and begged to differ that yes, it did show bone to bone,  so what next?

my plan is to loose the wiegt and start the pain killers which Ive not done seriously before,   just to get me through  and  Im going to Pilates as feel a great need to get fit and strong

Il really push at next appointment  and will know then that the weightloss has or hasnt helped me by then  but  my guess is I will feel better generally but not good enough

I told him I couldnt even walk the corridor without the leg pain and he kept quizzing how long the corridor was   I got a bit cross finally  and said I should be able to walk all the corridors!!    not just one!  lol

my knee now twinging but he said that some patients go with knee pain and it is their hip at fault , not knee.   so this to me is very diagnostic and of course,  the steroid took all the pain away for 3 weeks,  so  yes, I must not go back into denial!

thanks all and   all good wishes,    I may even bring the apptment forward if possible   if there is generally a long waiting list for op 

pauline

HI     What is repair that you mentioned please?  

This sounds familiar to me. I started with hip and butt pain in June 2014. My GP diagnosed trochanteric bursitis and I was given a steroid injection in my butt. this made no difference. I paid to see a physio and an osteopath whilst waiting for an appointment to see the NHS physio as this took almost 5 months. The pain increased especially when I had been on my feet all day - I teach 3 days a week - and spread into my groin as well as affecting my sciatic nerve.By Christmas 2014 I found it very hard to walk far and the groin  and bone ache woke me at night. At last I saw the NHS physio who didn't think it was arthritis but as I did his exercises faithfully with only deterioration over 6 weeks he conceded that that the joint may be damaged and he sent me for an X ray. The X ray diagnosis sounds like yours - only mild arthritis so my GP wouldn't take it any further.

i requested a private referral and saw a consultant at Spire in Havant in April 2015. He gave me a thorough exam and said that X rays don't always tell the whole story. He gave me a steroid injection in my groin which was amazing even though I knew it would only last a few weeks. At my follow-up appointment he said that the relief from the steroid indicated that the hip was damaged and I would benefit from a hip replacement.

He wrote to my GP and at my insistence she referred me to an NHS consultant who I saw in June 2015. He agreed that I would benefit from a THR which I was desperate for as I could feel the extra strain on my good hip and I was dreading that failing too.

I was fortunate to have the Op on the NHS on 14th August and I am already feeling so much better. I am 62 now and generally in good health. I have had to be very pushy about this but I don't regret it. As the physio said, osteoarthritis does not get better, it only gets worse, so don't wait until other joints are affected too. 

Don't let them fob you off. Good luck and very best wishes. Carole 

so where are you up to now?

me too,   groin pain  and then the steroid injection last Maytime,  then I had bliss for 3 or 4 weeks!! 

Im not yet back to how I was pre op pain-wise  but its about 75% I would say

Fours years  now, Im cross I wasnt more assertive on Tues

Yes  my other hip has been twinging recently, i now

wish Id been more pushy at my appointment,  I feel a fool,    he said it was very minor  but the pain isnt!!

I spent a year having  accupuncture, physio,  osteopathy and chiro,   all to no avail

Did you have Anteria or Prosteria    do you know please??

thAnks,     haha  my daughter said Id been tooooo  patient!!   its the denial thing   and  of course   fear

tc  xx      thanks again  you guys

thanks again

pauline

my first, knee jerk, reaction would not have been approved by our moderator!!!

I am so sorry ... Can you get a 3rd opinion ? I am sure you can but might not be covered ... 

i don't know what to tell you - it started like that with me too -- walking and needing to stop because of pain.. I used to walk and hike for miles  and enjoying it - I too was told by 1st surgeon that "I was not at the end of the rope yet" - 9 months later right hip was bone on bone, left hip's cartilage minimal - 6 months later left hip is bone-on-bone and now waiting for 2nd THR -

Please don't be too hard on your self (re: weight) - I wish I could help you better ...

warm hug

renee

where did you get such accurate diagnosises?????

like blood out of stone for me,   I feel its a conspiracy,   I may seek out private consultation   but  the thing is Iv had Steroid injection and he said it is definately my hip asi it reacted so well from it,    so Ill just have to go with this  -  loosing the weight and then still having the pain is my last denial test if you like,    yes   it makes you feel better  even when in pain I imagine    -   got a long way to go but determined to do it as it will help post op  too.  Id feel better if they said  oh yes  a lot of arthritus here,  it sseems minimal  -  I do wonder if Ive got a bone spur whatever its called  on a nerve  as leg gets unbearable

onwards and  up        hugs to all  who hobble  xx

ive written you once and it fli[pped off somewhere

i think there is a conspiracy going on  lol