ilovedaisys
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Hello,
I've decided I can't handle the pain anymore. I fell and hurt my hip in the early 90's, skiing on an icy slope. Decreased mobility and increased pain has now come to rule my daily life. My doctors so far has told me I'm too young and to wait until I can't tie my shoe.
I live in a rural area with limited access to hip replacement surgeries. I've been to P.T. to correct my severe limp, I walked with my head tilted left. And, then after awhile I was tilting in right, so now I think I'm walking without pronounced "tilt", my limp is constant and my leg weakness bothers me. Exercise is too painful to continue to work through. I believed I had a high pain tolerance, but no longer. I'm getting second opinions in the Salt Lake area now, next Thursday. I'm wanting the anterior procedure so I have more flexibility.
I'm just taking NAID's for pain. I'm thinking they don't work so I switch between Aleve and Aspirin, Tylenol, IBupropin (sp?). One Ortho MD gave me a stronger med but my kidneys started to hurt and quit taking it.
I have bone spurs. My hip "tilts" on the X-ray film. I love walking with my Irish Setter, but lately I've had too much pain.
Thank you for having this site. I look forward to learning every think I can.
I've decided I can't handle the pain anymore. I fell and hurt my hip in the early 90's, skiing on an icy slope. Decreased mobility and increased pain has now come to rule my daily life. My doctors so far has told me I'm too young and to wait until I can't tie my shoe.
I live in a rural area with limited access to hip replacement surgeries. I've been to P.T. to correct my severe limp, I walked with my head tilted left. And, then after awhile I was tilting in right, so now I think I'm walking without pronounced "tilt", my limp is constant and my leg weakness bothers me. Exercise is too painful to continue to work through. I believed I had a high pain tolerance, but no longer. I'm getting second opinions in the Salt Lake area now, next Thursday. I'm wanting the anterior procedure so I have more flexibility.
I'm just taking NAID's for pain. I'm thinking they don't work so I switch between Aleve and Aspirin, Tylenol, IBupropin (sp?). One Ortho MD gave me a stronger med but my kidneys started to hurt and quit taking it.
I have bone spurs. My hip "tilts" on the X-ray film. I love walking with my Irish Setter, but lately I've had too much pain.
Thank you for having this site. I look forward to learning every think I can.