I have had 4 xrays and the docs just say your not ready yet try and go longer. They tell me you have advanced arthritis and the later you wait the better since replacement hips only last 10yrs. I have been waiting over 4 years.
I am 52 and walk 6 miles a day 5 day a week. But the pain is there. When i rotate at times to look back it is a sharp pain. Maybe I should pop some pain relievers but they just don't seem to do anything when i want to do something strenuous. I like racquetball and tennis. No can do could never run up to the net and get the drop balls. I can ride a mountain bike tho. Even push it up steep hills when i tire from climbing. Maybe fear of snakes keeps the pain away during my rides lol.
I just hate paying for insurance all these years and not getting the reaction i would expect from the doctors. I mean putting on the underwear and pants/shorts and getting in and out of cars and getting up from the couch or up from the chair at work are all daily painful experiences.
Plus my walking gate has changed. My balance isn't the same. I have been compensating for my bad hipp for over 4 years now. I actually feel like a bit of a target almost like i can no longer protect myself like I did when i was a young wrestler in highschool.
Then i get to hear stories from people who have had hip replacements and they are out there surfing and golfing and playing soccer. The first thing they say is wow i should of done this long ago. The pain in gone!!!!
Thats what i want. I want to return to normal and have the pain be gone and with some luck possibly play tennis and racquetball again.
Maybe i need to be more persistant with my doctors and tell them i am desperate and in pain very much now?
What do you think? Cause I can walk 6miles a day and moutain bike should i really wait and just deal with the pain or possible try taking pain killers or get a shot in my hip?
They won't take a MRI. Was wondering if i just have a lingering injury instead?!
I am 52 and walk 6 miles a day 5 day a week. But the pain is there. When i rotate at times to look back it is a sharp pain. Maybe I should pop some pain relievers but they just don't seem to do anything when i want to do something strenuous. I like racquetball and tennis. No can do could never run up to the net and get the drop balls. I can ride a mountain bike tho. Even push it up steep hills when i tire from climbing. Maybe fear of snakes keeps the pain away during my rides lol.
I just hate paying for insurance all these years and not getting the reaction i would expect from the doctors. I mean putting on the underwear and pants/shorts and getting in and out of cars and getting up from the couch or up from the chair at work are all daily painful experiences.
Plus my walking gate has changed. My balance isn't the same. I have been compensating for my bad hipp for over 4 years now. I actually feel like a bit of a target almost like i can no longer protect myself like I did when i was a young wrestler in highschool.
Then i get to hear stories from people who have had hip replacements and they are out there surfing and golfing and playing soccer. The first thing they say is wow i should of done this long ago. The pain in gone!!!!
Thats what i want. I want to return to normal and have the pain be gone and with some luck possibly play tennis and racquetball again.
Maybe i need to be more persistant with my doctors and tell them i am desperate and in pain very much now?
What do you think? Cause I can walk 6miles a day and moutain bike should i really wait and just deal with the pain or possible try taking pain killers or get a shot in my hip?
They won't take a MRI. Was wondering if i just have a lingering injury instead?!
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