I took my dihydrocodeine at 10am with 2 x paracetamol. I can't take the dihydrocodeine again until 9pm tonight. However it's been 4hrs since I had paracetamol and the pain is kicking in again. I know you should only have 8 paracetamol in 24hrs but I need to take some now. I had 2 at 3.30am, 2 at 10am so if I take another 2 now l that means I can only take another 2 before 3.30am again. I won't manage to make that if this pain continues. Def need to try get doctors appointment tomorrow. Did I say I regret getting this knee done... Maybe in a few weeks I might change that thought
I hope you can get in today to see about some different pain meds.
Forgetting your crutch is really good news! Your knee is getting stronger and you are trusting it more. I have been fighting piriformis for a few months. I had a shot, but it helped for only a couple of days. What helps me the most are the exercises and anti-inflammatories. But, anti-inflammatories are so bad for you, I'd not recommend them to anyone. Hopefully, you'll be able to do the exercises for it pretty soon. Even if you just lay on your bed and do them, it'd probably help some.
I would never suggest that you take anti-inflammatories! I was just telling you that they seemed to help me. I have no idea what started up my flare up. I thought it was hip deterioration, but my xrays showed nothing that would cause that. I just started to get pain that got much worse as time went on. Stretching it out helps a lot. Can you google piriformis stretches and see if there are some of the exercises you can do?
Oh no! Molly I really feel for you.
No, they won't be. I think I did mention that before. Nothing helps with piriformis! Sorry!
You took it at 1m and can't take it again until 9pm? Why? Is it slow release or something? I always understood it could be take every 4–6 hours x30 mg.
Not directly. It's just one of those really annoying side effects that can happen. I've had piriformis and trochanteric bursitis twice each but not necessarily on the same side as the surgery. No rhyme or reason to it, I'm afraid.
Mine is on the opposite side, too.
I've never tried either one of these so I couldn't tell you. Right now, I think it's too early for Mollymax to try either of those. I don't think she'd be able to lay on her tummy.
Thinking back on this, I realize that mine got really bad after I broke my right foot/ankle and I was non-weight bearing on the right leg for 6 weeks. I had to hop on my left foot. That's when this began. Is yours on the opposite side of the new knee?
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