Shine533
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- Jul 5, 2018
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Hi everyone, my 90-year-old dad was recently diagnosed with bone-on-bone OA in his left hip. What manifested as knee pain was, after new xrays, discovered to be coming from the hip; both knees show a good amount of cartilage. He's had pain in and around the leg for years but only in the last month or so has it really ramped up.
He is in good general health except for OA and an irregular heartbeat, for which he is on medicine. We are proceeding with getting him the xray-guided injection, which may or may not offer some relief.
For pain management he has been on Dicoflenac topical cream applied 4x/day, Gabopentin 1x/day, and Tylenol as needed up to 3x/day. He was also prescribed hydrocodone 2x/day, but after taking two, said they didn't do anything and has discontinued it.
Does anyone have any comments about someone his age having a THR? I assume it's not common, and I also assume most surgeons would not take this on, but want to explore all possible options.
Any other meds we might ask his doctor about?
He is using a heating pad with some relief. Should he be icing the area also?
Also, should he focus the cream/heat/icing on the hip or the knee, where the pain is actually felt?
Thank you very much for any advice!
He is in good general health except for OA and an irregular heartbeat, for which he is on medicine. We are proceeding with getting him the xray-guided injection, which may or may not offer some relief.
For pain management he has been on Dicoflenac topical cream applied 4x/day, Gabopentin 1x/day, and Tylenol as needed up to 3x/day. He was also prescribed hydrocodone 2x/day, but after taking two, said they didn't do anything and has discontinued it.
Does anyone have any comments about someone his age having a THR? I assume it's not common, and I also assume most surgeons would not take this on, but want to explore all possible options.
Any other meds we might ask his doctor about?
He is using a heating pad with some relief. Should he be icing the area also?
Also, should he focus the cream/heat/icing on the hip or the knee, where the pain is actually felt?
Thank you very much for any advice!