How bad is my pain?
So far today I've taken 2 tramadol, 1.5 Norco, and had my darling stupidhead put some CBD cream on my back. The pain hasn't budged. Now I have my heating pad on my back.
I've got bilateral femoral acetabular impingement, bursitis, and osteoarthritis and 3 years ago I had surgery on my lumbar but I still have major pain. I've also got painful bone spurs in both hips and both hips are bone on bone.
This Friday I'm having cortisone injections in both hips. That should help with most of the pain and it'll last for a few months. I'm gonna talk to my doctor on Friday about how intense my back pain has gotten. We were trying to focus on my hips but she said we can cover my back also.
When I was supposed to have the hip injections 2 weeks ago and we couldn't do it because my BG was too high my doctor gave me a big hug and said she felt awful she couldn't do it but she said "I can try giving you a toradol shot in your right butt. It might help." Of course I was willing to try anything. Unfortunately it didn't help. But I was thankful my doctor tried.
Eventually I'm gonna need hip surgery. But we're gonna try everything first. But the pain is really bad because my hips are bone on bone. Which is new since September 2022. It's basically everything I have wrong with my hips and lumbar have accelerated in the last 3 years. I'm really worried..
Luckily I have a really nice pain specialist who really listens and cares. I'm gonna fast for the appointment on Friday so my BG is low enough for the injections. If everything goes right I'll have relief for about 3 months. Fingers crossed.