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Oof

Pain is shooting down my right leg to my knee. My back feels like it got stabbed. My hips are trashed. Maybe my caregiver will let me have the other half of the Norco now instead of having to wait till 7pm. Pain is at 7.

#BackPain #ChronicPain #hipimpingement #Bursitis #Osteoarthritis #RheumatoidArthritis

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Medicated and gooped

My caregiver gave me a 5mg Norco and put some CBD cream on my back and hips. The pain is at 7 right now. And my tummy hurts like hell. I need a break from this pain.

I'm still having horrible dizziness and double vision. My caregiver gets done with work at 5pm so we're gonna go to urgent care tonight. I really don't want to go but I know I have to.

#BackPain #hipimpingement

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OMG

I had to go outside to meet my caseworker cuz she brought me a box of testing strips. I was sitting on the sidewalk for 10 minutes. I know better than to sit on the ground but I wasn't listening to my inner voice saying "you're gonna hurt later". But gosh my hips are throbbing and my lumbar feels like I got kicked. Pain is at 7 right now. I'm still functional. My ex girlfriend is asleep so I gotta wait for meds and CBD cream.

#BackPain #hippain #hipimpingement #ChronicPain

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Hip Impingement

For years and years I’ve had problems with my joints, but the worst ones have always been my hips, knees, shoulders and fingers. Last year I was going to sit with my legs crossed, and as I did so I felt something hard in my right hip grind and I actually screamed. The pain literally blinded me for a good 10 seconds. After straightening my leg slowly, it eased up. But any time I turned my leg or lifted it, that same pain came back with a vengeance.

Naturally, I went to my GP and she and a colleague had me moving my leg in different ways and angles, which really really hurt, and said it was definitely an arthritic pain. They gave me some kick-ass anti inflammatory meds primarily used for arthritis (Meloxicam), and said they’d send me for an urgent x-ray of my pelvis.

A few days later I had the x-ray, even though the technician kept making me move my leg in different angles again.

And a week after that, my doctor called me with the results. Apparently I have something called a hip impingement? There’s a deformity in the ball of the joint that fits into the socket of my pelvis. Like an extra lip of bone. And over the years it’s been grinding in the socket so much it’s worn it down, and now I have arthritis. She said my left hip has a similar deformity but nowhere near as bad.

So, I’ve got to try and take it easy. I’m still going for very slow and short walks to get me out of the house. But it’s so damn frustrating that I have to slow down! And I know if I go against what she suggested, I’m going to seriously pay for it. Ugh.

So, I’ve done a lot of reading in the last few weeks. Yesterday I picked up A Court of Thorns And Roses (ACOTAR), and this morning I was sat in my mum’s room just quietly reading… Until Loki jumped up and stared at me. 😂 I don’t think he approves of me reading instead of giving him cuddles. He’s such a jelly-belly!

Anyway… I hope you’re all doing okay and having a good year so far. 🌺

#ChronicPain #chronicillnesswarrior #AutonomicDysfunction #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EDS #hipimpingement #Arthritis #ArthriticPain #InterstitialCystitis #LiverDisease #BPD #ComplexPTSD #Depression #Anxiety #resting #Reading

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A tale of 2 hips

Both my hips are really messed up. I've got #Bursitis , #Osteoarthritis , bone spurs in the joints, and #hipimpingement all on both sides. The surgeon won't do anything for me because he says that I'm too young. So the only relief I get is from Percocet and rest.
My PCP decided to go ahead and do cortisone injections on both sides since the surgeon is not helping me. I'm having it done tomorrow. He did injections in November but it only lasted 3 weeks. We figure might as well try again.

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