Osteoarthritis

My caregiver slept till 2pm. She decided today she was gonna organize and clean my room. I directed her from my bed. I hadn't touched my suitcase since I got home from con in September. She unpacked it, put away my clothes, and helped me process my emotions. Now she's vacuuming.

My right side from just above my butt cheek all the way to my toes hurts like hell. The pain meds helped with my back pain and migraine but it doesn't help with my right hip. We're starting to worry cuz it's been really bad for about 3 weeks. I remember my hips popped out of joint a few weeks ago. Like really loud POP. It's been hurting since.

I have bilateral acetabular impingement, bursitis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in both hips. I've also got bone spurs in my hip joints. So I've got pretty intense pain.

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I woke up at 8am with intense sharp stabbing back pain so I took a Norco at about 830. A half hour ago I asked my caregiver what time I took the Norco and she snapped at me. I didn't know she was busy with work. So I looked at the clock and realized it had been 5 hours. I usually take one every 4 hours. No wonder I was hurting so much. So I went and got a 7.5mg Norco. When I got back to my bed I realized I had a really nasty migraine. So I took a sumatriptan and 2 Excedrin. That was 20 minutes ago. I'm starting to notice my migraine has decreased in severity. My back still hurts like hell.

I've got therapy at 3pm. My caregiver is supposed to join me but I think she's not going to. I emailed my therapist the journal prompts she and I worked on last night. I actually posted some of the answers in Self Discovery Workshop if you're interested.

My caregiver made me a jug of cold brew coffee last night. She and I discussed how making me coffee when I'm sad or having a high pain day is the trick to making me happy. She didn't realize how important coffee is to me. I'm working on a bottle of juice right now. I'm gonna mix the coffee with a protein shake.

#BackPain #Migraine #ChronicPain #Bursitis #hipimpingement #Osteoarthritis #RheumatoidArthritis #coffeeadventure

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

Type 2 diabetes, migraines, ulcerative colitis, bile salts diarrhea secondary to gallbladder surgery, chronic constipation, chronic refractory yeast infections, chronic UTI, bursitis in both hips, impingement on both hips, polyarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, failed back surgery, schizoaffective, borderline personality disorder, CPTSD, DID

So if you think I don't need a caregiver, maybe just keep it to yourself.