(14-06-2023, 06:24 PM)Kenj Wrote: Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."
Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.
Life's a bitch at the moment.
Would i.
I can no longer reach my feet. I have a gadget to put socks shoes on. Get toenails cut from nail place. I can't bend it anymore.
It's been 17 years since diagnosed.
I can't move after sitting for a bit, it takes time to be able to switch from the stretched out sitting I do to walking. Tricky when driving..
I have codeine. It's been increased to 30mg but that made no difference so I asked for it to be put back to the 15mgs.
I am allergic to anti-inflammatories...like Celebrex.
Hemp, CBD, sorry, have a friend who uses all that...CBD on prescription, and she agrees it doesn't help the pain. She has nerve damage, it helps her in other ways.
So yes actually, I'm long past a "bit of a twinge" stage.
I could show you the last xray report if you want, where it says all that severe stuff and goes into detail.
And that questionnaire form they ask, I got a copy of it, and I failed long ago. Or passed, depending how you look at it. The criteria they have to qualify anyway. I qualify. Easily.