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Old 12-30-2008, 12:25 PM
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Well, it's been two weeks since my steroid injection in my hip and I'm still not feeling any relief. Is it possible it won't kick in at all? I'm almost out of the pain meds and I just hate calling the primary doc again. I always feel like I have to somehow "prove" to them that I am in pain. It gets old. (It actually reminds me of my childhood and how strict my Dad was when I was a kid and really sick. You had to be on your deathbed to miss a school day.) My primary pain is in, what I call, my pelvic triangle, up both sides of my groin, panty line. Obviously, my right side is worse, but I do feel it on both sides. The trochanteric bursitis is a whole other pain but equally debilitating. I ice constantly. Stretch. It's chronic. I get discouraged when I read about it, because short of surgery, it is very difficult to treat. And I'm not sure the results of removing the bursa or lengthening the tendon have high success rates at all. And from what I have read, a total hip replacement can exacerbate it. Great. Does anyone know more about this than me? My IT bands are so tight I have significant indentations in my calves, that the doc says is from atrophy. Anyway, I guess I should call the doctor if the steroid injection doesn't kick in soon. Thanks for listening.
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bicycle accident 6/19/01
2 compression fractures, T12, L1;
vertibroplasty @ above levels, 9/15/01
4/06 hip labral tear repair
4/07 Lumbar ProDisc replacement by Dr. B., 3 levels; L3-6
7/2/08 ALIF of L6-S1
7/30/08 Removed bone cement.
8/7/08 Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion.
3/10/09 right SI Joint Fusion; seeing light at end of tunnel, for first time in 8 years!!
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