Hip-hip boo-hoo.

Numptydumpty

Hi DD, I'm sorry you're still in so much pain and discomfort. Not being able to sleep always makes things so much worse. My only advice is to rest when you can, how ever you can :?
Fondest wishes,
Numpty

hileena111

Hi DD
Sorry you are still suffering......What does your GP say?
Can he not prescribe something to help the pain at night so that you can sleep?
You can cope with lots of things if you get a decent nights sleep but if you dont.....you're {or I'm} like a zombie the next day

Love
Hileena

stickywicket

No advice, I'm afraid. You know your body and its limits better than we do. When those we love are ill we find reserves of strength we didn't know we had. Do what you must do but take care of yourself too. (())

frogmella

Oh DD, I am sorry that you are suffering so much. You are so good looking after Mr DD like this. He is very lucky to have you. I hope something helps with your pain soon. ((()))

dreamdaisy

I daresay there is something I could take but I am reluctant because of the PsA meds. If it was OA only then that would be fine, but factoring in the meth, humira and sulphasalazine (plus the BP meds and anti-dep) I reckon I'm taking enough one way and another. I don't want to add any more, not yet, but if I have to then I will. Sometimes we don't have a choice, do we?

I am pleased that I've cancelled all my work for the foreseable future, I knew I would not be able to cope with that, the house and being Florence. He had his staples removed at lunchtime, even the trip to the doctors wiped him out for an hour or two. Right, time to start dinner - an all-in-one roast. Simples! DD

mig

Glad it went well for Mr DD,hope he's not going to go back to work too soon,you as well ,think you have made the right choice cancelling work for a while.enjoy dinner then feet up with a glass of something nice.hugs.(((()))) Mig

bubbadog

Poor Mr DD, it will take time for him to recover, he needs to pace himself!! And poor you DD what a pair hey!! Don't worry about the colonoscopy thing! If I mentioned everything I've got wrong as well as everything that has happened to me I would be here till the weekend!! I was going to Amitriptyline to help you at night but couldn't remember if you've tried them or not!! What are we all like!!

dreamdaisy

Things aren't getting any easier. But then why the hell would they? My masseuse is coming in between 2.30 and 3pm to give me a good going-over from head to toe, I hope she will be able to start unknotting the muscles which jammed up when he went into hospital and haven't yet seen fit to un-jam themselves. I've done our main meal already so I can get away with something very lazy tonight. Wish me luck! DD

kentishlady

Hello DD. Am sorry to hear the you are having such a tough time with your pain levels and do hope it will ease a little for you soon. I agree with the others who have suggested on-line shopping. I do all mine on-line now, found that pushing a trolley (which just got heavier and heavier) and loading and unloading things on to the conveyor belt and then carrying them indoors from the taxi, was getting a little too much. I agree that there are a few negatives to it - like you I prefer to see what I am buying with fresh veggies and meat etc - but for all the heavy items (and they soon mount up), it is so much easier. They will put the shoping on the worktop for you and then the only thing you have to cope with is putting away.

Hope that you will soon be feeling a little better. Am glad you have cancelled your work for the time being, but sorry that I don't know what work it is that you do, but am sure you are doing the right thing. Hope Mr DD continues to progress well.

((())) Beryl

dreamdaisy

I have an answer to the pain and numbness: it's my piriformus muscle which has gone into spasm thus compressing my sciatic nerve. She's shown me what to do to help ease things, there are a number of Daisy head-dents in the ceiling but I'll get the hang of it. Things are considerably easier now, I'm not sure how long that will last but at the moment it's feeling OK which is a good thing.

As for him, he went for an even longer walk today, is now watching the Sopranos and nodding off. Bless. DD

Marion2013

Hello DD

I haven't posted for a year or more but i still check the forum frequently.

Just to say that i also had a spasm in my piriformis muscle about 6 weeks after i had my hip replaced 3 years ago, so i know exactly what you are going through. It lasted about 2 weeks as i recall, but i remember so well not being a able to get comfortable, not knowing where to 'put myself' to get relief, not being able to sleep, etc. Mine started after i had been sitting awkwardly in a restaurant for 2 hours, celebrating my successful hip replacement!! Perhaps you sat in an awkward position whilst in the hospital with your husband??



BW.

Marion (mp952)

dreamdaisy

Wow! HELLO! How lovely to hear from you again, I am totally bowled over! I indeed spent many hours sitting uncomfortably when his appendix was in the process of blowing up, becoming gangrenous and dying, plus I couldn't use my walking aids for about eight weeks after the double carpal tunnel op, plus I drove his car with the ridiculous racing seats, plus I've been wearing new orthotics plus everything else is shot to bits so I guess it's no wonder that I'm in trouble. 8)

Although the massage hurt at the time things have been a deal easier since so surely that has to be a good thing. I now know what to do now to help matters and I will because this past eleven days have been utterly outrageous.

Marion, I hope you are still having a grand time with your new lease of life and thank you so much for taking the time to post, I really appreciate it. DD

frogmella

Oh DD! The first time my back went they told me it was piriformis syndrome (in hindsight, obviously not!) and that pain was awful. I am guessing you are having a lot of nerve pain (hence the numbness etc) and you just can't get away from that. As for being used to pain - you can't be used to nerve pain! It totally consumes you.

As for lying positions, I know you are a veteran of all things pain so please excuse me if I am trying to teach my granny to suck eggs, but have you tried lying on your back with a pillow or two under your knees? Or, when lying on side put a pillow between knees. Or Lie like in recovery posision but with pillow under top leg? These are all positions I adopt. Also a nice hot pack on the piriformis area might help. And finally, my physio had me use the tens machine on the muscle to massage it.

I hope the massage has helped you feel a bit better today.

Helen

dreamdaisy

I've been using a pillow for years, I'd be lost without it! I take it everywhere, hotels, friends when we're staying over and it's going on holiday with us next week. It's not helping that much at the moment though, I've been prodding this piriformus muscle, massaging it and that does bring some relief which is a good thing. I'm now off to have my hair mown. DD

dreamdaisy

I now look like a skinhead - I care not, it will be much easier to manage 'cos stuff's hurting beyond reason (cocos notwithstanding). I am so tired with being Florence, I am now a lady with various lumps rather than a lamp. Invalids are hard work, aren't they? I've had to change the bed nearly every day since he got home, the washing machine is on non-stop thanks to soggy Tshirts (his night sweats are horrendous) I'm cooking three times per day trying to tempt his appetite and, quite frankly, I'm getting bored with the whole thing. And we still have a way to go.

He has quite a lump where his scar is but there's no inflammation, it's not red, hot or sore but his tum does stick out, quite noticeably. I wonder why? DD

deedeeitsme

Oh DD I can so empathise with you and the hip pain. I have been "coping" with this pain for over a year now and the last few months it has gotten a lot worse. I only get a couple of hours sleep a night before I wake and have to change position and try and settle again but, nine times out of ten, I normally just give up and get out of bed. Can't offer any good advice I'm afraid but really feel for you having to put up with the hip pain on top of everything else.

Thinking of you, Dee xxx

stickywicket

Skinhead with a Lamp? That's a bit hard to picture :? Of course you're bored - and stiff and achey to boot, no doubt. I don't know why the patient should have a stickyouty tum. I guess if all the plumbing's working OK it's probably nothing to worry about and it's just bits of soft tissue knotting together again but do monitor it. These strong, silent blokey types... :roll:

dreamdaisy

His 'plumbing' is not too happy but he's not in any discomfort (unlike the good lady wife :roll: ) He's lost a fair amount of weight but then he ate very little for a week so that's not surprising.

Yup, je suis une bored lamp-bearing skinhead. I have yet again explained the concept behind Pointless for the umpteenth time - it's not that complicated. :x It's wine o'clock - hurrah! DD

dreamdaisy

I had a better night's sleepo as I was able to last for about 90 minutges on my right side. That's the first good thing that's happened at night time for at least a fortnight, je suis une happy lapin! DD

stickywicket

90 minutes :shock: You are easily pleased, DD. I hope it's a sign of better things to come. This has been a tough time for both of you.

Numptydumpty

Hi DD, I've been thinking long and hard about your problem of explaining "Pointless" to Mr DD.
The solution.... watch "The Chase" instead

stickywicket

She's right, DD. It's pointless to even try

dreamdaisy

Pointless has started and he is sound asleep. Bless. So far so good. DD

PS Nice pun, Sticky!

bubbadog

It's 'pointless' trying to explain anything to a man that doesn't have the 'football' or 'sports' in the sentence!!

bubbadog

I have a 'geek' crush on Richard (the one who gives the answers) from pointless!! :oops: