Let's see if this helps.....

tjt6768

I have made an appointment with the GP to see if he will inject both knees again. It didn't really help last time but I'm really struggling with knee pain at the minute so I'm willing to try it again. Please cross your arthritic fingers for me.

I also rang the pain clinic to have the radio lesion treatment on the nerves in my lower back repeated as that really works well. She said that I would have to wait till after August
I asked my GP last week if he would fax them and explain how desperate I am for this doing again.
The 1st time I had it done it worked for over a year so when I rang to have it done a second time I was told that because it was over a year I would have to be re referred from the GP.. So this time I thought that I was doing the right thing asking early as it's only been about ten months. . Oh no. . Have to be re referred yet again :roll:
I just hope that they can get me in soon. I've also said that I will take a cancellation.

Wish me luck lol

Slosh

Hope things work out for you.

hileena111

Hi Tony
The pain clinic have discharged me!!!!! Not because I'm much better but because there is nothing more they can do for me
Hope you get your referral from the GP and you don't have to wait too long
Love
Hileena

villier

Keeping everything crossed for you Tony you get a referral and soon xx

mig

Hope things go well,sending midland lass hugs. Mig

stickywicket

Sorry things are rough, Tony. Do we assume the hydro (and acupuncture?) didn't help, then?

I don't know how Pain Clinics work. Maybe it's a bit like physio ie either you're currently signed up with them or you've to get to the back of the queue. And / or maybe, like steroid injections, there are some limits as to how often it's safe to do this procedure.

Best of luck.

tjt6768

Thanks girls

Sticky. The hydro was only a 6 week course. I was supposed to go straight back to see my physio to see what I do next and was going to ask if I could do more hydro. She's gone on long term sick and now Chapel Allerton are very low on staff so I'm having to go to Jimmys :roll: not a fan. . Will see what they say. I think I go in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know what they say. I didn't have any acupuncture in the end. I was going to go on a course where they do that as well as some other treatments but I'm not well enough to commit to something like that and think the space could be used by someone else.

As far as I know the radio lesion can be repeated however many times I need it. It's more a case of the pain clinic being extremely busy.

Xx

tjt6768

hileena111 wrote:

Hi Tony
The pain clinic have discharged me!!!!! Not because I'm much better but because there is nothing more they can do for me
Hope you get your referral from the GP and you don't have to wait too long
Love
Hileena

That's awful I'm sorry that they have done that hun. Surely they haven't tried everything in their arsenal to help you :?:
Grrrrrrrrr.

Xxx

barbara12

Hi hope they work for you Tony, I was told by the pain clinic that quite a few don't work first time but the next ones can ..so I have everything crossed for you..and has for the nerve thingy...well they don't make life easy do they...good luck...x

tjt6768

Thanks Babs
The very first time I had my knees done it was wonderful. For the first time in over 30yrs my knees didn't hurt. It was like a miracle lol.. Didn't last long though :roll:
After that I had them done again and nothing. . Not a thing. I think I had them done a third time and it helped a little bit.
So we shall see eh?

Xx

theresak

I hope you get the injections Tony - and that they help your poor knees. I think sometimes they work and sometimes they don`t , so fingers (metaphorically ) crossed.

tjt6768

Cheers Theresa

tjt6768

Just got home from the GP'S. Had both knees injected with steroids. . Hopefully that will help as they have both been very painful lately.
Now I'm back on mi bed. Will give them plenty of time to rest. Let the steroids get into all the nooks and crannies. . Lol
The right one was ok but the left one :shock: that one has a lot of scar tissue in it... that kinda stung somewhat

stickywicket

You know the drill, Tony. Rest up today and tomorrow and let's hope it does its stuff

tjt6768

Thank you your stickiness drill will be adhered to. Xx

stickywicket

Any joy?

tjt6768

Was just logging on actually lol.

They are feeling a tad better just a little sore every now and then . Will be setting off for my joints scanning at Chapel Allerton soon. Elbows today I think :?

Xxx

applerose

Hope the injections work well for you this time.

tjt6768

Had both wrists and both elbows scanned. Have inflammation around the tendons in both elbows and bone erosion :shock: was not expecting him to say that lol.
He injected both elbows after the scans. . I really hope that helps. The injections were quite painless to be honest but boy do they hurt now.. I can hardly move them. He did say they would get worse before they get better.. I've heard that before lol.
I'm exhausted now. Had no sleep last night due to the back pain :x think I need a kip..

Thanks for all of your replies. They mean more than you know

hileena111

Hi Tony
I do hope they work and that he is right.....they will get worse before they get better
Hope you sleep a bit better tonight

Love
Hileena

tjt6768

Ta luv.
I've had a bit of a snooze. . My left elbow has eased much more than the right one . I can barely hold the mobile up lol.. my arm won't extend fully lol.

Xx

Slosh

Fingers crossed the injections help. Hope you manage to get a better sleep tonight as well.

tjt6768

Thank you Sloshiness. I actually slept really well last night. I think I must have been that exhausted. . I must have anyway because if I had have been moving about I would have woken myself up. Every time I moved my right elbow exploded in pain so I reckon I was comatose lol.
My left elbow has settled down altogether now but the right one still smarts somewhat lol. I couldn't even brush my teeth with the right hand as I couldn't raise the arm high enough. I reckon the more it hurts now the better it'll work let's hope eh?

bridesmum

Hope that the steroid jabs work Tony, I had one a few months ago but to no effect. My gp didn't tell me to rest the leg so I trotted off to do some shopping straight after the jab so maybe that was why

tjt6768

Hi bridesmum.
It's always best to rest the joint after injection. Gives the steroids time to settle in etc.. I usually give it up to 48hrs.

I think the injections are helping. My knees and elbows seem to have settled. Just a little so far lol

This morning I seem to be having a real bad flare up though :roll: :roll: My whole body is hurting and aching. I took my wife to work 1st thing this morning and kinda knew things weren't right but hoped that if I came back to bed it would be ok after a rest.
I am really hurting at the minute. Even my fingers hurt. . Let's hope it is just a small flare. . Got to go to Skeggy in the morning lol.

Thanks for the reply hun.

theresak

Hope the pain eases soon Tony, and the flare goes away and leaves you in peace for your trip tomorrow.