spoke too soon !!!

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wendgro
wendgro Member Posts: 296
edited 30. May 2010, 14:01 in Living with Arthritis archive
went to see the consultant in April for check up on TKR and THR my other hip also, we decided that while the medication I am taking is controlling my pain I would leave having my hip done. When the meds stop working then I would have it done. Guess what these past few weeks I have been in a lot of discomfort and have had to increase my tabs I am on maximum now of all my tabs. I didn't want the hip done this year I needed a break from surgery I shall plod on as long as I can but the inevitable is on the horison.Has this happened to anyone else it's a bit like having toothache and then when you go to the dentist it goes.

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,417
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Hiya Wend :(

    Oh B*m!!!

    This is so very annoying. When do you next see the ortho??

    Anything else they can give you to help you hang on in there a bit longer?

    I know you needed a break from surgery, but Oh Wend :(

    Hugs ((((()))))

    Love

    Toni xx
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Hi
    Know how you feel Had my first THR done 12th Feb and I was told the other one had to be done but I though "Oh next year" but I've seen a copy letter from my ortho to my GP saying how well I had gone through the 1st THR and he was going to discuss the 2nd one when he saw me....which is FRIDAY!!!!!!! I didnt really want it so soon.
    Love
    Hileena
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Hi Wendy,

    that is S*DS LAW!! Whenever I went to see the consultant in Bristol I would be on a good day and then on returning home a bad spell would kick in ...

    When planning/choosing when to go for the op, bear in mind that we wait til we are desperate and then of course have to join a waiting list ....

    Hope the pain eases up again soon.

    Speedalong
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
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