Saw the Doc today. She was helpful. All in all the appointment was good. We went over my things about pain management. One medication was non-narcotic called nortripylene. Basically blocks some pain receptors in the brain to minimalize pain the brain thinks I'm having. It also helps me sleep better. Well I hope so anyway. We will see how the next few week go and if it helps then thats great. If not, She also got me onto a three month supply of narc pain meds to take if i really need it. And if not we will try something else. One thing we found is I may have another new issue now on the backside of my hip. I have issues already with sciatic pain and have to do stretching to keep in check but this one is new. It feels like a grinding and the stretching I am doing for sciatic nerve pain is not helping and actually hurts. The new pain, my DR said most likely has something to do with SI joint, or Sacroiliac joint. Basically cartilage breaks down for whatever reson, mine probably being the severe changes in my walking to try to alleviate pain in my hip is causing this. So the bones start to grind and can turn into osteoarthritis. That is a very small summary of it. Great more and exciting pain YAY!
Well Tomorrow is Appt #2 this week and this one will be with a Surgery Assistant in Orthopedics and we will be doing exams, possibly an MRI and talking about what may be best for me. I will fill you in on what happens...TOTALLY freaked!!!
Off to bed and hopefully tomorrow i have low emotions rolling and can handle it with minimal crying :)
This is my journey with DDH and my experience. I have found that reading the wonderful blogs belonging to some courageous women has helped me immensely and I am hoping that my words will be as helpful to someone else. Enjoy!
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