August 13, 2004
It's been a while
I haven't forgotten about writing but I have been rather sick again and just cannot sit at the computer for too long.
I saw two of my doctors yesterday and all I can say is here I go again. Monday morning at 6 am I will be having more MRI'S. This time they will be on my right hip and lower spine. Then on Tuesday I will be having a 3 phase bone scan.
Just to let you know what has been going on, I have been waking up every morning being almost paralyzed with pain. I cannot walk, roll over or even sit up. I have to take my pain meds and wait about an hour before I can even start to move. The pain was going away but now it has begun to stay and the pain meds are not even touching the pain. So sitting at the computer for any length of time is hard to do.
I am scared that the right hip has gone and I will be facing another THR, not to mention the CD I had on the left femur in May did not work so we are trying to decide to use a cadaver bone or a steel rod.
I have just been in so much pain that depression has set in again, and I just don't have any get up and go to do anything. I will tell you this disease sucks. It may not be fatal but in some ways it is, in that it kills your quality of life.
I will keep you posted as to what I find out next week, and if I can will write more sooner.
Posted by Karen on August 13, 2004 09:39 PM