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Hi All - warning a long post and might waffle a bit as i'm not fully sure if how to put some of it
I didn't mean to keep you all in suspence yesterday but i had my appointment and walked away a little in shock. I wasn't expecting to be told i have a 3 things wrong with me and he can help with just 1 of them!
He examined me, but before he'd started i heard the nurse say are you giving an injection! That was it i was on my feet ready to run, dp just said sit and then held my hand and he's got a good grip!! Then i heard no not today and then this twange..... urm hope thats not a latex glove i ask.....urm yes why, replies doc......urm i have a latex allergy......oh crumbs let me go and see if i can find any latex free gloves..... nope can't find any i'll wash my hands twice and have to do it bear handed! Then he starts legs bending everywhich way etc and omg i nearly puched him thrice, and i would have done if i wasn't gripping the painful spot. Even suprised dp with the ammount of pain i had.... getting better at hiding it! Or i'm getting too used to it!
Anyway the up shot of it all is....
I have hypermobility and i need to see my gp about how severe etc.... as this has given me flat feet which has caused my hip pain.... (hip pain is not linked to my spd!) - need to see a private physio - one he's named in cambridge to get insoles made for my feet and special exercises for hypermobility and flat feet.....
As a result of the hypermobility i have very loose ligaments in my hips and knees etc which he can't sort but he's hoping what he's going to do for my spd might improve it a little..... but has said by the time i'm old i will be a cripple.
(once getting home i googled hypermobility and i have had knee joint problems for years and it's been put down to tearing cartalidge but i'm not so sure now as it should have healed itself but it hasn't.... also i was diagnosed with me 6-7yrs ago which is commonly misdiagnosed when it should be hypermobility as the correct one, so i'm now waiting to find out what do i do now, my gp's not in till monday but it's made me a little low to say the least.
Right now the spd.... i'm going to be having the same injections as Madz but he didn't want to say how many etc just the first one will be within 13weeks and subsequent ones further apart as there's no goverment waiting times to adhere too! He didn't change my meds as he said i'll leave them where they are as you been on so many and i'll get you in for pain injections for your spd. Didn't really go though the procedure or anything.
He was very nice but i'm glad i took my tablets with me..... definatley needed them afterwards.
So all in all i'm not 100% sure of what the outcome will be, but all i feel is very low and depressed at the moment, trying to think if the injections are really worth it all if it's not going to help the whole picture etc, i have a huge fear of the unknown! Last night i came home was put to bed striaght after the kids and have been drinking morphine all night (before you panic 2 doeses 4hrs apart dp supervised) to try and cope with the pains...it did a bit for the pain this time but i found it no longer makes me wanna puke! Typical.... DP fed me in bed and waited on me, i must have been worried as he normally sleeps on his front due to his sleep problem but last night he didn't let go of me for a second.
Sorry it's so long 'm still trying to get my head around it all and what it means.
Thank you all for your support.
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Topic: Seeing pain doc for first time
Oh Tsena, poor you. That is a lot to take in. It's good you've got Madz to fill you in on everything to do with the injections though.
