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Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:24pm \| IP Logged

Hey there ladies. Sorry to hear there's a lot of pain going round at the moment. Tsena and Madz, thanks for the support for my big moan, I've only just had a chance to get back on the computer for long enough since writing it to reply, but your words made me feel like I'm not so useless. So.. thank you!

Right - today's news. I've just returned from 3 hours at the hospital. 1 laying down x-ray and 2 flamingoes later - "Yes, you are in a lot of pain, aren't you?" said the consultant and his assistant as they tried to push my symphysis joint hard enough to feel what was going on. I cried. They continued at my request, but still couldn't press hard enough to feel what they wanted to, so decided to stop as I was in tears and in danger of biting through my lip. Perhaps not the best outcome.

Anyway, the consultant, Mr. Mohanty, was very good.

He was honest about surgery - told me he'd done the operation around 20 times - half the time it works brilliantly, half the time not so well - and that means a patient could end up much worse, with a very immovable pelvis! Meaning, having more children would be difficult, and would definitely involve a c-section and would need a lot of discussion. (but, if I have another child, I knew I'd need a c-section anyway as my GP and gynae agree that it's the only way for me, realistically... but that's neither here nor there!)

He was not keen to operate on me. He says he has no idea why it works for some people and not others and, though he's carried it out on people with my degree of misalignment and separation before - and those with a lot more separation - he hasn't carried it out on someone as young as me. He said he felt very responsible for me and it must be extremely difficult to be so young and have this happening. He said he didn't know how we managed to cope with daily life, I told him that I don't really cope, which is true enough.

What happens next? He's writing a referal for me to have a scan (CT? I think so) and then have anaesthetic injections into the symphysis joint under scan conditions (so they can see the exact area through the scan, presumably) and see if that helps. After that, I have to go back to see Mr. Mohanty and discuss my options, which depend on how the injections go.

So, that's cheerful news! I'm being taken seriously and moving through the system some more.

It was gone 5:30 by the time we'd finished. We started with the x-rays at 3:30, so I've had a few hours of being well and truly prodded and poked!

Hurray? I think it went quite well.

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Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:33pm \| IP Logged

Aww i can only imagine what you all go through.

I have hip problems but mine is different.

Glad it all went as well as it could and i hope they find the right treatment for you.

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Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:18pm \| IP Logged

Hi hun

I'm glad it’s all had a positive outcome and has helped lift you too. It’s so relieving to speak to someone who doesn’t mince there words and actually knows what they are talking about.

I'm glad he saw how much pain you are in and how badly things have been. He really does sound like a lovely guy and so down to earth too. (Which is rare in consultants, many are scalpel happy.)

I hope the pain doesn’t linger too much from the extra prodding and poking but if you’re like me it doesn’t matter you’ve got your silver lining now.

The anaesthetic injections did he tell you the name of it? Also did you ask to be copied in on all correspondence? I'm just wondering as the scan/x-ray conditions it the setting of mine and Madz’s treatment, prolotherapy.

It’s all defiantly very positive, was he able to give you anything to cope with the pain etc in the interim? Don’t forget OT! They can be highly sought after so the sooner your referred the better sort of thing. Here’s hoping things move quickly now and you get your scan and injections soon hun.

Glad we could help when you where low sweets it’s not easy to face or deal with what goes though our heads let alone the physical limitations.

Big hugs, and I'm glad you didn’t bite though your lip…. Take care hun and you know where we are if you need us x

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