Saturday, September 13, 2008
The News--It is Good!
So I went to see Dr. Bierman the orthopedic specialist (she's the who saw me three years ago when I had broken the right side of my pelvis) about the pain in my left hip and femur.
She has looked at the ex-rays. Her assistant came in and prodded me to determine where the areas of pain are, wiggled my leg around, and then went to get her. She came in and poked where the assistant said I was having my pain, and based on what they found, they both agreed my horrible affliction was probably.........
....bursitis!
There appeared to be no structural reason why I can't put full weight on my hip and I was able to jettison the cane for now. I'm very excited about this.
Granted, I've had false diagnoses before, but this time it's a specialist in the cancer center assessing my hip. They were able to do a procedure in the office where first they numbed my hip with lidocaine and something else (which was actually the worst part) and then they injected a bunch of fluid that included a corticosteroid to help reduce inflammation. They rubbed the hip to spread the fluid around, and had me walk for about ten minutes. I also got a prescription to visit a physical therapist to get information on exercises I can do to make the bursitis go away so I hopefully won't need more shots.
I feel so much better. Granted, if the pain returns they can still do scans, but I'm happy with having the orthopedic person tell me I'm not in danger of breaking my femur or hip. Woohoo!
She has looked at the ex-rays. Her assistant came in and prodded me to determine where the areas of pain are, wiggled my leg around, and then went to get her. She came in and poked where the assistant said I was having my pain, and based on what they found, they both agreed my horrible affliction was probably.........
....bursitis!
There appeared to be no structural reason why I can't put full weight on my hip and I was able to jettison the cane for now. I'm very excited about this.
Granted, I've had false diagnoses before, but this time it's a specialist in the cancer center assessing my hip. They were able to do a procedure in the office where first they numbed my hip with lidocaine and something else (which was actually the worst part) and then they injected a bunch of fluid that included a corticosteroid to help reduce inflammation. They rubbed the hip to spread the fluid around, and had me walk for about ten minutes. I also got a prescription to visit a physical therapist to get information on exercises I can do to make the bursitis go away so I hopefully won't need more shots.
I feel so much better. Granted, if the pain returns they can still do scans, but I'm happy with having the orthopedic person tell me I'm not in danger of breaking my femur or hip. Woohoo!
Labels: bursitis, Dr. Bierman, hip
