sorry i havent been here in a long while, but i have been lurking -

as most of you know, i broke my hip at the end of 2003 - but have had
nothing but problems since, i did not have a hip replacement at the
time, docs said it wasnt warranted....any way - i have run the gamut of
pain killers that dont work, bone stimulator which i am still unsure of,
and now i have had a steroid injection directly into the hip socket -
done under x ray of course(done on friday the 13th no less).....it was
the most painful experience i have ever had and i am still reeling from
it...they kept giving me more novacaine (i think that was the numbing
agent) which is fine, but by the time i was done, i couldnt feel my
entire leg - all the way to my toes. i could not get off the table - the
numbness AND extreme pain where the needle went in...any way - i had
driven my self & obviously i couldnt drive home - they would not let me
leave until i could at least feel my leg & i was able to get someone to
drive me...any way .....before the injection, the pain came & went in
waves - horrible, but i was surviving...but now it is like a constant
ache deep inside the hip....every thing hurts - is this normal??? the
feeling finally came back completely about 12 hours after - which they
said because of the amount of numbing stuff i was given, that was
normal...but is this constant pain normal??? is it just because of the
invasiveness of it all??? will that part go away??? i see the hip guy in
a week & i will discuss it with him, but wanted real life
opinions....oh, and one more question - i am a diabetic - i know that my
prednisone increases my sugar level, can the injection do the same??? it
has been quite high since the injection - higher than my norms....i
should have thought to ask this one when i was there, but i was a tad
distracted...

any opinions????

Long time no see Kandi