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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2006Isn't OA odd ... ?
Almost eight weeks after my op. on my left hip, and my left leg is coming along just fine. Unfortunately, my right hip also has problems with OA and I was amazed when for the last couple of months I've not had much trouble from the right. Now, in the last couple of days, it's really beginning to fight back. Coincidentally, just as I'm getting more sleep (spending longer in bed, deeper sleep) my right hip is getting decidedly bad tempered. Any other hip-hop people out there with a similar experience (and/or ways to dealing with it - if I could gt it back to how it was in the weeks immediately after the op, I'd be a happy man.) Maybe have to stay up all night ... :-))) Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. > Almost eight weeks after my op. on my left hip, and my left > leg is coming along just fine. Unfortunately, my right hip [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jim Could be something to do with deep-seated pain-killers during or after the op, but 8 weeks might be too long for that. Or maybe you've had so much going on with one leg, you haven't been concentrating on the other leg quite so much. Have you tried taking a couple of pain-killers just before you go to bed? I'm sure someone will come up with a proper explanation Jim, but I wish that had happened to me after my first shoulder operation! Splodge >Could be something to do with deep-seated pain-killers during or after the >op, but 8 weeks might be too long for that. Or maybe you've had so much [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >had happened to me after my first shoulder operation! >Splodge Thanks Splodge. Good ideas, but the right hip has definitely been worse. Had it been as bad as yesterday when I came home I wouldn't have gotten out of my chair and in fact I was off down the shops within a week :-) I've been giving it a little thought - the only things I've changed in the last week are: I removed the sexy stockings. Now I sleep longer. Longer in bed means a more painful right hip. Set alarm for 6am? :( I've improved my diet! Staying at home leaves me more time to cook properly and I've gone from Sainsbury's ready meal Nirvana to proper food! Oddly enough, that might be causing my problem, as usually I completely avoid red meat but have had it twice a week lately. Isn't red meat supposed to be bad for OA? Anyway, I'll return to my usual diet for a couple of weeks, and hope that someone here might know how to ease the discomfort of sleeping more than a couple of hours! Lavender pillows, Horlicks, or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? If not then I might work on the deep pain killer theory and ask if they'll let me have a morphine drip at home. :-)))) Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. > or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? a tumbler sir! Living in the deep south has taught you some funny ways!  SignatureT h e - e x t e n d e r ! ! ! ! >> or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? > >a tumbler sir! Living in the deep south has taught you some funny >ways! Jings! Caught wi' ma breeks doon.... My apologies, Sandy, a tumbler it is! Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. Lavender pillows, Horlicks, or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? > If not then I might work on the deep pain killer theory and > ask if they'll let me have a morphine drip at home. :-)))) > > Jim A lavender pillow, or spraying the stuff onto my pillow does get me off to sleep, so it's worth trying Jim. It's waking up about 2 - 3 hours later that wears me out:)) Splodge >Lavender pillows, Horlicks, or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >wears me out:)) >Splodge That's my problem too - every 2-4 hours I waken up, see if I can guess the time and am usually right within a few minutes. Still, I'm sleeping longer, even if in fits and starts, since the stocking episode ended. Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. >>Lavender pillows, Horlicks, or a glass of Glenmorangie perhaps? >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >minutes. Still, I'm sleeping longer, even if in fits and >starts, since the stocking episode ended. Okay, news update: not for the fashionably squeamish ;0) Before the weekend my right leg (non-op) was hurting like ****. On Saturday I had a great day - weather changed, leg better, retail therapy BIG TIME, and felt good. That night, slept usual 3 hour shifts. Sunday night decided to opt not for my usual shorts & t-shirt night attire, but good old fluffy pyjamas. And I slept 6 hours straight. Last night I went to bed at 1am, and although a little fitfully, I slept through until .... ... ELEVEN AM! Of course I didn't have the alarm on because I've been wakening every 3 hours for the last two months. Sainsburys were delivering my groceries at 12 so it was a bit of a shock. But a nice one. And so, is this a medical breakthrough? Is the prime requirement for a good night's sleep actually a warm pair of jammies? Who can say? Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. > Before the weekend my right leg (non-op) was hurting like > ****. On Saturday I had a great day - weather changed, leg [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jim So throw out the nil-wear and put jammies on then. That might take some getting used to:)) I'm glad it worked for you though Jim. Let us know if all that sleep continues during the next few nights. Splodge >So throw out the nil-wear and put jammies on then. That might take some >getting used to:)) >I'm glad it worked for you though Jim. Let us know if all that sleep >continues during the next few nights. >Splodge Now how about you? Might work to help dispel those all night blues? Will report back .. if I wake up on time... :) Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. > And so, is this a medical breakthrough? Is the prime > requirement for a good night's sleep actually a warm pair of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > For email, go to my address and take out the dog. Hey, whatever works Jim! Stick with it if it works - you're lucky it wasn't a fleecy flannelette nightie that did the trick though - you might have got some odd looks from the grocery delivery man! Jayne >> And so, is this a medical breakthrough? Is the prime >> requirement for a good night's sleep actually a warm pair of [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jayne Hi Jayne... We have delivery ladies too and I wonder what the reaction might have been from her... ! Good news is the sleep thing IS getting a better since a)sexy stockings removed b) jammies used and c) time passes. A nice hot water bottle and a mug of Horlicks and I should be in the land of nod without a problem... except wakening up on time to get to work when I start again.. ! Weird regression of last week seems to have lifted, and back on track, pleased to say. Much walking without too much trouble. Personally I think it was that awful grey weather... ;-) Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For email, go to my address and take out the dog. |
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