Hip Hip Hurrah!!!

[Mrsdoozer]

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all ok and not suffering to much in this hot and sticky weather.Well as the title suggests I am booked in for a hip replacement on 16th September.Its been a long journey to get to that point not helped by my Consultant Rhumatologist who made me feel like I was being over dramatic and an idiot!! Three years ago my then Consultant Rhumatologist told me I would benefit going to Hydrotherapy .Long story short yes it helped the aches and pains, but one particular exercise left me struggling to get into the car and and in awful pain in my hip for weeks. I eventually went to see my GP who on examination said I think you have some wear and tear on your hip, & sent me for x ray. This proved to be the case, clutching strong painkillers added to the cocktail of the rest of the tablets i already take. I limped & hobbled on along with the usual aches pains and stiffness, the hip pain was just another added to the long list.It all became to much and i found myself absolutely worn out and depressed. But as my fellow Lupus Warriors know its just another thing to deal with and we keep going the best we can and at worst we stop....for a while ! Fast forward to earlier this year saw my Rhumey consultant who dismissed my hip pain with disdain saying I need to go back to Hydro and have Physio. I said at the time that is were the proble with my hip started but he insinuated I knew nothing and was making a fuss, and went on to say along with SLE & Sjgreons he felt i had had Fibromyalgia all of a sudden and that was the problem. I was diagnosed with SLE & Sgjreons over 20 years ago I am not a doctor but I knew this was mechanical and I was being fobbed off .Well I went to Hydro for initial assessment like a good girl and was told it was no use to me and agreed that it was mechanical not Fibromyalgia. So off I went to Physio to be told the same thing and that she thought I needed to see the MSK team with a possibility of having a new hip. The MSK doc examined me and requested new x rays.Sure enough xrays show severe wear and tear on the left hip and I was referred to an Orthopedic Surgeon.Tuesday this week the appointment arrived and the Surgeon showed me the new xrays. It clearly shows no cartilage left, its bone on bone hence the awful pain! Also the left one was well on it way to going the same way but will leave well alone until really necessary. So on the 16th September I am booked in for a hip replacement at the age of 54.I have lost all faith in my consultant Rhumatologist , and I am not happy to have been made out to be a fraud or made to feel an idiot making such a fuss!! Have any of my fellow Lupus warriors had hip replacements and did it cause any problems with their Lupus?Also I am on Azathiropine , i have been told it significantly raises the possible chance of infection after, has this happened to anyone ?

Sorry for the rant, I know that I am not alone having read so many other posts where people are made out to be idiots. We all have enough to deal with without all this added grief from so called professional people GRRRR!

Love & Light To All

Angela xxx

[honeybug]

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[Mrsdoozer in reply to honeybug]

Thank you xxx