help for spinal stenosis and degenerative disease

[arvine]

im on pred now sincec2016, originally pmr, now so many years later have osteoarthritis affecting hip, hands back other joints. Supposed to getvhip replacement feb 20th, as of nov 24 rbc levels, hemoglobin levels flagged ad low, all mobility restricted from pain, and they talk about exercise before surgery( if goes ahead) and after ,?in such pain all over am reluctant to go ahead, been told nothing can be done about chronic back pain, anyone out there suffering with all these issues, and advice pleasr

[Booklover66]

have you had any MRIs? I learned that much of my pain came from tendon tears in shoulders, hip and knee that were all caused by high doses of prednisone that I took off and on for a year in order to raise my low platelets.

[arvine in reply to Booklover66]

Oh yes over last couple years have MRI s, catscans, exrays, showing several issues, tears, ruptured disk caused severe pain on nerves in spine buldging disk and of course degenerativedisks and spinal stenosis,osteoarthritis and been on pred for over 8 yrs origially diagnosed with Pmr, so drs do believe prednisone had contributed to tears etc, so hip is separate issue, orthopaedic surgeon says can fix hip, but not my back,

[pink123floyd]

Hi bit late replying sorry .I have both i call them problems instead of diseases for quite a numer of years and just got last result from my MRI scan doctor says more degeneration in spine and severe OA in hips altho i always had arthritis in hips but only mild until now .Under pain management due to having Fibromilagia i have a pain patch called Buprenorphine 10mg which i have to have changed every 7 days and on waiting list to have needle in my spine to try and ease the pain have told my consultant if it is cortisone i refuse it had 4 and they dont work for me ended up haveing my wrist removed and full fusion metal plate put in

[arvine in reply to pink123floyd]

Oh sounds terrible, are you headed for hip replacement? Well Im scheduled for one Feb 20, but blood levels have dropped, rbc , hemoglobin, and back is in bad shape, worried about necessary exercises you must do before and after, was going to ask about a cortisone shot in back, can only take tylenol still being on prednisine, and have been for over 8 years, no dr had mentioned pain patches to me, I an very apprehensive and stressed about it all

[pink123floyd in reply to arvine]

Here in the UK they were prescribed by the main manament clinic not sure about any other country but worth asking your doctor about transdermal patches . Hope you get your operation take care.x