lyonsden10
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I've been integrating the TMS process into my life since 2017. I've seen some big improvements in osteoarthritis pain, chronic dizziness, migraines, gut symptoms, and my thinking (i.e., much less catastrophizing and fearful ruminating over symptoms). A miracle in so many ways.
However, the situation with my right hip snuck up on me and it's throwing me for a loop. So I'd like your feedback.
HISTORY
I'm 68 and have osteoarthritis along with other health issues, but that's been the easiest type of symptom for me to address with TMS. In fact, three years ago, I had severe left hip pain for months and when the MRI showed nothing really wrong, I just used my TMS process and eventually it went away (despite the "hip" specialist saying it's from degenerative discs in my low back and I should see a specialist).
CURRENT HIP ISSUE
But now, it's my right hip. Over the past six months, I've been doing gentle online walk at home, and lateral movements with my right hip hurt, but the pain would go away when I stopped the exercise for the day.
Six weeks ago, the pain was in my groin and around the top of my leg. It had become much worse, but still I continued exercising and also walking aerobically outside. Then, I went on a cruise and in a defiant effort, walked up and down the steps instead of taking the elevator.
Despite using my TMS process, the pain had become constant and excruciating. A month ago, I stopped exercising and hoped it would calm down, but just got worse. My TMS process disappeared at that point as I just didn't know if it was structural.
Two weeks ago, I got an x-ray and MRI. The x-ray was fine, but the MRI showed a fracture in the femoral head and hip joint arthrosis with high grade cartilage loss, etc. So my primary sent me to a Orthopedic surgeon who I saw yesterday.
MRI REPORT FINDINGS
1. Hip joint arthrosis with high-grade cartilage loss on both sides of the joint line with subchondral insufficiency fracture/ischemia of the femoral head and associated adjacent edema and stress reaction in the medial acetabulum
2. Moderate joint effusion and synovitis
THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON'S DIAGNOSIS
He took his own xray and immediately said I had bone on bone arthritis and need a hip replacement. I asked about the fracture and he didn't see it on the xray, but after looking at the mri said it wasn't significant.
MAYBE IT IS TMS!
I asked if the pain meant I was damaging the hip and he said no. I asked what would happen if I didn't do the surgery and he said I'd just be in a lot of pain and unable to do what I want to do.
He gave me prednisone, but it's a higher dose than I'm comfortable with, so I'm not going to take it (took a medrol pack from primary a few weeks ago and it made no difference).
WHY I'M CONFUSED
I'm confused as to why the original x-ray tech said all was normal and this doc saw such severe issues on his own x-ray. And strange his minimizing the fracture. (I had researched him and he had lots of good reviews and my primary said they had excellent patient experience with all the ortho's in that practice.)
I've searched this wiki and have seen some people who have been successful with TMS in other areas eventually get the surgery for this and it really helped them.
But it's so sudden that I don't know what to think.
FEEDBACK REQUEST
If I walk small steps and slowly, it's just a dull ache, so I'm not going to do anything about it right now. But I'd really appreciate any feedback you may have.
Also, does anyone know if there's a TMS MD who does second opinions and will look at the xray and MRI for a fee?
(@Dorado if you had any thoughts, I would really appreciate your feedback.)
Thanks so much,
Susan B.
However, the situation with my right hip snuck up on me and it's throwing me for a loop. So I'd like your feedback.
HISTORY
I'm 68 and have osteoarthritis along with other health issues, but that's been the easiest type of symptom for me to address with TMS. In fact, three years ago, I had severe left hip pain for months and when the MRI showed nothing really wrong, I just used my TMS process and eventually it went away (despite the "hip" specialist saying it's from degenerative discs in my low back and I should see a specialist).
CURRENT HIP ISSUE
But now, it's my right hip. Over the past six months, I've been doing gentle online walk at home, and lateral movements with my right hip hurt, but the pain would go away when I stopped the exercise for the day.
Six weeks ago, the pain was in my groin and around the top of my leg. It had become much worse, but still I continued exercising and also walking aerobically outside. Then, I went on a cruise and in a defiant effort, walked up and down the steps instead of taking the elevator.
Despite using my TMS process, the pain had become constant and excruciating. A month ago, I stopped exercising and hoped it would calm down, but just got worse. My TMS process disappeared at that point as I just didn't know if it was structural.
Two weeks ago, I got an x-ray and MRI. The x-ray was fine, but the MRI showed a fracture in the femoral head and hip joint arthrosis with high grade cartilage loss, etc. So my primary sent me to a Orthopedic surgeon who I saw yesterday.
MRI REPORT FINDINGS
1. Hip joint arthrosis with high-grade cartilage loss on both sides of the joint line with subchondral insufficiency fracture/ischemia of the femoral head and associated adjacent edema and stress reaction in the medial acetabulum
2. Moderate joint effusion and synovitis
THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON'S DIAGNOSIS
He took his own xray and immediately said I had bone on bone arthritis and need a hip replacement. I asked about the fracture and he didn't see it on the xray, but after looking at the mri said it wasn't significant.
MAYBE IT IS TMS!
I asked if the pain meant I was damaging the hip and he said no. I asked what would happen if I didn't do the surgery and he said I'd just be in a lot of pain and unable to do what I want to do.
He gave me prednisone, but it's a higher dose than I'm comfortable with, so I'm not going to take it (took a medrol pack from primary a few weeks ago and it made no difference).
WHY I'M CONFUSED
I'm confused as to why the original x-ray tech said all was normal and this doc saw such severe issues on his own x-ray. And strange his minimizing the fracture. (I had researched him and he had lots of good reviews and my primary said they had excellent patient experience with all the ortho's in that practice.)
I've searched this wiki and have seen some people who have been successful with TMS in other areas eventually get the surgery for this and it really helped them.
But it's so sudden that I don't know what to think.
FEEDBACK REQUEST
If I walk small steps and slowly, it's just a dull ache, so I'm not going to do anything about it right now. But I'd really appreciate any feedback you may have.
Also, does anyone know if there's a TMS MD who does second opinions and will look at the xray and MRI for a fee?
(@Dorado if you had any thoughts, I would really appreciate your feedback.)
Thanks so much,
Susan B.
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If the surgery was so urgent the prognosis would be much more obvious to all of these specialists. You can always have it done later. That's what my 85-year-old half sister did - she kept putting off a hip replacement thinking she could power through it as she always has, but in the end she was pretty disabled. When she finally got the new hip last summer she said she should have probably done it a year sooner, but waiting didn't seem to have made a difference to her rapid and successful recovery.