doctor visit

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I have had 2 doctor visits in the last 2 days.

The first one was with the orthopeadic surgeon. He says my xrays are

fine and that he thinks I am where I should be. Maybe that my new hip

has made my leg a little long, or my pronounced sway could be from not

enough muscle tone. Interestingly, when my husband told him the

amount of exercise I have been doing he asked if I was pushing myself

too hard. He says he thinks my pain levels will reduce and that maybe

I could start reducing the brufen.

I said to my husband that I did not want to go back to what I was

before the brufen.

Today I visited a doctor who specialises in muscles and skeletons who

often works with my orthopeadic surgeon. He says many of my muscles

are in spasm and he did some work to try to get them to release.

Because I had to fill in a " map " with any pain I had anywhere in my

body he saw I have shoulder pain. He said the places in my shoulders

where I have pain would affect the muscle tone round the hip. He

actually spent more time working on them than the hip muscles.

My thigh pain,in the front centre of the body, he thinks is from

spasmed muscles so he worked on the trigger points there too.

It seems everything is connected. The body is an amazing piece of

equipment.

He says for me to keep taking my pain killers routinely for another 3

or 4 days and then start taking them only when I need them.

I see him again 5 January. I go back to work on 4 January.

Thank you for the support this group brings.

Margaret from Australia