I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYONE BUT I FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. It all started w/annoying pain the left hip and groin area AND ONLY while I slept. It would wake me up every night and was more annoying than painful.
I went to my GYN because I thought it was a pelvic problem which was radiating to my hip and at the same time I went to see my family doctor. A transvaginal sonogram and x-ray of left hip were ordered.
They did find a cyst in my left ovary but my dr. assured me that this was not the cause of my pain.
The X-Ray showed a density (spot) in one of the bones of my hip and an MRI of the hip was ordered.
Had the MRI of the hip which came back clean - however another density was found in one of the bones in my sacrum for which a cat scan of the sacral area was ordered.
CAT scan came back clean.
By this time (a month or two had gone by during all this and the pain had gone to annoying waking me up to VERY PAINFUL waking me up.)
My dr. referred me to an orthopedist who diagnosed me as having greater trochanteric BURSITIS. He prescribed anti-inflammatories and stretches which were absolutely ineffective. The pain was growing in intensity and was starting to last way into the morning. I was VERY uncomfortable at this point. I went back in for a cortisone shot and expected this to be the end of my problems. NOT. It got so much worse to the point where I couldn't put on my shoes or socks in the morning, I couldn't go to sleep w/o something to knock me out as well as ice, icy hot patches and every other pain killer I could find and that STILL was not giving me any relief. I wasn't sleeping and I was miserable. I MUST ADD THAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL I could still work out during the day vigorously w/o a problem. The pain was STRICTLY AT NIGHT OR WHEN I LIED DOWN. ACTIVITY DID NOT CAUSE THIS PAIN, LYING DOWN DID. I was so miserable however, that after a time, I could not even work out so I took a month off and it did not help one bit. I scheduled another appt. with my orthopedist but he was on vacation so they gave me another appt with his partner, a surgeon, but I had to wait about a week during which time I started to notice numbness in my leg between my knee and ankle, the pain was well into my entire leg at this point shooting down from my hip and when I'd walk, my left foot wasn't bending like my right - it was just slapping the floor. I went back a week later and was thoroughly examined by the orthopedic surgeon who told me that what I was experiencing was called foot drop and that combined w/my numbing leg was a sign that this had something to do with my nerves and not a bursitis at all. He ordered an immediate (next day) MRI of my entire spine and a consultation with the neurologist upon the results of the MRI. The MRI showed a HERNIATED DISK and this combined with the numbing and the foot drop meant that there was nerve damage. They admitted me into the ER immediately and scheduled surgery for the next morning. Upon opening me up - guess what they found???????????????? A CYST in the joint of my vertebrae. There are all kinds of fancy terms for this but I'm at a loss for these terms right now. Had they not operated, the nerve damage could've been so much worse, I could've gone paralyzed. I now am 100% PAIN FREE thank goodness. I do, however, still have the numb feelings and the footdrop b/c the damage is done. The neurologist prescribed physical therapy which would get me back only 80%.
SO LADIES; I hope I didn't panic anyone. I just must tell you to be careful, listen to your body and don't always take the doctor's word for it. If it hurts, keep probing until you get to the bottom of it!!!! If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact me at [email protected]
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I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYONE BUT I FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. It all started w/annoying pain the left hip and groin area AND ONLY while I slept. It would wake me up every night and was more annoying than painful.
I went to my GYN because I thought it was a pelvic problem which was radiating to my hip and at the same time I went to see my family doctor. A transvaginal sonogram and x-ray of left hip were ordered.
They did find a cyst in my left ovary but my dr. assured me that this was not the cause of my pain.
April 28, 2010 - 7:46amThe X-Ray showed a density (spot) in one of the bones of my hip and an MRI of the hip was ordered.
Had the MRI of the hip which came back clean - however another density was found in one of the bones in my sacrum for which a cat scan of the sacral area was ordered.
CAT scan came back clean.
By this time (a month or two had gone by during all this and the pain had gone to annoying waking me up to VERY PAINFUL waking me up.)
My dr. referred me to an orthopedist who diagnosed me as having greater trochanteric BURSITIS. He prescribed anti-inflammatories and stretches which were absolutely ineffective. The pain was growing in intensity and was starting to last way into the morning. I was VERY uncomfortable at this point. I went back in for a cortisone shot and expected this to be the end of my problems. NOT. It got so much worse to the point where I couldn't put on my shoes or socks in the morning, I couldn't go to sleep w/o something to knock me out as well as ice, icy hot patches and every other pain killer I could find and that STILL was not giving me any relief. I wasn't sleeping and I was miserable. I MUST ADD THAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL I could still work out during the day vigorously w/o a problem. The pain was STRICTLY AT NIGHT OR WHEN I LIED DOWN. ACTIVITY DID NOT CAUSE THIS PAIN, LYING DOWN DID. I was so miserable however, that after a time, I could not even work out so I took a month off and it did not help one bit. I scheduled another appt. with my orthopedist but he was on vacation so they gave me another appt with his partner, a surgeon, but I had to wait about a week during which time I started to notice numbness in my leg between my knee and ankle, the pain was well into my entire leg at this point shooting down from my hip and when I'd walk, my left foot wasn't bending like my right - it was just slapping the floor. I went back a week later and was thoroughly examined by the orthopedic surgeon who told me that what I was experiencing was called foot drop and that combined w/my numbing leg was a sign that this had something to do with my nerves and not a bursitis at all. He ordered an immediate (next day) MRI of my entire spine and a consultation with the neurologist upon the results of the MRI. The MRI showed a HERNIATED DISK and this combined with the numbing and the foot drop meant that there was nerve damage. They admitted me into the ER immediately and scheduled surgery for the next morning. Upon opening me up - guess what they found???????????????? A CYST in the joint of my vertebrae. There are all kinds of fancy terms for this but I'm at a loss for these terms right now. Had they not operated, the nerve damage could've been so much worse, I could've gone paralyzed. I now am 100% PAIN FREE thank goodness. I do, however, still have the numb feelings and the footdrop b/c the damage is done. The neurologist prescribed physical therapy which would get me back only 80%.
SO LADIES; I hope I didn't panic anyone. I just must tell you to be careful, listen to your body and don't always take the doctor's word for it. If it hurts, keep probing until you get to the bottom of it!!!! If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact me at [email protected]
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