piratecat here, hi, dd8 facing cortisone injections for the ongoing hip pain, any experience.

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Seeing orthopedic guy on wednesday. as the hip pain (illiotibal band problem) is just the same the next step will be injection into the greater trochanter. Physio hasn't helped becuase she can't do any of the stretches due to extreme pain. I am hoping that if we can get some of the inflammation down we may be able to work more on it. I am also going to ask the ortho if he is sure it's not bursitis of the hip. Her symptoms seem to point to that more, altho i do know treatment for both will be the jab. They have said that bursitis did not show up on the mri, but i have googled and other have said the same, but it ended up being a bursitis. She cn't even lie on her back whenit's bad and would hit the roof if oyu tried to touch the skin on the area.

DD is resigned to this fact now, and cannot livew like this much longer ( nor can I).Has anyone any experienc eof a child having has a similar procedure?

the ortho guy said the appt would be in 4-6 weeks on average. that's a long time to wait for pain relief imo. if things carry on as they are then i am not putting her thru it.

Devon has been dryish but cloudy, only one or two days with any sun since i got back form spain, so the tan had bloody gone!!

Possibly completely irrelevant, but just wanted to say that I had cortisone injection for a shoulder problem and it did really help but the day after the injection was pure agony. Apparently it's reasonably common to have a 'cortisone flare' sort of like a short-lived allergic reaction. It's not a reason not to have it as it does really help ime but just something to be aware of - eg she might need the next day in bed to recover.

Hope she's still feeling better - fingers crossed.

no thanks for that picallili, i have read up about the poss side effects, yours seems quite common, sorry you had to go thru that. I also know that sometimes they don't help, and sometimes they cure the prob.

what was the outcome for you longterm?

I have my fingers crossed for your dd, I would cross my toes too if it would help! I wonder what how and why it clicked back into place, just hoping it stays there. Is she still plain free today?

4 to 6 weeks to wait for pain relief is ridiculous, especially with a child, I guess it is because it probably counts as a minor surgical procedure or something, but even so .

We are seeing ortho on Thursday.....not looking forward to it either.

My tan has rusted.....yesterday was the first day of no rain in over two weeks!

hi sparkle, thanks for your good wishes.

i hope your appointment is productive.

She is pain free this morning, its a bit odd tbh. yet i keep thinking that it isn;t in away becuase it started so suddenly and violently. She has had a huge hue growth spurt int he last few months, which i have mentioned b4. yet i didn't realsie how big a one until yesterday when i decided to try two pairs of jeans on her that i'd bought in the sale in the spring. The first pair were a big aged 7, which were much too baggy around the waist and legs on april, the second ,well i only got them cos they were £2 in Sainsbury but to fit her next year.
WEll neither fit her now i was like [shock}, they don't touch!

I wonder if it is possible that her ligaments and tendons didn't keep up with bone growth? But surely even then onset of pain would be gradual if it was purely growth related. How much do you think she has grown in the last few months?

Have you googled for anything about the pain
from illiotibal band problems resolving like this, or have you, probably very sensibly, avoided doing it for fear of what you may read?

Fingers crossed for a pain free afternoon.

My ds is being very quiet and uncommunicative about the ortho appointment. My mum is coming this pm and staying for a few days, to help with child care around the hospital appointments, so I am hoping he will open up to her, he has in the past. I think he talks to her more because he worries about worrying me, bless him.

oh i've googled alright but not extensively sparkle. The only indication that the tendons and ligaments would be under pressure was when the consulatant mumbled 'worse during growth spurts' on his first exam off dd. So, we may have this again, and i do think it's likely as this side is dd's dodgy side.

Your poor ds . My dd was so upset before we went to find out about the jabs. It's so wearing on them , they are only little. It's bad enough being an adult and we have some sort of grip on situations, esp ones that will cause us upset or pain. I am really glad you have your mum to support you, and that he is able to talk to her.
x

How is she today? Still pain free I hope. It does seem common sense that the weakness involved in her dodgy hip combined with a growth spurt could bring on the illiotibal band pain. Still very extreme to acutely come and acutely go again. Fingers crossed you have seen the end of a growth spurt for a while.

Very mediocre experience yesterday for ds. Ortho registar missed the point in that his opening comment was didn't have foot numbness and urinary incontinence when we last saw consultant, and doesn't have them today....... Had to keep calm smily face on whilst I explained we are not dealing with his recovery from a trauma, but rather a chronic condition which can happen any time, and then remind him how we are playing the odds, all cryptic so ds couldn't comprehend. Problem is no-one has any experience of what they are dealing with. Am going to go back to gp and talk about trying to find someone who can look holistically at ds, monitor his whole condition and stop compartmentalising him, so far only physio seems capable of this. Ds very stressed by appointment, anither two xrays, and probably have to have the mri, unless the consultant over-rides the registar. Oh hum

Hi Pirate, how is she doing?

How is she pirate, and news?