About a year ago, I felt something tweak in my lower back and it felt like sciatica at the time. I was in agony with it for a while, but now the pain is in both hips as well as the sciatic area on one side, and right down the backs of both thighs. Sometimes into the calves, ankles and feet, and I keep getting a stabbing pain in one toe, which I have noticed tonight looks swollen/misshapen. I feel as if I can hardly walk most days. I'm in constant, horrible pain.
One hip feels as if it locks sometimes and it really really hurts to unlock it, and some days both hips make a clicking noise.
Sometimes my calves really hurt if I've been on my feet all day, like today - that feels muscular. I can't bend to put my socks on, and can't climb stairs without hauling myself up using the handrail.
I feel as if I'm constantly limping and struggling to walk, and it's so difficult and painful to straighten up when I stand up from my chair and when I get up in the morning.
My hips and ankles feel very very stiff.
I've not spoken to the GP yet because it's all phone appointments and it's so hard to do that when you are at work and it could be any time in the day. Plus I don't know what they would do for me, I am allergic to ibuprofen. I'm on 30/500mg cocodamol for period pain and that sometimes helps but not when I'm having a very bad day. 30mg of dihydrocodeine along with 2 paracetamol and 3 aspirin when taken for a migraine REALLY helps the hip and leg pain and I find myself walking almost normally if I've had a migraine during the night/early morning and taken that concoction.
I know I need to lose some weight and that might help but I'm struggling so much to be able to get any exercise so I'm struggling to lose the weight because I never find just the food side of things on its own to be as effective for me as when I do lots of walking too.
I'm dreading the day DH goes back to the office and I have to walk DD the mile down to school in the morning and home in the afternoon. I used to do it no bother at all but now it's just so painful plus it's all down hill.
I'm dreading not being able to play on the beach with DD in the summer. I struggle to do the housework and the food shopping. It all just hurts so very much. I'm really beginning to dread being faced with steps or stairs, it's so embarrassing.