Please pray for healing of my hip bursitis...

RobinP · 08-09-2007, 02:44 PM

Well, I've missed everybody. I've been in bed with severe hip bursitis probably brought on by prolonged bike riding without warm-up exercises. I hope to be my old self soon and able to leave the house.
Robin
PS Had ever test under to sun that did rule out bone mets.

chrisy · 08-09-2007, 05:04 PM

i guess we have to be grateful for the small miracles...that there was NO bone mets! nevertheless, sounds very painful, and pain of any kind is no fun.

Prayers and hugs
Chris

Becky · 08-09-2007, 05:11 PM

Dear Robin

My mom has bursitis in her hip and they had to rule out bone mets too. So painful - I've seen it first hand. My thoughts are with you as you recover.

Lani · 08-09-2007, 07:57 PM

your leg joins your trunk on top of the bony part which hurts if you lie on your side on too hard a surface (assuming your are not overly "upholstered"), or on your "sitting bone" All three areas have bursae.

Prayer is great, but......... if I recall, your husband is an MD(don't recall if you ever mentioned his specialty, but somehow I thought he was a cardiologist...maybe because you were a cardiac ICU nurse):

has your husband considered your trying 1) anti-inflammatories 2) ultrasound (usually not THAT effective as the bursae tend to be rather deep) 3) an injection if this persists despite 1) and/or 2)

You didn't say how long you have had it.

There are certain predisposing factors to bursitis in the second location I discussed above including a tight iliotibial band (something a physical therapist can show you how to stretch) and if it is in the first or third location there are factors of where your bicycle seat is placed and at what height as well as your technique of peddling that an analytic-type ie thoughtful physical therapist might be able to help you with so you avoid this again in the future.

If your tumor was ER+ and you are on AIs, they tend to make ligaments and tendons tighter ie, why older ladies can no longer "do the splits" so you may just have exceeded your tendon/ligament capacities. Nearby bursae react by filling up with fluid to try to protect the inflamed tendons from the underlying bones/ This stretches the lining cells of the bursae, which are exquisitely tender (something you already know) and they send messages to the brain which releases additional prostaglandins which serve to cause even more fluid to accumulate within the bursa which stretches the lining even more and so on in a vicious self-perpetuating cycle

Antiinflammatories decrease the synthesis of the prostaglandins and so help break the cycle.

I am not an oncologist or rheumatologist (nor a physical therapist) and am not trying to give advice. It just seemed that since your husband IS a doctor, you might want to run some of this by him.

Perhaps your loss of faith in Drs due to the story (your story) you posted has something to do with your request for prayers. Just letting you know we are all including you in our prayers, but there may be some other means to help...
`

tousled1 · 08-09-2007, 09:21 PM

Robin,

I sympathize as I too suffer from hip bursitis. I had a bone scan to rule out mets. Mine is a lingering side effect of my lumbar spinal fusion. Some days its good but other days WOW! I see a pain management doctor once a month. Good luck to you. At least you can relax knowing that it is not bone mets.

Chelee · 08-10-2007, 01:13 AM

Robin, I've suffered with bursitis myself. Long before bc. Neurologist DX me. It can be very painful as I don't have to tell you. I really feel for you. I've had different pain meds for it but the only thing that really helps to relieve it *some* is ibprofin/motrin. I know sometimes it seemed the *less* I did the worse my bursitis would get. Not sure why...but I would just ease into things and keep moving and eventually it gets better. (Although it seems like it takes forever.) I hope your pain goes away soon. Hang in there...take some kind of *NSAID* for it if you aren't already.

Chelee

AlaskaAngel · 08-10-2007, 09:57 AM

Robin I am sorry to hear you are dealing with this, as I know it is quite painful. Glad to see you are making a comeback, but do wish you didn't have this to deal with too!

AlaskaAngel

sarah · 08-10-2007, 10:16 AM

I used to get bursitis in my shoulders and hip when I was a teenager because I would lean against walls with my shoulder or hip (hard surface as mentioned above) if I avoided that it would generally go away but once the pain was too much in my shoulder and my father, a doctor, sent me to orthopedic surgeon who gave me a cortisone shot - hurt - but healed it. Sometimes it takes 2 shots. And ibuprofen can also help as well as alternating cold and hot. Luckily now that I know what caused it, I no longer suffer from that - but other things! Good luck and hope the pain lessens quickly. Pain can really be depressing.
sarah

RobinP · 08-10-2007, 02:57 PM

Thank you for your prayers and suggestions

-Robin