Wedding Forum - Will i be fit for the wedding?!!...

Hey Ladies,

Last monday i was taken by ambulance to hospital where i ended up being admitted and staying until wednesday evening. To cut a long story short i have suffered with pain in my hips on and off for 2 years and monday the pain got to much i collapsed and couldnt weight bear on them at all. After a few x rays it turns out that my left hip is not ok at all, its possible the ball that sits in the socket of the hip is the wrong shape. They discharged me weds evening and sent me home on ora morp, co-dydramol and diclofenac because i would have to wait until today to see the doc on the ward or can see him tomorrow with an outpatients appointment. So tomorrow i find out what is happening next. To say im stressed is an understatement, the wedding isnt far away at all, we have to move by the end of april :(

Too much at once. :(

Oh no, sounds like you are going through the wars right now, and no wonder you are feeling stressed when you have a house move, your wedding and not knowing what is going to happen yet as regards your hip. But if you have the support of family and friends and of course your h2b, then everything is possible. Just do things step by step and keep a positive attitude and you will get everything done. Obviously I can't say if you will be ok for walking down the aisle on your wedding day but you will get down it somehow and that is the main thing! I hope it all goes ok at the hospital for you, let us all know, and at least you know we are all here to help you with the wedding side of things, you can still get everything done! :) xxx

hey hunnie hope all goes well today let me know how you get on xxx

Awww, sounds awful for you. All good thoughts coming your way - let us know how it goes x x x

i know my gran (she is having her hip replaced) was on the waiting list for about 4 weeks, it is a 4-10 day hospital stay and was told it would take at least 4-6 weeks of being helped around the house (basically taking things easy) before she could resume her normal activities. Unfortunately when she went to have her blood taken 3 days before her appointment her thyroid levels were high and so she is still waiting (since well before christmas) to get hers.
I am not saying this is what you will need etc, but i am just pointing out a typical time frame for a similar problem. I think as others have said you may need to postpone unless you can get help and let your other half do most of the "moving" part of moving house, and take it easy.

i do hope you get things sorted out, as you really dont need this in life (at any time) let alone when you are moving and having a wedding. Good Luck.

Welll i was given an appointment to see the WRONG consultant, after lots of tears and anger vented the very lovely nurse made me an appointment with the RIGHT consultant next monday... Not a happy bunny!

WTF hunny, Oh I am sorry. That must have been awful for you. The NHS does make some major blunders in individuals care sometimes. Maybe keep a record of anything and everything that doesn't go according to plan and use it as ammunition as to why the GP should send you private?? Hope this helps.xx

haha on morphine im not sure alcohol would mix too well!

Well im sure monday will fly round have plenty over things keeping my mind occupied as well as finding time for a nap each day as and when the medication dictates. On top of that we found somewhere online we wanted to view, called up and it had literally just been let :( and then my other halfs car has broken and cant be looked at until tuesday!!! ARGH!!! lol

awwww hunnie thats just shit!! they should have done more xx

natalie just read your posts. i too have hip and back problems. i have whats known as a bursitus in hip. i have a constant supply of pain killers and diclofenac every where i go. make sure you keep up with the tablets especially the diclofenac as they are very good once you maintain regularity.....plus you can have alcohol with them,

marie

natalie, if you read up on a bursitus and it mentioned rugby rest assured i am not and have never been a rugby player. lol xx

Hun keep going and stand your ground ....18yrs ago i started getting alot on pain in my left hand ...was sent to see various people and told that i had Thorasic outlet syndrome ( i said i thought something was wrong with my shoulder ....9 years later that pain attacks were getting alot worse and having moved areas i went to my new doctor where i got sent to the first of the many specialists ..
over the last nine years i have had 4 mri`s ,angiogram,vascular scan,brain scan,electric currents sent down my arm, x-rays .....2 years ago they found that i had moderate degenoration of the entire shoulder joint and had an op to remove the crumbled bone.
well i`m back next month to have it done again as i still dont have full movement .

but this is all only because i stood my ground and kept saying the pain was to do with my shoulder (pain in my hand is gone now!!)

will do hunni

That's just awful! (your pain *and* the problems with your appointments!) If you do get a second opinion, make sure you still go for the MRI. If it shows that it's a trapped nerve causing the pain than epidurals can help immensely!! It might be a possibility as you say this came on suddenly :-/

In any case, hope they figure it out soon!!