RetiredHappy
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I have arthritis in the right hip and it also has a labral tear. It was first diagnosed in 2020 and an orthopedist back then said that he would not recommend fixing the labral tear as the success rate of fixing the pain is not high. He said if the pain was bad he could give me a cortisone shot. Back then I had bouts of pain that would last a month or so and then go away, and it has been this way for the past 5 years.
This February the pain came on, not bad but never quite went away. When I am at rest I don't feel it and when I move, the pain is about a 1. When I climb stairs/slopes or turn a wrong way the pain goes up to a 4 or so, but it is still not bad. The pain goes back to a 1 the moment I am back on flat land. I went to a different / highly recommended orthopedist last week. He looked at my MRI and said that it is the arthritis that is causing the pain. Because I don't have much cartilage left, the labral tear could not be fixed successfully. He wanted to administer a cortisone shot during the same visit, even though I told him that the pain was not bad. He said it was a "nothing". He said it may be several years or 10 years before I will need a hip replacement. He also said it's genetic problem with my hip since I am not overweight and not diabetic. (My sister has similar symptoms in her right hip but I did not mention it.) His staff came back and said that they forgot that with my insurance, a pre-authorization is required.
In the meantime, I got notified by my mail order pharmacy that a prescription has been mailed to my home - Meloxicam. I wasn't told about it, but I figure my insurance company wanted the doctor to try prescription medication before approving the cortisone shot.
Anyway, I feel that I do not need the medication and nor the shot. I have a history of stomach issues/ulcers and certainly not going to take this medication that is more risky than Ibuprofen. Does anyone here have similar hip pain issue and what did you do about it?
One more note, I still golf 4 to 5 days a week and have no issues.
This February the pain came on, not bad but never quite went away. When I am at rest I don't feel it and when I move, the pain is about a 1. When I climb stairs/slopes or turn a wrong way the pain goes up to a 4 or so, but it is still not bad. The pain goes back to a 1 the moment I am back on flat land. I went to a different / highly recommended orthopedist last week. He looked at my MRI and said that it is the arthritis that is causing the pain. Because I don't have much cartilage left, the labral tear could not be fixed successfully. He wanted to administer a cortisone shot during the same visit, even though I told him that the pain was not bad. He said it was a "nothing". He said it may be several years or 10 years before I will need a hip replacement. He also said it's genetic problem with my hip since I am not overweight and not diabetic. (My sister has similar symptoms in her right hip but I did not mention it.) His staff came back and said that they forgot that with my insurance, a pre-authorization is required.
In the meantime, I got notified by my mail order pharmacy that a prescription has been mailed to my home - Meloxicam. I wasn't told about it, but I figure my insurance company wanted the doctor to try prescription medication before approving the cortisone shot.
Anyway, I feel that I do not need the medication and nor the shot. I have a history of stomach issues/ulcers and certainly not going to take this medication that is more risky than Ibuprofen. Does anyone here have similar hip pain issue and what did you do about it?
One more note, I still golf 4 to 5 days a week and have no issues.
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