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I am facing a total hip replacement due to bone on bone with no cartridge left in one of my hips.
I have been in chronic pain and severe arthritis pain for 25 years and I’m not getting treatment for it until now, I recently got an orthopedic surgeon appointment at the first meeting my X-rays showed my fears my left hip has degenerated to bone on bone extremely painful and also rheumatoid... read more
Has anyone had a fibromyalgia flare after having major surgery? I need to have scoliosis surgery and
... my orthopedic, my rheumatologist and even my son's rheumatologist say I will definitely have a major fibromyalgia flare up from the surgery. I am so scared and have been holding off the surgery for a year now. My pain doctor has been doing minor procedures to try and help keep the pain... read more
Pain management after surgery in the middle of the ‘opioid crisis’. What to do?
I need to have multiple orthopedic surgeries, but friends and some doctors are telling me to postpone them because I won’t get pain management in recovery. Is this true? I'm in pain now, but I don't want to be in more pain recovering from surgery. I need a knee replacement, and a... read more
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