Seems an age in some respect since having had both operations, but not in others.
Having seen Mr Witt and finding out what that damned cricket ball feeling was, I have been mulling over whether to go and have a cortisone injection to allieviate the discomfort. Well, I booked up for it, but then decided that I really didn’t want to have to go through another anesthetic, lose a day in hospital, for a 50/50 chance of the injection working. Also added to that the pinging and twanging that is going on in the left hip is sometimes more painful s0 I figured what was the point in having one hip injected when I was getting as much pain from the other! So I didn’t have it done.
The following Monday we walked 18 miles, and I did start to regret not having had it, as the discomfort is huge, but I have lasted this long, and got this far that I am just going to have to deal with it. This last Monday, we walked 21 miles in 5 hours and 37 minutes. The last four miles were in the rain, and we have decided we need waterproof shoes – wet feet for 26 miles does not even bear thinking about. Four was bad enough! My pain is tolerable, copious quantities of wine and panadol seem to help a bit and I have started taking Nytol at nighttime to help me sleep through the night – getting fed up with waking up every time I turn over. Hopefully once I take the strain off my hips, post marathon, and let them rest up for a while, everything will settle down. I am being very hard on them and realise that this was probably the most stupid idea I have ever come up with, but hey ho, not giving up now! Lol!
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