I CANT GET A BREAK!!!!!!!!!

[abritt121222]

i am doing so good being clean off of pain meds a little over two months clean and it seems like every tmie i get t his far something bad happens and guess what it has again i have not taken any meds or anything but i just got back from my doc cause i have been having stiffness and pain in my shoulder for the last bout 3 weeks and at 24 years old he is pretty sure i have arthritis in both of my shoulders AT 24 YEARS OLD cmon i had to have back surgery about 7 months ago and now this i am a 24 year old in a 65 year old body i am starting to think and the pain in my shoulder is getting worse and i dont know what to do i am praying it is not arthritis that it is something else that shows in the xrays because i know its something cause my doc said something is def wrong in my shoulders and he is ruling out a torn rotator cuff cause of the symptoms and how it happens on both sides

[pharma9]

If you do not have stomach problems,toradol is a very effective pain reliever.It is a prescription antiinflammatory that can be very hard on the stomach.
In the USA there is another otc pain reliever that is very effective called percogesic.It contains acetaminophen and an antihistamine.
Are they testing you for an arthritic disease called ankylosing  spondylitis

[LeaAnn807]

Hey.  Glad for the update but wish you felt better.  Don't let the pain get you into a place where you take an opiate.  Are you taking anything else now?  IBU or Tylenol?  I know that's not much, but might take some away.  How about a muscle relaxer?  I know there are some safe ones.  I know it is hard to be in really bad pain when you are fighting addiction.  I have relapsed MORE than once over pain getting so bad I couldn't stand it.

Hang in there, and find something you can take that's not habit forming, PLEASE!!! : )

[abritt121222]

well the xrays came back ok so havent found out anything yet dr said i really need to get an mri asap tho to find out what is going on because something is wrong no doubt about it we just have to narrow it down and find out what it is becuase my shoulder should not be popping and cracking like it does and unfortunately that stinks cause i am still in pain and no closer to finding anything out and still dont know what to do to help with the pain and just dealing with it is getting really really old now cause i am exhausted from not sleeping but a couple hours a night for bout 2 and a half weeks
well thats the latest on that for everyone that wanted me to keep them posted

ABritt

[mellie4]

I feel bad after reading your post and I hope you don't have arthritis.  I do.  At 47 it's wreaking major havoc in my life.  Mine started in my early 20s in my hands.  I found this site a few days ago looking for help for my boyfriend who was coming off Percocet and realized that when I'm done with my surgeries I'm going to have to deal with withdrawals as well, even though I've always, always, always followed the doctor's orders with regard to my oxycodone.

I'll just put in my own two cents about trying to manage arthritis.  (And my mom had it every where, shoulders, back, ankles; every bone in her body.)  My arthritis is the very worst in my hands, especially my left that I've had 8 surgeries in.  I have it in my hips, lower back and knees as well, though to a lesser degree.  I find reducing the pain by even a percentage with different things helps.

For instance, the heat wraps for your back always helped me a bit.  (Some people like ice, never worked for me.)  Also glucosamine chondroiton has worked for a lot of people.  (It helps my hips and back but my hands were too far gone.)  It's a little pricey (but if you watch the sales you can get "buy one get one free."  It also takes time to kick in, maybe a couple of weeks to a month.  (But if you do have arthritis, it's there for life, so you have to start somewhere.)  Some people like OTC Ben Gay and stuff.  I have a topical cream for arthritis called Voltaren Gel.  It helps a LOT.  It's a prescription and it's made for smaller joints.  It may help for a shoulder, not too sure.  Other people like doing the Motrin 800 mg. but some people prefer the Aleve, which you only take once a day.

I'm just saying if you can get 5 percent relief from one thing and 10 percent from another then you're 15 percent better already.  You just need to find what helps you.  

Last tip from me would be if you do have arthritis, find THE BEST doctor in your area that deals with it.  I didn't know when I started the journey how important that was.  My first orthopedic that I saw for the arthritis was really nice and seemed to know what he was doing.  He didn't.  He gave me way too many cortisone shots (another option for you to try, but you have to be careful with it.)  When I finally found a new doc, my thumb joint was all broken and needed to be replaced.  Which brought me to 8 surgeries down, at least one more to go, waaaay too much medication, and constant pain, plus a terribly deformed looking thumb.  

Like they say, "If I knew then what I know now ..." my life would be much different.  Best of luck.

[abritt121222]

well i didnt get to go to my doc friday to see what was wrong because my doc didnt get the report from my xrays but friday and sat my girlfriend and i went to a festival and not even halway thru the day friday after walking around all day my hip started hurting so bad that i could hardly walk it felt like someone had a knife in my hip and everytime i took a step someone was twisting it which is making me worry more and more that i do have some kind of arthritis because i have never had any joint problems or pain and now all of the sudden within a months time my shoulder and my hip are giving me hell but my mom and girlfriend keep telling me it is because i havent got alot of excercise since i had back surgery about 7 months ago but im bout 99% positive this had nothing to do with excercise because if it did i wouldnt think that my arm would be popping and cracking like it does my hip pops a little bit every once in a while but nothing like my shoulder but like i said this is no pain like im sore from excercising or anything like that this is really really really bad pain

well thanx again everyone for reading and helping me out with this
ABritt

[LeaAnn807]

Thanks for the idea.  I have TWO girls, so I will ask for one from each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are a little too young, but hey, they have a dad!