I have been very worried about my husband these past few days, he seems less well to me. When we moved to Wales six months ago he
was fine, but a week later he started to limp, and seemed in pain.This
went on for about a week and he decided to visit the doctor. anyway
to cut a long story short she sent him for an x ray and when the results
came back the doctor said he had OSTROARITHRITAS in his hip,she
gave him some medication for the pain and that was it. As the weeks
went by his pain was worse as was his limp, so back he went to see
the doctor. She prescribed a stronger pain killer and said she would
refer him to the local hospital to see a bone consultant. That was a
month ago and he has yet to hear from the hospital. In the mean time
the pain got worse, he found it difficult to climb stairs, and if he stands
to long the pain is almost unbearable. He cant sleep properly as its very
hard for him to turn over in bed and the pain is constant. His doctor has
given him an injection in the hip for the pain ,but that didn't work very
well ,he is also taking morphine tablets, and is waiting for an appointment
at the hospital for an injection in the bone of his hip which can only be done
by a surgeon. The thing that is worrying me is he has started to loose his
appetite.Now my husband has the appetite of a horse, nothing puts him
off his food but lately his been leaving food on his plate, something he
has never done and he doesn't look well in the face. He wont say why
his appetite is flagging and i know its because he doesn't want to worry
me, and he seems to have lost his sparkle. As a nurse for many years
i sense there is something going on in his body that's not right, i will say
out loud my fears to you all here because i know you will not think me
stupid, but i think he may have cancer, after all how many people have
there been on this site that have been misdiagnosed. Should i go to see
his GP and tell her my fears and ask that he has an MIR SCAN,i just dont
know what to do for the best. The hospital where his waiting to see a
consultant has told us his on the waiting list, god knows how long that
will be. His pain is worse and his medication is doing nothing to help
his pain.
Sorry i have gone on a bit, but i really needed to get this off my chest.
Thank you so much for reading this,
Best Regards Lucy Lee. x
