Pain in the Hip?? Anyone??

Helen321 said:

I'm late but I had the hip
I'm late but I had the hip pain surrounded by large pockets of gas so I had to give up speed walking. Now I do more low impact exercise or slower, shorter walks. Xeloda and Oxilaplatin were my two drugs when it started. Once I stopped doing high impact, the gas completely went away and the hip pain was tolerable. I'm thinking about taking up swimming in a heated pool. Still have pain often in fingers, one knee but I'm currently only doing Xeloda and that seems to make a large difference, just minor discomfort. I have arthritis so it all makes sense.

I read that one of the most important things about joint pain is swelling and keeping it down through diet. Hence the fish oil. I've yet to get it right but I'm still working on diet. You want anti swelling foods. There are lists online. Pretty much the American diet is a disastrous one that causes tons of swelling. Slowly but surely I'm eliminating junk food. I am a sugar addict. Hello my name is Helen and it's been 6 days since I haven't had sugar although if brownies count I'm screwed. Obviously I've got some work to do. I just found a place that makes wheat pizza with vegetables on top that is delicious and hopefully their sauce doesn't contain a lot of sugar. Little daily changes. Also the new diet mixed with rad is causing havoc on my digestion so I'm switching between Imodium and stool softeners to balance.

I did Zoloft and it worked wonders but I took it with a mood enhancer wellbutrin. The combo was a good one and didn't require high doses. I don't need those currently but I do have Adavan around in case I have an anxiety attack which tends to happen before tests. Ambien made me nuts, literally. You can do things like walk in your sleep, make food, drive your car, yell at the dog and stand at the top of the stairs in knee slapping laughter. I yelled at the dog (don't remember) and obviously guilty of some knee slapping (which unfortunately I remember -thank God my kids didn't think to grab the video. lol). So just make sure when you take it, someone is monitoring you so you know if you are doing any of these things. A few people on here put me on to melatonin, which is natural and no crazy antics. Worked better to me than the ambien. Doctors tend to give you prescription meds. when nature usually provides.

The thing that has really worked best for me at this point is getting my personality under control. Calmer driving (I've stopped yelling at others - almost completely - so the guy can't drive, why would I make that my stress, that's his stress. I say that outloud a lot while driving.) and I'm out on disability and a LOT calmer now. Didn't realize how high strung and stressed I was while working. I go back on the 20th, but I'm going back with a much more relaxed attitude about it. Two months off got my life back in perspective. At the end of the day, I'm just an employee and I don't own the business. I am not going to make or break my life over someone else's business venture, it's not like they're going to give me their money at the end of the day. And others are not going to get to **** to me about their work problems, get a grip, it's really not that serious. The 17 year old me wants the 42 year old me to remember how relaxed and fun I used to be. It's just a job, it's just a long line, it's just a guy who can't drive, who cares, go with the flow. I could care less about the angry people around me anymore (America is shockingly angry all the time - just sit and people watch and you'll see it in the supermarkets, in schools, in cars, pretty much everywhere.) I've been doing a lot of people watching and listening. I don't feed into it at all anymore. I only get to live once and this is my wake up call. My sleeping has really improved (and I do more of it) with basic personality fixes and relaxation techniques.

If NED is under your tree, please send him to me. I am finishing this round of treatment on the 13th and looking for him myself=)