Dear William, Daniel, Catherine, Michael, and Sarah, (and your parents), (and any future descendants and their parents),
For quite a long time now, my hips have been hurting me. At first, they hurt when I would lie down — no matter which way I was facing, they hurt — face up, they hurt; on my side, facing right, they hurt; facing left, they hurt (but less so, because I would see Babcia Kryisa, and that made it better).
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Over time, my hips started hurting from just standing — NO FUN to be at a cocktail party!
So, I started taking Advil PM — 2 tablets each night. That would put me to sleep, even thought the pain was still there.
I told my doctor about this, but he was not particularly impressed — he told me to see an orthopedist; and told me I may need hip replacement surgery.
SURGERY!!! My sister Olenka had hip replacement surgery several years ago — this is not something I would be looking forward to.
Over time, the pain decreased; BUT, then my knees started to hurt also. Bacia Krysia told me that I was too heavy, and I was crushing myself. (I AM heavy — 317 lbs.!)
NOT a pretty picture 🙁
Babcia Krysia bought me a cane — which I do not need for regular walking; but, is VERY helpful when I need to climb or go-down stairs.
A few days ago, when I was visiting my doctor for my quarterly blood test, I convinced him that it may be a good idea to get some X-Rays of my hips and knees — he was noncommittal, but he did give me a recipe so that I could get the X-Rays.
Today, I was driving by the X-Ray place, so I stopped in and got X-Rayed:
These are my hips.
My Hips X-Ray Report
These are my knees.
My Knees X-Ray Report
Bottom line — things do not look that bad (but, it hurts). But, the alternative could be worse — I could be pushing up daisies.
If you want to catch-up on some of my other medical adventures, you may want to read HERE and HERE — I had other medical adventures, but I will save those for some other day.
Now, I have to get back to work.
Love,
Dziadziuś Paweł.
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