Hi everyone hope your having a wonderful day.
Yesterday I purchased some new bamboo beach pants and a beautiful plum bamboo top from the Ecco Store in Albury. I was over that way as I had a doctor’s appointment to get results from a few tests I have had done and some more prescriptions.
I am rapt as the new bamboo pants and top are a size down from what I wore last year.
Its 4 months till we head off. Hopefully, by then I have had a few physio appointments and helped this stupid hip I have. The rheumatologist has requested that I increase one of my pain medications. So tonight I took the larger dose. Can it work so quickly. I have been in agony for weeks. Tonight, movement is still hard but the throbbing pain has dulled.
The previous post I wasn’t sure if it was Osteoarthritis or Osteoporosis. Its osteoarthritis along with the 2 muscles that hold it in are just hanging by a thread.
My general practitioner yesterday suggested a cortisone injection, to which I rejected for now. I said i wanted to give the increase of medication and the physiotherapy a go first.
I have heard too many times that a cortisone injection only works for a while and sometimes not at all.
Anyway, 4 months till we fly to Nice and then spend time on the Rhone River and then the Seine River.
Travel and Lifestyle with Bree 
I admire that you’re still able to travel so much despite chronic pain! That’s wonderful and inspiring.
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Thank you 😊 will keep traveling while I can xx Bree
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sounds lovely, love Nice!
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It looks beautiful in all the travel pics so can’t wait 😊
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Your trip sounds amazing. Dibs thing to look forward to for sure. Take care.
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thank you x
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Will look forward to your blog posts about France! I am reading a wonderful book at the moment which features France at the start of WWII. If you are a reader, it is called ‘The Nightingale’ by Kristin Hannah. Anyway, hope you get your pain sorted before you go. Before we embarked on our 2014 overseas trip I had a cortisone injection in my left hip. It worked wonders and meant that the trip was relatively pain-free. Take care xx Esther
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Thanks Esther xx yes I am an avid reader so will check out my library 📚. Thanks will speak to me gp and rheumatologist about the cortisone injection before I head off.
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I hear you with hip pain.
I had 2 hip surgeries (both hips) and even though it was a loooong recovery and took my all, I am so much better now.
Had 4 cortisone injections too, they were heavenly. They need to be done with the right technique though. If the cortisone is injected outside the joint, it will not be effective.
I know this was supposed to be about Paris and I love Paris, but you have my FULL sympathy with hip pain. 🌷
In case you ever need to talk, contact me. I am more than happy to talk to you and share experiences or give advice. 🌻😘
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Thank you so much xx I do appreciate it. I think the post was more about the hip than Paris 😊 wow 2 hip surgeries. Thank you so much for reaching out to me. I might just take you up on contacting you xxx
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Anytime, seriously. I know how it is to be young and have hip pain. Really, I get it.
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How exciting! France will be amazing.
Don’t be to put off by a corticosteroid injection in the hip. I had one before a long car trip & it was amazing. You might just find it makes your next travel adventure just that little bit easier.
Sam xx
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Thanks Sam. yes very exciting. I will see how the upped medication goes. I suppose I am scared of it as I saw my mum have them and some didn’t seem to work. Plus I am a scary cat re injections 🙂
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