osteoarthritis and pain in right groin

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Posted 31 Jan 2017 at 19:37

It might be easier Radar if you just said what you are worried about - different medical people have given you advice and apparently none of them have said what you want to hear.

You have said it all in your last post "the next GP I see" .... if you are frightened that this is to do with your cancer then say so and ask to see your oncologist. We can't give you the answers because everyone here that has tried to help you had said similar things but it isn't reassuring you at all.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 31 Jan 2017 at 21:24

lyn,the gps say all different things,they know my last psa in november was undetectable,i am not with oncology now i finished ht in july,i saw the urologist in november and i complained about ache in right groin,he said nothing to do with pc.3wks ago i was in bed and i had terrible pain in my left hip went to a +e the next day had x-ray doc said inflammation,but now its also moved to my left hip and groin,groin painful when i lift things,could be crack s in bones or bone change due to rt if its not arthritis,its hard to get a scan.

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Posted 31 Jan 2017 at 22:23

Yes I know but you are not really being clear about what it is that you fear. The specialist and most of the doctors have told you it isn't the cancer so it seems to me more important that you get help for the pain than keep seeing different people in the hope that one of them will have a magic solution. I don't think there is going to be a magic solution.

Unlikely that RT could have changed the bones. Unlikely to be cancer spreading. Possibly to do with the changes to your muscles and ligaments being on hormones and then coming off, in which case low impact exercise (like swimming) is the best thing. It could be that as you have increased the gym visits to try to improve your skinniness, you have pulled something or are doing some exercises with a poor technique in which case the best thing is to get advice from one of the gym staff. As some of the guys have pointed out, it could just be that you are getting older and things hurt more. Or it could be arthritis and/or you could have some radiation nerve damage in which finding the right balance of pain killers is all you can do.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 01 Feb 2017 at 08:21

thanks lyn, regards weight training i have been doing that for yrs,so i am quite experienced,since been dx with pc i have cut it down to just light training,thankyou for all your replies,i will just have to see how i get on.cheers.

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Posted 01 Feb 2017 at 09:54

Hi Guys,

Look I know on one level this seems flippant and silly, but the bulging wallet sciatica isn't just some newspaper spoof, it is real.

It is only day 3 since I stopped carrying my wallet in my hip pocket, however it really works, I have enjoyed 2 days without the slightest hip pain, and I no longer hesitate at the top of the stairs, wondering whether to take that often all too painful first step.

It's not just the pain relief either, there's a psychological impact as well, for some years now I have cursed my luck, blamed arthritis, and assumed that it was going to get progressively worse, dreams like hillwalking with my grandchildren were consigned to the waste bin of things I would never achieve in this life. But now I am a new man, I can run and jump again, the 'mental waste bin' of things I can no longer do is being shaken up. Turns out the only problem I had was having too much money stuffed in my back pocket.

I don't want to make light of the suffering of those of you who really have arthritis, or PCa in the bones, but by the same token, it is sometimes a mistake to make assumptions, I know I have arthritis in the hands and feet, so when I got similar pain in the hip I just assumed it was arthritis, but I assumed wrong. So if you keep searching you may find some simple remedy like rearranging what you carry in your pockets?

Dave

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