PLEASE PRAY FOR NO STRESS FRACTURES!
I have been having increasing pain, and weakness in my injured leg. My pain meds (hydrocodine 10's) aren't touching the pain and I don't sleep at night. Broke down and went back to my Bone Mechanic, Dr. Terrell, and he did xrays. He said the bones looked good, but I grumpy ole Arthritis has made a home in my ankle.
Dr. T decided to schedule a MRI to rule out stress fractures. He also put me on a new med called Duexis (800. mg. of ibuprofen and 26.6 mg. of famotidine). It seems to be working, but it's too early to tell yet if my stomach will handle it. I've even gotten two decent night's sleep.
I'm asking for prayer that I don't have stress fractures. If I do have stress fractures the options are meds and/or insertion of a rod. I went through the agony of the Fixator so that I wouldn't have metal in my leg. Many of you remember the story about the titanium plate sheering in half and me walking on a broken leg for 4 years. Anyway, I REALLY don't want to have yet another surgery on my leg.