turmeric
Take turmeric and black pepper, and Great Lakes Gelatin Collagen Hydrolysate for arthritis https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KG7EDU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_3i7NybFREAAWB
Despite the breath-taking deterioration of the body, including much impairment, pain and true physical suffering, I am so far loving older age.
True, I have had more significant others die in the past five years than in the previous sixty, bringing much grief, but I feel closer to them now more than ever.
It is so much easier to look upon people with kindness, even myself.
And greater understanding of life is a joyful experience.
Best wishes for you. My mom is close to 80 and will need a hip replacement at some point. And I here ya, getting old sucks.
It will give you relief. IF it doesn’t work or last long it gives your doc a datum to justify a replacement
Would prolozone injections help? It is just ozone, used in soports medicine to help with inflammation, bursitis.
Man, you people are beat up. Are you all former NFL linemen?
A single shot of steroids isn’t an issue with regards to side effects for most; it’s the longer course oral steroids that cause more ‘side effects’.
I’ll be 66 soon. I was in one of those Brazilian steakhouses today.
There were a couple of 20 somethings that really needed to get a room a few tables away.
Meanwhile I was worried about getting home without crapping my pants after eating all that meat.
Just ain’t fair.
I had a cortisone shot recommended for a finger joint that I was having some pain in. I just used whiskey instead.
Old guys rule! And the shot in my knee worked wonders.
Ahhhh. getting old. How wonderful!
One knows when one is “older” when, within 10 minutes of getting together with same age friends and relatives, someone starts talking about their latest medical problem/procedure.
I’ve had arthritis since I was a kid. I was born with deformities in the joints, and the damage evolved into something still permanent.
I’ve had family members and friends go down dark paths with pain management, so I had to blaze my own path from an early age. Doctors simply wouldn’t give a 15 year old kid pain killers.
So a lot of therapy during my teenage years, but in my 20s I attended many different pain management programs and classes. Meditation, movement, yoga (where possible, my body isn’t quite flexible) even martial arts.
To this day I take nothing for pain. I walk with a cane since I was 32 but even that isn’t all the time. My hips simply lock up and I can’t physically move me joints to hyperextend.
It sucks, but getting old hasn’t made things better or worse. I’m 40 now.
I have arthritis in my right hip along with some degeneration. Getting close to bone on bone, but not yet. The first shot I got took about 4-5 days to start working. It did wonders. Lasted about four months. Doc said future injections should last longer. He was right. Now they last 9 months or so.
One word of caution, if you have diabetes, your blood sugars will jump for 3-4 days. Not a big deal, just need to plan for it.
You can only get them two or three times a year but they offer great relief! I have gotten them several times over many years and not had any side effects.
If you eat right, don’t drink or smoke and get plenty of rest and exercise you’ll get eight more years in an old folks home.
Avoid the cortisone shots if there is another way. Not everyone reacts well to them and they are temporary.
Celadrin and glucosamine should be tried first. Celadrin is helping my shoulder right now. Dr. gave my brother some oral medicine for his arthritic shoulder and he got no relief but all the bad side affects.
Been there done that. I love my two knee replacements by the way.
I've used "cortisone reaction" for a long time, as an excuse for some of the dumb stuff(according to my wife) I've done.
You might try DMSO.