QuestionHello Again, Dr. Aukerman. Allexperts.com needs a "favorites" finction so you'd be easier to find again.
I have two short questions I'd like your help with today.
1.How long should I expect this stress(hairline?) fracture in my leg or thigh to heal if that's what it is when I have to walk on it at least a little every day?
2. I'm taking heavy narcotics now for the pain, but don't expect to be able to get more for very long herein N.C. What are some names of fairly strong meds I can ask for when they stop prescribing the narcotics for my hip? Some things that I wouldn't know about even after 32 years of pain due to left hemiparesis. I'm now taking 2mg. of chlonazepam 2 to 3 times a day to ptrevent my left foot from making an ever-yightening "fist," but that doesn't help my right hip at all.
If I try to get out of bed without letting the first dose of narcotics get into my system for about an hour I just collapse as soon as there's any weight at all put on my right foot. Fortunately, I've been able to collapse back on my bed so far. I've regressed back to needing a quad-cane in order not to fall down and am using an old wheelchair to push my dishes from the kitchen to my room and back. I need to know what to ask my regular doctor for once he gets back from vacation that's stronger than acetominophen if he won't renew my narcotics or when he decides I've used them long enough. I'm not becoming adicted. The instructions were to take them every six hours, but now I'm trying to stretch that time to a longer interval to see if I can stand more pain little by little.
Thank you very much. You're a wizard - a very good one. Please excuse my typos. I have only one hand that'll type at all(left hemiparesis and everything)and it gets tired and sore fast, preventing me from making a careful spell-check every time.
Thank you very much Doctor,
Jefferson Bales
Answer1.How long should I expect this stress(hairline?) fracture in my leg or thigh to heal if that's what it is when I have to walk on it at least a little every day?
Usually 2-3 months if you take magnesium oxide and calcium carbonate with Vit D at least twice a day.
2. I'm taking heavy narcotics now for the pain, but don't expect to be able to get more for very long herein N.C. What are some names of fairly strong meds I can ask for when they stop prescribing the narcotics for my hip?
toradol can work with ibuprofen or advil or tylenol
