Any advice welcome

Hi@AnnR, I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis, it can some as an awful shock. This is a lovely friendly forum and they really helped me when I got my hip diagnosis last year (now just had surgery), there's so much life experience and advice on here. Keep asking questions, it's ok to feel rubbish from time to time, we all know how it feels. LM x

Hi@AnnRI have also just joined this forum / online community too....and have already found it to be friendly and helpful.

Like yourself, I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my right hip. I have seen a consultant and am now on a waiting list for surgery.

Initially I was given anti-inflammatory medication and several physiotherapy appointments. I have good days and bad but am learning that it is ok to not feel ok.

I'm happy to offer advice based on my experience so far....feel free to ask.

Painkillers are really the province of the medics. What they can offer will depend very much on your pain levels and types of arthritis, any other medical conditions and medications you are on, and what your body can tolerate, as you are already finding. I was on cocodamol and naproxen (anti inflammatory) and omeprazole to protect my stomach from the naproxen. Like most pain relief for arthritis, all this did was knock the edge off the pain to give some degree of relief and mobility. When I quickly found this inadequate, the GP said there wasn’t anything else he could offer due to other medications. I did briefly stop the naproxen during a bout of indigestion, and noticed the difference in pain levels, so went back on them again when my tum recovered.