both legs constant pain never stopping even with pain meds

@ginger123 I had my left hip replaced in 2016 after suffering chronic pain with it. I couldn’t walk without limping, so that decided it for me. I didn’t want to be on ibuprofen the rest of my life.

@laughlin1947 I’m not sure where the pain is coming from! Hip or back….. had MRI on both. Moderate to severe arthritis left hip, 4 slightly bulging discs, and a little stenosis……. I’m 75.
Just don’t want to get the hip replaced, and still have pain.

@laughlin1947 I had an epidural, both sides of L5,S1. Going back this week for consult because of continued leg and knee pain. Never had knee pain before…. Doctor said if L5 injection didn’t take care of it, she may do an L4 shot. I also have left hip and groin pain, so it’s frustrating, and wish they’d find the source of pain…..

As for the knee pain, you need at least an x-ray or CT scan to determine if the pain is with a ligament, tendon, or bone-on-bone spot. I have a left knee bone on bone spot that was very painful until I started taking high dose oral HLA (hyaluronic acid). After a couple of days, it was still tender, but no jabbing pain like at first. I'm very pleased with that.

@ginger123 For your hip replacement - If you get one of the best orthopedic surgeons available and have him/her use the anterior approach in terms of the surgical entry point, you will have little or no pain. The first day or two you will put some weight on the joint using a walker. After that, just a cane for a short while. Still no pain with that, the big worry the medical people have is they do not want you to fall down and possibly dislocate your hip. Your PT technician will help you guard against that. After that, the PT consists of sitting up and down off a straight back chair. 50 reps a day maybe. Still no pain. No pain at night during sleep hours. Getting the hip done will get rid of the arthritis pain in your hip.

@charliegirl Thank you for kind recommendations. The Calm by Natural Vitality sounds good because my sleep time could be a lot better. I have been reading lots of articles and comments on message boards about neuropathy. I have pain in my shins and ankles. It could be tendintus or neuropathy although I don't have pins and needles, I have a burning or vice grip feeling that started after I turned the tension up on my exercise bicycle and a couple weeks later it started. I need to find out the reason I have pain. Right now I am taking Vitamin 23 , 5000 methylated; and magnesium 200. According to articles and message boards it takes awhile for nerves to heal if it is neuropathy. I hope your days ahead are better too. I will be looking for your sleep aid and hope it helps me too....we are all different but sometimes heal the same.