Hi Law59
thank you for your reply. Things have gone from bad to worse as she continues to get every bug there is. On top of that her hip is no better at all. Apt at the end of week with ortho. He'll likely want another MRI and I'm anticipating he will advise surgery. We'll see.

I am SO eager for her to get to a doctor (even GP if not internist) to do bloodwork. The fact that she is sick ALL the time (I know there's a lot of viruses going around in addition to COVID) has to mean she is immunocompromised. even months ago (last time she had bloodwork) she has severe deficiency in D vitamin. I have read on this board that some people are finding fatigue improvement when taking magnesium along with D3 and B vitamins. She is so overwhelmed with not feeling well that emotionally she can't do more than one type of dr at a time. I keep mentioning things I am reading on line, but instead of it helping it seems that it aggrivates her. She is an adult so I can't "force" her but I can't help but think that this could be a relatively easy thing to identify. It won't be a magic bullet but at least it could be a start. And if it helps even a little, she may not get sick so often - which gets in the way of her doing other appointments like PT for example.
Sorry, I got off on a tangent. I just want to help her so badly and I feel she is moving at a snails pace. Thank you for listening.