BTW, I should disclose I am a Clinical Coding Specialist (CPC) and have recently started coding for a neurology/neurosurgical practice and spend my day coding radiology charges and op notes of breast cancer patient with brain and bone mets. I'm trying hard not to be a hypochondriac and I know a little knowledge can be dangerous. I don't want to beome the breast cancer survivor who cried wolf...............
The back and hip pain began about 5 months ago. Some neck stiffness in the morning. It's kinda strange, as long as I'm up moving around it's not so bad but after I sit at work or get still in the evenings, I hurt all over. The problem with that is that I'm so fatigued so I have to do my housework and stuff in spurts. I had a complete physical a couple of months ago and had a DexaScan. It showed osteopenia in my spine and left hip. I've been trying to take short walks but it feels like someone is hitting me in the hip with a sledge hammer. My AlkPhos is elevated but all the other liver tests are normal.
Consistently low O2 over say, weeks, is worrisome, and I think ought to be pinned down on its own merit. I assume they've checked you for pneumonia (at least, with a stethascope at your back six lung lobe regions while you took a deep breath each time), if not a chest x-ray.
Headaches, blue lips, and of course 89%, are all three likely symptoms of low blood oxygen. (the ibuprofen merely masks the headache symptom)
Have you had earlier issues with back and/or hip pain or is this very new?