I went to the Dr today for refills on my medication I use and I told him about getting woke up in the middle of the night with leg pain and I couldn't move my leg.Felt like it was being crushed from my lower back to the ankle. Not a fun thing to happen. So anyways he looks through my file and finds a CT scan and MRI scan from 2013.He told me I have a herniated disc in my neck at C5-6 and that he is going to send me to another Dr to see if Surgery is a possible to fix it. I knew this last year and told him I have a herniated disc in my neck.Not sure why he is just now concerned about it or finding out about it.Makes me question how he treats my symptoms.
So I will be going to a new Dr and getting a 4th reason why I hurt so much and told I am to young for surgery.Waste of time but have to follow what he wants me to do. I will refuse surgery.I did look it up and it could lead to them doing some fusing and I am not up for that.I think it has been to long for other ways to work at fixing the problem since I have had the issue for so long. I will have to see what the new Dr says. Surgery isn't going to be an option for me since I am the only one working to pay bills and we would be homeless if I take any days off work. I could move in with a friend of mine,but she has people living with her already and it would be a full house. If it was just her and her boys I would not hesitate moving in with her.We have been close friends for over 6 years and we are so much alike it's scarey lol.
When we first started hanging out,her family was trying to get us together but we knew we didn't want that,it would ruin a good friendship and I am not up for risking that.She has been here for me when needed and same goes for her,when she needed me,I was always there. But I could never get into a relationship with her since we are so close as friends. We both have mutual feelings on that one.
My Dr is such an idiot
My Dr is such an idiot
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Re: My Dr is such an idiot
Hi Shawn,
Sorry to hear that your current doctor is not giving you the answers that you need right now.
When I read your post about the possibility of surgery, I recalled a post I read awhile back about a lady scheduled to undergo neck fusion/back surgery of some sort and thought that maybe it'd help you to read about her ordeal, so here's her post:
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ki ... 86213.html
Make sure to read all the way till the very end so that you can see the post she made after her surgery.
Hope this helps!
Sorry to hear that your current doctor is not giving you the answers that you need right now.
When I read your post about the possibility of surgery, I recalled a post I read awhile back about a lady scheduled to undergo neck fusion/back surgery of some sort and thought that maybe it'd help you to read about her ordeal, so here's her post:
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ki ... 86213.html
Make sure to read all the way till the very end so that you can see the post she made after her surgery.
Hope this helps!
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Re: My Dr is such an idiot
Goodness! It seems that the doctor
was "doing his job" in terms of
getting you to keep comi-
ng back for more (sig-
h). Here's some m-
ore information
regarding yo-
ur aid for
your b-
ack.
(I hope it helps...)
click here, please...
T-
hat f-
riend of
yours soun-
ds nice, but lik-
e you mentioned, h-
aving a friendship like t-
hat is not worth losing by tr-
ying to make it more... though if
it happens naturally, it sounds like a
good thing... but in time. I really hope t-
hat you can avoid surgery, but with the pain
that you experience daily as a result of the disc,
something has to be done. Hopefully the links that w-
e provided can help you with the decision that you'll make.
was "doing his job" in terms of
getting you to keep comi-
ng back for more (sig-
h). Here's some m-
ore information
regarding yo-
ur aid for
your b-
ack.
(I hope it helps...)
click here, please...
T-
hat f-
riend of
yours soun-
ds nice, but lik-
e you mentioned, h-
aving a friendship like t-
hat is not worth losing by tr-
ying to make it more... though if
it happens naturally, it sounds like a
good thing... but in time. I really hope t-
hat you can avoid surgery, but with the pain
that you experience daily as a result of the disc,
something has to be done. Hopefully the links that w-
e provided can help you with the decision that you'll make.
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Re: My Dr is such an idiot
Thanks and I will look at the links.
Soloist. It will never be more then friends with her. Even though her family tried back after we met to get us together,we both just don't feel that way towards each other and we both would rather remain close friends then go any further and things not work out and then loose her as a friend. She is 1 of 3 people I can talk to and know what we talk about it kept between us. I just don't have feeling for her in that way. She is super nice and always willing to help me when in a jam as I do for her.
I do know her kids would really like the idea of me being around as a father figure.They always want to come and stay every weekend. I can do that for them now that I don't have someone telling me what to do.
I am feeling much better today then in the last 3 days.My Dr does suck but at least he is sending me to someone who may be able to help.I have horrible health insurance and not many doctors will take it. So it's been hard to find a new one.
Soloist. It will never be more then friends with her. Even though her family tried back after we met to get us together,we both just don't feel that way towards each other and we both would rather remain close friends then go any further and things not work out and then loose her as a friend. She is 1 of 3 people I can talk to and know what we talk about it kept between us. I just don't have feeling for her in that way. She is super nice and always willing to help me when in a jam as I do for her.
I do know her kids would really like the idea of me being around as a father figure.They always want to come and stay every weekend. I can do that for them now that I don't have someone telling me what to do.
I am feeling much better today then in the last 3 days.My Dr does suck but at least he is sending me to someone who may be able to help.I have horrible health insurance and not many doctors will take it. So it's been hard to find a new one.
You thought you'd get away, but Karma made its move
The bad things that you've done, will be coming back for you
It's really sad that we're at the end, but my heart won't let me feel
No sympathy or pain for the outcome you've ensued...Queensrÿche 2013
The bad things that you've done, will be coming back for you
It's really sad that we're at the end, but my heart won't let me feel
No sympathy or pain for the outcome you've ensued...Queensrÿche 2013
Re: My Dr is such an idiot
I guess I should update this since I did see the Dr 2 hours away. Yeah I am screwed. Genetics is playing a big role in my back pain. After all these years,I finally got a real answer to my problems.My spine is curved to the point that it is now causing me more problems. I had to go back on pain medication because at times it is just unbearable to deal with. I haven't slept good going on day 3 because of the weather changing and that triggers my back and neck to give me problems.
There is no surgery that will correct this problem and the Dr said to keep doing what I am because there is nothing any Dr can do. I really liked the Dr and would use him if he were closer. He sat me down at a computer and small model of a spine and showed me exactly what was going on and answered every question I had.He told me physical therapy won't help and that the pain medication I am on is not good enough for my condition,which I already knew but with the new state laws,My primary Dr won't change it. I seen him today and he found a pain management Dr close to home,within 20 miles that takes my insurance. I will find out next week when I go there.
I was looking at the scans and comparing what he wrote in his report and my back has small bulges at L4-L5 and L5-S1 exactly where the pain is. Then a bulging disc in my neck that he said may cause some pain but not a lot.My muscle relaxer usually works for that and I will continue using it.
So I guess it is time to put my foot down and get on disability.I have been putting it off but now I have to accept I will never work at a job I want to or have done previously. I can't stand or sit long or lift anything and carry it. I really don't want to give up,but it's been several years that I have been dealing with this and it has only gotten worse. He did tell me that it will also continue to get worse with age and the pain level will be worse. I really trust what this Dr told me since he explained it to me better the any Dr I have been to in the past except for 1 I used to see that no longer can prescribe narcotic pain meds. I hate the fact that I have to use them now and will for the rest of my life. I am having a hard time accepting this but I have been to enough specialist and he was the first to not only show me the problems on my scans I took in but didn't rush me out of his office.
There is no surgery that will correct this problem and the Dr said to keep doing what I am because there is nothing any Dr can do. I really liked the Dr and would use him if he were closer. He sat me down at a computer and small model of a spine and showed me exactly what was going on and answered every question I had.He told me physical therapy won't help and that the pain medication I am on is not good enough for my condition,which I already knew but with the new state laws,My primary Dr won't change it. I seen him today and he found a pain management Dr close to home,within 20 miles that takes my insurance. I will find out next week when I go there.
I was looking at the scans and comparing what he wrote in his report and my back has small bulges at L4-L5 and L5-S1 exactly where the pain is. Then a bulging disc in my neck that he said may cause some pain but not a lot.My muscle relaxer usually works for that and I will continue using it.
So I guess it is time to put my foot down and get on disability.I have been putting it off but now I have to accept I will never work at a job I want to or have done previously. I can't stand or sit long or lift anything and carry it. I really don't want to give up,but it's been several years that I have been dealing with this and it has only gotten worse. He did tell me that it will also continue to get worse with age and the pain level will be worse. I really trust what this Dr told me since he explained it to me better the any Dr I have been to in the past except for 1 I used to see that no longer can prescribe narcotic pain meds. I hate the fact that I have to use them now and will for the rest of my life. I am having a hard time accepting this but I have been to enough specialist and he was the first to not only show me the problems on my scans I took in but didn't rush me out of his office.
You thought you'd get away, but Karma made its move
The bad things that you've done, will be coming back for you
It's really sad that we're at the end, but my heart won't let me feel
No sympathy or pain for the outcome you've ensued...Queensrÿche 2013
The bad things that you've done, will be coming back for you
It's really sad that we're at the end, but my heart won't let me feel
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Re: My Dr is such an idiot
So sorry to hear that you didn't get better news, Shawn! 
Hope the disability application process won't take too long.
Hope the disability application process won't take too long.
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Re: My Dr is such an idiot
Considering your health, it may not be a
decision that was easy, but you did
not have too many other choic-
es and working at a regula-
r job will not help with
your health. I hope
the application
goes throug-
h withou-
t a hi-
tch
!
decision that was easy, but you did
not have too many other choic-
es and working at a regula-
r job will not help with
your health. I hope
the application
goes throug-
h withou-
t a hi-
tch
!
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