Update on Yesterday's MRI and Dr.'s Visit

[dailystrength]

Ha Ha!!! Mamamax, your definition from Dr. House made me LAUGH! ha ha ha.... thanks for that

[dailystrength]

Maybe someone else has tried some of these methods, and maybe not. I'm not sure what I'll do. I think it depends a lot on what the surgeon has to say.

Hi Rohrer, I think that is a great idea; can you schedule another consultation with the neurosurgeon, or at least speak on the phone, about what the Pain Mgmt Dr. said? I would run it by him and see what he thinks. Can you get to see an SRS surgeon? I hope you can...

[rohrer01]

Another glitch in my journey

I went for a cervical MRI today at my local hospital (which is connected via computer with the bigger hospital 35 miles away). I was to follow up with a PA-C in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. By the time I got home, there was a message on my answering maching that "someone" looked at my MRI and decided that a PA-C wasn't qualified to see me and that I needed to see a doctor. They put me on a waiting list to try to get me in ASAP but couldn't actually schedule me until June 15th. I don't know what to think???? What could possibly be so bad that the PA couldn't tell me, yet not urgent enough to get me in right away?

[gmw]

Hi Roher01--do hope you can get in before June 15. That's a long time to have to wait, not knowing what is going on.

[rohrer01]

Tell me about it. I will call my Primary Care Doctor next week. By that time the "report" should be in and he can tell me what it says. I hate it that they just can't tell you over the phone. What a dumb law to say that only the doctor can tell you. I suppose that a nurse without the proper training may get the Dx wrong and freak a person out. Oh well....