Ok I am back! I will give you a quick review of what my doctor said and then I need to post a rant, not unlike some you have heard before, but, i have to get this off my chest!!
Ok my doctor said, after I told him what I had read and what the doc in Seattle had said (he read his notes too)
he examined me and said, he thinks it could be bursitis although he has never seen it go down the leg to the ankle before! He is going to TRY with all his might to get Walla Walla to ok a fee for service Cat scan locally.
Here's what he told me about going to Seattle for the pain shot, he said ask them if that's what they REALLY want to do?? Tell them that is not where the pain really is and if they think there is something else they can do?? If NOT ask them how long they expect the injection will take to work and how long it will last? And do they want me back?? In the meantime he is going to try to follow up on the case as he can and come back and see him in 3 months. I know he was disgusted that the Muscular/ skeletal doc didn't insist on the hip cat scan again! I told him that I felt like I was screaming and no one was listening!!! He said he sympathized that it was taking so long, and that if he was King I would have already had the MRI. He said hopefully the Cat scan will tell us what we need to know, if not, he said take the pain injection like they want, then when it doesn't work they will be scratching their heads!! Terry said we may just go out in town if they can't get it right after I get the injection! I told my doctor, at no time did I tell this guy from Seattle that the main pain was coming from the SI joint! And he did the exam and saw where I pointed to and it wasn't back there!! Anyway, let hope I can get the Cat Scan done BEFORE I have to go to Seattle!
Ok my doctor said, after I told him what I had read and what the doc in Seattle had said (he read his notes too)
he examined me and said, he thinks it could be bursitis although he has never seen it go down the leg to the ankle before! He is going to TRY with all his might to get Walla Walla to ok a fee for service Cat scan locally.
Here's what he told me about going to Seattle for the pain shot, he said ask them if that's what they REALLY want to do?? Tell them that is not where the pain really is and if they think there is something else they can do?? If NOT ask them how long they expect the injection will take to work and how long it will last? And do they want me back?? In the meantime he is going to try to follow up on the case as he can and come back and see him in 3 months. I know he was disgusted that the Muscular/ skeletal doc didn't insist on the hip cat scan again! I told him that I felt like I was screaming and no one was listening!!! He said he sympathized that it was taking so long, and that if he was King I would have already had the MRI. He said hopefully the Cat scan will tell us what we need to know, if not, he said take the pain injection like they want, then when it doesn't work they will be scratching their heads!! Terry said we may just go out in town if they can't get it right after I get the injection! I told my doctor, at no time did I tell this guy from Seattle that the main pain was coming from the SI joint! And he did the exam and saw where I pointed to and it wasn't back there!! Anyway, let hope I can get the Cat Scan done BEFORE I have to go to Seattle!
