Urgh! In so much pain! So, here is my little story and complaint for the moment...I was referred by my doctor to get a MRI. So, I had the MRI done on shoulder and they handed me a disc w/my images and sent me on my way w/o diagnosis :lookaroun. The receptionist said that I need to followup with my doctor, so then I called my doctors office and talked to the receptionist, who assured me that my doctor would be able to read the images and provide a diagnosis, so made an apt, took more time off work, paid another co-pay and my doctor prefaces our conversation with that she doesn't know how to read MRI images, but then goes on to tell me what she thinks is wrong with my shoulder! So, with non-conclusive info I am now waiting to see a Orthopedic doctor. Which they should have referred me to in the first place w/o wasting my time and $$. :evileye: Wish they had laid out the process that I needed to go through ahead of time. I did ask about risks, that I hadn't had a MRI before and I asked what I should be aware of, this would have been a good time for my doctor to explain the process to me and what followup I needed to know about. :closed: I want expectations laid out ahead of time.
Since they gave me a copy of images on a disc, I looked them over and compared them to what I could find online (what arthritis, liquid in joint, edema, muscle tears, etc. look like and what a normal healthy shoulder is supposed to look like)..... based on what I could see and what my doctor thinks is wrong, it looks like maybe a little arthritis and water in shoulder joint... not really sure about tears, but possibly. And I'm loosing range of motion FAST in the last couple of weeks... can't clean the tank well.
h: I'm on pain killers, but they really aren't working and I'm getting really weepy, lol, always do when in pain, I just can't handle it. :tears:
At this rate, I think the coral beauty will heal up faster then I will