DOCTOR'S, DOCTOR'S AND MORE DOCTORS......

SO HERE'S THE BACKSTORY, IN 2003 OR 04 I FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. IT WAS NOBODY'S FAULT BUY MY OWN. thought i was late for work and went for a tumble.

I HURT MY RIGHT SHOULDER. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT WAS TOO SWOLLEN TO SEE IF I BROKE IT, SO THEY GAVE ME PAIN MEDS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PILLS AND SENT ME HOME.

EVERY FEW MONTHS OR SO MY SHOULDER WOULD ACT UP. SO I WOULD GO SEE THE DR. AND GET A STEROID AND PAIN MEDS AND WOULD BE FINE.

NOW HERE WE ARE IN 09 AND I HAVE BEEN ON LONG TERM PAIN MEDICATION FOR 2 YEARS WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND ENROLLED US IN TRICARE PRIME, WHICH MEANS WE CAN BE TREATED AT A MILITARY HOSPITAL AND IT NOT COST ANYTHING, SOUNDS GREAT HUH. NOT. THE DOCTOR I WAS SENT TO SEEN HERE SENT ME FOR AN MRI IN APRIL AND AN XRAY. IN THE MEANTIME HE SENT ME TO A PAIN CLINIC 30 MILES AWAY TO MANAGE MY PAIN, SINCE HE WOULDN'T PRESCRIBE THE PAIN MEDICATION. NICE HUH. ASSHOLE.

THE PAIN CLINIC DR SAID "I DON'T KNOW WHY HE SENT YOU HERE, YOU NEED SURGERY" AND FROM LOOKING AT THE MRI, HE IS RIGHT, MULTIPLE TEARS IN THE SHOULDER MUSCLE AND A BONE FLOATING IN THE SHOULDER ITSELF.
FINALLY A MONTH OR TWO AFTER MY MRI, I FINALLY GET TO SEE THE ORTHO DOC ON BASE. HE TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY SHOULDER, AND WHEN I BRING IT UP TO HIM THAT THE OTHER DOC SAID I SHOULD HAVE SURGERY, HE BLATENTLY SAID "THEY ARE PAIN CLINIC PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT"

HMMMMMM. THE PAIN CLINIC DOCTOR IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR, I'M PRETTY SURE HE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SAME SCHOOLING THE ORTHO DOC WENT THROUGH, BUT ACCORDING TO HIM, HE'S AN IDIOT. OK THEN.

THE ORTHO DOC WANTS ME TO GOTO PHYSICAL THERAPY. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT MY JOB CONSISTED OF AND THE FACT THAT I LIFT IN UPWARDS OF 150 POUNDS ALL DAY EVERYDAY. BUT THAT SEEMED OF NO CONCERN TO HIM.

SO MY NEXT APPOINTMENT AT THE PAIN CLINIC, THEY ASKED ME WHEN I WAS DUE FOR SURGERY, AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT HE DOESN'T THINK I NEED IT. AND THAT HAS PROMPTED FOR ANOTHER MRI, THIS TIME OF MY NECK AND A 2ND OPINION FROM ANOTHER DOCTOR.

GOOD LORD PEOPLE MAKE UP YOUR MIND, EITHER I NEED THIS OR I DON'T, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO NOT BE IN PAIN FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR AT A TIME.

BLAHHHHH, NOW I GET TO HAVE A NERVE CONDUCTION DONE ON THE 24TH AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE ME A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MAKE MY BODY FEEL BETTER.

SEE YA