2005-01-02
HEALTH PROBLEMS
I took a virtual roller coaster ride down the carpeted stairs in my stocking feet, arms flailing about uselessly in the air | While coming down, I heard a "pop" and felt a rather uncomfortable sensation | That was late last October | Although I've seen the doctor a couple of times, he's taken his sweet time at ordering an MRI, after giving me ~ half-heartedly ~ a single page of exercises I could have obtained from one of the physical therapists at work | My 
shoulder is still in pain | So am I for that matter | That pain made me ~ well, cranky enough at the New Year's Eve party for Bruce to bring me home early |
And it took well over a week for the insurance scammers to approve the procedure | Obviously, they are not concerned about any of this waiting | What's more sobering, is that most of the folks I've spoken with, plus the websites I've pulled up and read, suggest that the longer it is between the trauma and the treatment, the more likely one can expect surgury in one's future | I can't begin to say how excited this prospect makes me |
I took a virtual roller coaster ride down the carpeted stairs in my stocking feet, arms flailing about uselessly in the air | While coming down, I heard a "pop" and felt a rather uncomfortable sensation | That was late last October | Although I've seen the doctor a couple of times, he's taken his sweet time at ordering an MRI, after giving me ~ half-heartedly ~ a single page of exercises I could have obtained from one of the physical therapists at work | My shoulder is still in pain | So am I for that matter | That pain made me ~ well, cranky enough at the New Year's Eve party for Bruce to bring me home early |
And it took well over a week for the insurance scammers to approve the procedure | Obviously, they are not concerned about any of this waiting | What's more sobering, is that most of the folks I've spoken with, plus the websites I've pulled up and read, suggest that the longer it is between the trauma and the treatment, the more likely one can expect surgury in one's future | I can't begin to say how excited this prospect makes me |
3 jan 04 | UPDATE: Although I waited for half an hour [and was the only one at the radiology clinic] the scan itself was completed in about 25 minutes | Positioning was more uncomfortable than I'd expected, given that the way my shoulder was placed exacerbated the stress on the injured area | I asked to see the pictures, was told I could ask through my doc |
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