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i couldn't take the nagging anymore, so i let joey drag me to the ER. see, if you move my head, even a centimeter, in the wrong direction i scream. i am in no way exaggerating i'm afraid. lucky for me they'd just brought in a serious trauma patient that ate up the staff, and we had a nice long extended wait. i don't feel the doctors did all they could by any stretch of the imagination because it was about to be bar rush and they needed the room. they told me to "call my doctor to get an MRI scheduled ASAP" when they could have just as easily done one there.
at any rate, the ER doc (the whole minute and a half i saw her) thinks that the disc in my neck that was previously herniated has collapsed (gotta love degenerative disc disease). she also thinks there's a second herniation as a result. i already have stenosis from the original herniation, but she's "almost positive" that the spinal cord is now officially pinched instead of "crowded." she threw some percocet at me (THANK THE FUCK GOD!!!) along with a steroid (they gave me a shot of it - IN THE BUTT!!!!) with the instructions to get scheduled for and MRI first thing monday.
this is where it gets interesting - i can NEVER get through to my doctor or nurse practitioner. if i leave a message with another nurse to give to them (they don't have direct lines for the patients) they don't call me until the next day, sometimes the day after that. i only have 15 percocet to make it until they get around to getting back to me.
i'm really kicking myself for throwing out all my percocet from my spine fusion. i really need it now :(.
at any rate, the ER doc (the whole minute and a half i saw her) thinks that the disc in my neck that was previously herniated has collapsed (gotta love degenerative disc disease). she also thinks there's a second herniation as a result. i already have stenosis from the original herniation, but she's "almost positive" that the spinal cord is now officially pinched instead of "crowded." she threw some percocet at me (THANK THE FUCK GOD!!!) along with a steroid (they gave me a shot of it - IN THE BUTT!!!!) with the instructions to get scheduled for and MRI first thing monday.
this is where it gets interesting - i can NEVER get through to my doctor or nurse practitioner. if i leave a message with another nurse to give to them (they don't have direct lines for the patients) they don't call me until the next day, sometimes the day after that. i only have 15 percocet to make it until they get around to getting back to me.
i'm really kicking myself for throwing out all my percocet from my spine fusion. i really need it now :(.
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there is this place in westlake called openmri. they tend to have appointments available quickly and it's a much nicer mri machine than most of the hospitals have. it's shaped like a hamburger press so you can turn your head to each side and see out.
too bad the er doc couldn't give you the referrals.
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i still think they should have given me an MRI in the ER. i mean, patient comes in screaming of pain, crying, swollen/spasmed muscles around their neck saying they have spinal stenosis and something has gone very wrong, that sort of strikes me as something warranting a look-see... especially losing the use of one arm little by little.
its a notoriously crappy ER tho